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
Alderwood State Wayside
Alfred A. Loeb State Park
Arizona Beach State Park
Bandon State Natural Area
Bates State Park
Battle Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor
Ben and Kay Dorris State Recreation Site
Benson State Recreation Area
Blue Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor
Bolon island Tideways State Scenic Corridor
Bonneville State Scenic Corridor
Bonnie Lure State Recreation Area
Booth State Scenic Corridor (Day-use area)
Bowers Rocks State Park
Bridal Veil Falls State Scenic Viewpoint
Bullards Beach State Park
Canyon Creek Forest State Natural Area (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Cape Arago State Park
Cape Blanco State Park
Cape Sebastian State Scenic Corridor
Catherine Creek State Park
Cazadero Trail
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
Coquille Myrtle Grove Natural Site
Cottonwood Canyon State Park
Crissey Field State Recreation Site
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
Dexter State Recreation Site
East Mayer State Park
Eight Dollar Mountain (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Elijah Bristow State Park
Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint
Fall Creek State Recreation Area
Farewell Bend State Recreation Area
Fort Lane (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Fort Rock State Natural Area (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Frenchglen Hotel State Heritage Site
Geisel Monument State Heritage Site
George W. Joseph State Natural Area
Golden and Silver Falls State Natural Area
Golden State Heritage Site (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Goose Lake State Recreation Area (Day-use area)
Government Island
Guy W. Talbot State Park
Harris Beach State Recreation Area
Hat Rock State Park
Hilgard Junction State Recreation Area
Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail
Hoffman Memorial State Wayside
Humbug Mountain State Park
Illinois River Forks Scenic Waterway (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Illinois River Forks State Park (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Indian Creek Campground
Jackson F Kimball State Recreation Site
Jasper State Recreation Site
Jennie B Harris State Recreation Site
John B. Yeon State Scenic Corridor
Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site
Kendall Bar (propane fire rings are not permitted)
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
Lowell State Recreation Site
Luckiamute State Natural Area
Mayer State Park
Maud Williamson State Recreation Site
McCormack Campground
McLoughlin State Natural Area
McVay Rock State Recreation Area
Memaloose State Park
Milo McIver State Park
Minam State Recreation Area
Ontario State Recreation Site
Otter Point State Recreation Site
Paradise Point 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)
Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint
Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint
Port Orford Heads State Park
Prineville Reservoir State Park including Jasper Point Campground, 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 (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Rooster Rock State Park
Rough & Ready Forest State Natural Site (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Samuel H Boardman State Scenic Corridor
Sandy River Scenic Waterway
Sarah Helmick State Recreation Site
Seneca Fouts Memorial State Natural Area
Seven Devils State Recreation Site
Shepperd's Dell State Natural Area
Sheridan State Scenic Corridor
Shore Acres State Park
Stage Coach Forest State Natural Area (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Starvation Creek State Park
State Trail East
Succor Creek State Natural Area
Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Site
Sunset Bay State Park (Day-use area and beach)
The Cove Palisades State Park (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Thompson's Mills State Heritage Site
TouVelle State Recreation Site (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Tseriadun State Recreation Site
Tumalo State (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Ukiah/Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor
Umpqua Lighthouse State Park
Umpqua State Scenic Corridor
Unity Forest State Scenic Corridor
Unity Lake State Recreation Site
Unity Wayside
Valley of the Rogue State Recreation Area (propane fire rings are not permitted)
Viento State Park
Vinzenze Lausmann Memorial State Natural Area
Wallowa Falls Campground
Wallowa Lake State Park
Warm Springs State Recreation Site
Willamette River Greenway and Water Trail
Willamette River Greenway Marshall Island Access
Willamette River Greenway Pengra Access
Willamette River Greenway Spring Valley Access
Willamette River Greenway Wapato Access
William M. Tugman State Park
Winchuck State Recreation Site
Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site (propane fire rings are not permitted)
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.