The guide to the top 50 tent campsites in Oregon.

The new, full-color edition of Best Tent Camping: Oregon by Becky Ohlsen guides campers to the state's quietest and most scenic campsites. It's the perfect resource for those who blanch at the thought of pitching a tent on a concrete slab, trying to sleep through the blare of another camper's boom box, or waking up to find your tent surrounded by RVs.

The book contains detailed campground layout maps; key information such as fees, restrictions, and dates of operation; and candid ratings for beauty, privacy, quiet, security, spaciousness, and cleanliness.

Becky Ohlsen is a freelance writer and critic living in Portland, Oregon. She has written Lonely Planet guidebooks about Sweden, Seattle, the Pacific Northwest, the Great Plains, and parts of England and Wales. She also reviews books, film, food, and drink for various local and national publications. A recovering copy editor, she will debate points of grammar with anyone, anytime. Becky is an avid hiker and enthusiastic camper; her favorite trails and campsites are in the Swedish countryside. She has a master's degree in journalism from NYU's Cultural Reporting and Criticism program. It is said she sincerely believes in trolls.

Central Cascades

1 Cascadia State Park campground
2 Frissell Crossing Campground
3 Islet campground
4 Mallard Marsh campground
5 Riverside campground
6 Scott Lake campground
7 Susan Lake campground
8 Three Creek and Driftwood campgrounds
9 Tumalo State Park campground
10 Wildcat campground
11 Yellowbottom campground
Eastern Oregon
12 Anthony Lakes campground
13 Buckhorn campground
14 East Lake campground
15 Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge campground

16 Hidden campground
17 Marster Springs campground
18 Minam State Recreation Area campground
19 North Fork Malheur campground 65
20 Olive Lake campground
21 Page Springs campground
22 Strawberry campground
23 Two Pan campground
24 Wallowa Lake State Park campground
North Cascades
25 Badger Lake campground
26 Beavertail campground
27 Camp Creek campground
28 Eagle Creek Campground
29 Elk Lake Campground
30 Elkhorn Valley Campground
31 Oxbow Regional Park campground
32 Silver Falls State Park Campground

33 Summit Lake Campground
Northern Coast
34 Beverly Beach State Park campground
35 Cape Lookout State Park campground
36 Dovre, Elk Bend, and Nestucca River campgrounds
37 Saddle Mountain State Park campground
Southern Cascades

38 Fourmile Lake campground
39 Head of the River Campground
40 Lost Creek campground
41 Natural Bridge Campground
42 Rujada campground
43 Sacandaga Campground
44 Thielson View Campground
45 Timpanogas Campground
Southern Coast
46 Canal Creek campground
47 Cape Blanco State Park campground
48 Cape Perpetua Scenic Area campground
49 Eel Creek campground
50 Marys Peak campground