The first step for building safer campfires is to build them only where they are allowed. This page provides a list of parks in alphabetical order with current seasonal fire bans. Fire bans help to keep you and other visitors safe during the busy fire season. If a park with a campground is not listed below, wood fires are allowed according to regular park rules.
A fire ban means no wood fires, charcoal, charcoal briquettes, pellet-fueled grills, candles, tiki torches and other devices that emit flames or embers and cannot be turned off with a valve.
Portable cooking stoves, propane fire rings, barbecues, and lanterns using liquefied or bottle fuels are allowed unless noted below in parentheses. Devices using liquefied or bottle fuels are banned in the backcountry unless used for cooking.
Note: Fireworks are prohibited year-round on all Oregon beaches and Oregon State Parks property.
State parks with fire bans
Ainsworth State Park
Bates State Park
Battle Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor
Benson State Recreation Area
Blue Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor
Bonneville State Scenic Corridor
Booth State Scenic Corridor (Day-use area)
Bridal Veil Falls State Scenic Viewpoint
Canyon Creek Forest State Natural Area (Day-use area)
Catherine Creek State Park
Chandler State Wayside (Day-use area)
Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Clyde Holiday State Recreation Site
Collier Memorial State Park (Day-use area)
Cottonwood Canyon State Park
Crooked Creek State Natural Area
Crown Point State Scenic Viewpoint (Vista House)
Dabney State Recreation Area
Dalton Point State Recreation Site
Deschutes River State Recreation Area
East Mayer State Park
Eight Dollar Mountain (Day-use area)
Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area
Farewell Bend State Recreation Area
Fort Lane (Day-use area)
Fort Rock State Natural Area (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Frenchglen Hotel State Heritage Site
George W. Joseph State Natural Area
Golden State Heritage Site (Day-use area)
Goose Lake State Recreation Area (Day-use area)
Government Island
Guy W. Talbot State Park
Hat Rock State Park
Hilgard Junction State Recreation Area
Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail
Illinois River Forks Scenic Waterway (Day-use area)
Illinois River Forks State Park (Day-use area)
Indian Creek Campground
Jackson F Kimball State Recreation Site (Day-use area)
John B. Yeon State Scenic Corridor
Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site
Kendall Bar (Day-use area)
Koberg Beach State Recreation Site
Lake Owyhee State Park & Gordon Gulch (Day-use area)
Lang Forest State Scenic Corridor
LaPine State Park (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Latourell State Park
Lewis and Clark State Scenic Recreation Site
Lindsey Creek State Scenic Corridor
Lonesome Willow State Park
Mayer State Park
McCormack Campground
McLoughlin State Natural Area
Memaloose State Park
Minam State Recreation Area
Ontario State Recreation Site
Pete French Round Barn State Heritage Site
Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint
Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint
Prineville Reservoir State Park (North Road and Roberts Bay camping areas). Propane fire rings not permitted.
Red Bridge State Wayside
Rocky Butte State Scenic Corridor
Rogue River State Scenic Waterway Parcel (Day-use area)
Rooster Rock State Park
Rough & Ready Forest State Natural Site (Day-use area)
Sandy River Scenic Waterway
Seneca Fouts Memorial State Natural Area
Shepperd's Dell State Natural Area
Sheridan State Scenic Corridor
Stage Coach Forest State Natural Area (Day-use area)
Starvation Creek State Park
State Trail East
Succor Creek State Natural Area
Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Site
The Cove Palisades State Park (Propane fire rings are not permitted)
TouVelle State Recreation Site (Day-usea area)
Tumalo State (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Ukiah/Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor
Unity Forest State Scenic Corridor
Unity Lake State Recreation Site
Unity Wayside
Valley of the Rogue State Recreation Area (Day-use area)
Build them only where allowed. Check the list above to see if they’re permitted where you’re going or ask a park ranger. In some cases, even propane fire rings may not be allowed.
Build them safely. Only build campfires in the existing fire ring at your campsite, which are put in specific areas away from vegetation. If using a propane fire ring, keep it away from vegetation and overhanging branches. At the beach, only build campfires where permitted on open sand. Keep water close and keep flames below knee height, about two feet.
Put them out completely. Pour water over the flames and stir it into the embers to make sure everything is wet. Repeat this until you no long feel heat coming from the embers. Do not use sand to put out fires; it can insulate the coals and keep them hot for days.
What happens when a campground is in a wildfire evaluation area
Before you arrive, or during your stay, a campground may be affected by wildfire. Oregon follows a three-level evacuation notification system, each structured around the readiness need and how likely it is to be impacted by a wildfire.
Level 1: Parks remain open. Oregon State Parks will notify people with upcoming reservations for parks in a Level 1 evacuation area.
Level 2: Parks are evacuated and closed to the public. Oregon State Parks will evacuate everyone in the park and cancel upcoming reservations.
Level 3: Parks have already been evacuated and are closed to the public. Oregon State Parks will have cancelled upcoming reservations.
Each of our state parks is an individual place where people play,
picnic, camp, explore, hike, rest, and renew. They are an everyday
reminder of the things that make Oregon great. We recognize that
Oregon's resilience and beauty are strengthened by its diverse
communities. Our commitment is to serve everyone by striving to
provide safe and equitable access to state parks and agency
programs.