McBride Campground

FS USDA Forest Service · Baker City, OR · Primitive

View on Recreation.gov Google Maps

Conditions

Road Access Not recorded
Season Not recorded
Campfires Not recorded
Boondock Access Not recorded

The managing agency hasn't published road access, season or campfire rules for this campground. The description and directions below often mention it — and it's worth calling the agency before a long drive.

Features

Style Primitive Reservable

Campground Stats

Total Sites10
Overnight Sites10

Location

44.93525, -117.222269 · Whitman Ranger District , Baker City , OR 97814

Description

Overview

McBride Campground is a small campground located along Brooks Ditch, northwest of Halfway, OR.  This 10 unit campground has lots of shade, provided by a mixed pine-fir forest. The campground is popular in the summer with local campers and berry pickers, and in the fall for hunters.

Quiet hours are from 10pm to 6am.

Primary use season is May to September.

Facilities

McBride Campground has 10 sites, each with a picnic table, fire ring and parking space.

Directions

From Halfway, Oregon head north on the Cornucopia Highway (Main Street) for about 5.7 miles to Carson Lane; Turn left on Carson Lane (road becomes Forest Road 7710 at Carson Grade); Follow Forest Road 7710 for 3.5 miles to Forest Road 77; Turn right on Forest Road 77 and go 1 mile to the campground entrance on left side of road.

To get to Halfway, Oregon from Baker City, travel north on Interstate 84 for about 1 mile to the 302 exit for Highway 86 to Hells Canyon; Travel on Highway 86 for about 52 miles to Highway 12 going north into Halfway; Travel on Highway 12 for 1.5 miles to Halfway.

ADVISORY: Sections of Forest Road 7710 are a single-lane steep gravel road.

Activities

CAMPING HIKING PHOTOGRAPHY WATER ACCESS WILDLIFE VIEWING

Details

FeeOvernight Use: Single Site: $10/night. Interagency Senior/Access Recreation Passes provide a 50% discount to Single Campsites ONLY. The discount applies only to the fee for the campsite physically occupied by the pass holder, not to any additional fee or campsite(s) occupied by members of the pass holder's party. https://store.usgs.gov/recreational-passes Please be prepared to pay with CASH or CHECK. Single unit campsites = $10.00/night. A self-service fee station is located at the campground.
ReservableYes

Nearby Campgrounds

Eagle Forks Campground 3.6 mi · FS · 7 sites
Fish Lake Campground 10.2 mi · FS · 21 sites
Tamarack Campground 12.7 mi · FS · 12 sites
Twin Lakes Campground (Wallowa-Whitman NF) 12.8 mi · FS · 5 sites
Boulder Park Campground 12.9 mi · FS · 7 sites
Two Color Campground 13.0 mi · FS · 9 sites
Two Color Guard Station 13.1 mi · FS · 1 sites
West Eagle Meadow Camping 15.8 mi · FS · 17 sites