North Santiam State Recreation Area — Attraction in Stayton

The River is next to the camping areas. There is a small area where someone put rocks around a very shallow part of the river next to the bank where kids could wade. There is a covered area with two electrical outlets and a counter top. The bathroom was clean and easy to reach. There is a handicap accessible campsite to use. I could probably push a stroller down the trails, unsure if a wheelchair would work??. The handicap accessible site is very easy to reach. There were people swimming and boating on the river. There are not a lot of campsites, but it was a very nice smaller park. One of the trails was closed off because they were making improvements. I would definitely go and visit again. The parking lot is a nice size for such a smaller...

I live here in the Santiam canyon, on the "Little Northfork" of the North Santiam river system in the foot hills of the Cascade mountains of Oregon, 30 miles east of Salem. It's Mother Nature at its best! We are half way between Quartville to our south known for gold deposits & Silverton to our north known, obviously, for Silver ore. Both minerals can be found on the Little northfork in small amounts, as well as agates jasper & rainbow jasper to name a just a few. There is a rich cross section of wild life & vegitation here. I've been to all but 2 of the continental states in America plus Alaska the Yukon & mexico. From what Ive seen on my travels, there are few places that compare to my home on the river...

Definitely a cute place to camp but my group definitely was quite bothered by the camp hosts. They were at our campsite at 11 on the dot telling us we had to be out because other people would be there (I’m still at the park at almost 4pm and no one is there still) then when we went to warm up some hotdogs at an empty campsite they came over and told us that we couldn’t because we didn’t reserve the spot and that someone would be there soon…. There’s still not. I’ve never been at a campsite where the hosts were so strict. Not to mention it’s Labor Day… no one is coming out to camp today… everyone who wanted to camp for the weekend is already out...