HUMBUG MOUNTAIN STATE PARK*
Where: Six miles south of Port Orford on Highway 101.
With a trout stream and the ocean a short hike away, this year-round
park is a popular destination. It has 100 campsites, 35 with electricity
(rates are $16 per night May 1 to September 30 and $12 October 1
to April 30), and the remaining 65 spaces are tent sites ($14 May
1 to September 30 and $10 October 1 to April 30). There are five
pull-through sites. Each campsite is limited to eight people. Extra
vehicles are charged $7 a night. All campsites, including the hiker/biker
sites ($4 a night), have picnic tables and fire rings. Most campsites
are handicapped accessible.
Campground has handicapped accessible
hot showers ($2 fee if not camping) and flush toilets, a RV dumpsite,
and firewood for sale. There is also an amphitheater that seats fifty
for summer craft programs and slide shows; many part of the Junior
Ranger program. There is a day-use area available for group tenting
and picnics, with a gazebo that has tables, water and electricity.*
The campground is in the “banana belt” that has some
of the warmest weather on the Oregon coast as the surrounding mountains
offer protection from our famous winds and winter storms. Windsurfing,
kayaking, and scuba diving are popular along this coastline. Humbug
Mountain (elevation 1,756 feet) dominates the park and campground
with its switchback trails leading to the top. Hiking to the top
of Humbug Mountain is a major activity ideal for bird watching among
native plants and animals. There are nearby forests, canyons and
wetlands for further exploration.
*Reservations for the regular campsites are not necessary, however,
reservations are necessary for Cape Blanco Campground horse camp,
group campsite, and log cabins, and Humbug Mountain day-use area.
Phone 1-800-551-6949. Or visit website: www.oregonstateparks.org
Back to Nature, in style
Drive six miles south of Port Orford on Highway 101 and you will
see the monolithic Humbug Mtn. rising from the ocean. You are invited
to stop and camp, explore, picnic, stroll, climb and relax. All
kinds of camping, hot showers, walk to the beach or mountain.
Day Use Area
About one mile past the campground on the right will be the Humbug
Mtn. Day Use area. There is a Myrtlewood grove that you can picinic
in, or stoll by the creek and read the interpritive signs. There
is a large meadow for a ball game and a covered pavillion with
electricity .
Nature on Display
Enjoy the interpretive signs as you stroll around the day use grounds.
There are Nature trails and paths for you to follow.
Covered Pavillion
Play some ball or a game of frisbee and heat up those baked beans in electrically
wired pavillion..
