Quartzville Group Camp

The place is beautiful. But if you don't like confrontation, best to camp elsewhere. The signage indicating it is a reserved/group site is horrible. We regularly had to kick people out. Each day we went out on the lake we came back to several people camping in our reserved group site. Bureau of Land Management was paving in the area and offered us some caution tape to tape off an entrance. That helped, but people disregarded that regularly and still came in to our camp. For a 6 day stay we had to remove 15 groups in total from camping or attempting to set up camp. Some were nice and understanding; however, most weren't and some just wanted to fight. Not fun or something the kids should be seeing. Made us feel unsafe and we almost left early. We had to have someone stay in camp at all times just to police the camp site. We couldn't all go down to the river or the lake without coming back and seeing peoples camps set up in our reserved sites. Pretty poor experience and not what I expected when paying over $1000 to to camp with friends and family! Linn County Parks and Rec needs to do better with the signage here and provide more blockades to indicate that the sight is closed for use or its by group reservation only. Really disappointed and angry with the experience. Prior to this, we always camp at Whitcomb, but with us needing to reserve 5-10 spots for everything, the group site just works better.... not sure we'll be doing either in the future.

Good place to camp in a group of you don't mind being spread out a little.

Great site for large groups. A touch spendy but you get to have fires when all others can't. Off the road and quite. River is perfect there and the view is fantastic.

we have stayed here a few times. its so peaceful. the only bad thing is its a little over priced. we would come here more if it wasn't so high priced. we really enjoy the fact tat we can set game up all over the camp and not worry about others taking or using it. the first time we stayed here here was a camp host, he was kinda rude. he had his friends coming through our private area with their boats at all hours. the last time there was no host. 10 times better.

Near the head waters of the middle Santiam River on Green Peter Res.

Quartzville Group Campsite costs $300 per night plus a $50 deposit, and for that price, you’d expect a private, well-maintained, and peaceful camping experience. Unfortunately, that’s far from reality. Despite being a paid, private campsite, it’s constantly accessed by the general public. People walk through, try to set up camp in your reserved space, and there’s no clear signage or fencing to indicate that it’s not open to everyone. We’ve even seen homeless individuals going through the trash. It’s frustrating, invasive, and completely unacceptable—especially at this price point. The worst part? This has been an issue for years. Hundreds of complaints later, and the state has done absolutely nothing to fix it. No gates, no signage, no enforcement. Just a hefty price tag for what ends up feeling like a public park with none of the privacy you’re paying for. This site has potential—it’s a beautiful area—but without basic management and boundaries, it’s not worth the money. Honestly, even if they fixed the privacy issue, $300 a night is still a stretch. Until the state takes this seriously, don’t waste your time or money.