About Hart-Tish Park At Applegate Lake
Located in southwest Oregon in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Hart-Tish Park is surrounded by a variety of landscapes, boasting nearby volcanic peaks, rivers and old-growth forests. Hart-Tish Park offers several acres of beautifully groomed lawn sloping down to the shores of Applegate Lake. Visitors can spot the peaks of the majestic Red Buttes Wilderness while looking south over the lake. General Store with lengthy nonalcoholic drink selection w/no sugar drinks as well, large snack selection as well as camping, fishing, outdoor amenities, worms, ICE CREAM, ice and more sold. Boat Ramp. Fish Cleaning Station. Stand up paddleboard and kayak rentals. Bathrooms. Truck with trailer and car parking. Camping and dry RV sites all with easy access to the lake. Hart-Tish Campground sits on the shores of Applegate Lake, a popular recreation lake located north of the Red Buttes…
- Fees: Please see the recreation.gov rules & regulation policies. These policies are system-wide, and not specific to each facility. We are NOT…
- Season: early May – mid-September
- Managed by: Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, FS
- Where: 13 mi south of Ruch, OR · 42.05472, -123.11444
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: May–Jun & Sep–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Dec–Mar.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Da-Ku-Be-Te-De | Horse | 0.2 mi | 4.2 mi |
| View Point | Hiking | 0.4 mi | 0.1 mi |
| Calsh | Hiking | 0.5 mi | 0.5 mi |
| Payette | Hiking | 0.5 mi | 7.6 mi |
| FR 1000600 | ATV road | 0.6 mi | 2.0 mi |
| Sinns Bar | Hiking | 0.7 mi | 1.0 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way shows rich detail, horizon to horizon.
Class 2 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 21.8 mi
Propane: 21.4 mi
Camps nearby
- Harr Point Campground 1.4 mi
- Tipsu Tyee Campground 1.4 mi
- Stringtown Campground 1.5 mi
- Watkins Campground 3.1 mi
- Carberry Group Campground 3.2 mi
- Rogue River campground 4.3 mi