USDA Forest Service · Oregon
Hart-Tish Recreation Complex
USDA Forest Service · Oregon, United States
- Cost
- Day use: $5 per vehicle per day Boat Launch Fee: $7 per boat per day
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- No
- Elevation
- 2,152 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- NFSR 1000560 · asphalt · moderate degree of user comfort
- Nearest town
- Jacksonville, OR
About
US Forest Service campground. Hart-tish is a well developed and popular recreation site with an extensive day use area, and an adjacent boat ramp and a small campground. Hart-tish park is one of the few Forest Service campgrounds with several acres of beautifully groomed lawn sloping down to the water 's edge. From Hart-tish one can look south across the lake to the peaks of the majestic Red Butte Wilderness. Many picnic sites are available in shaded areas next to the beach. There are wheelchair accessible facilities. Facilities 3 picnic sites No fire pits Drinking water 2 flush toilets Garbage disposal during operating season. Not reservable through Recreation.gov, so plan on first-come, first-served; check with the ranger district for current conditions and fees.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 35° | 24° | 61° | 9 of 11 |
| February | 47° | 35° | 9° | 71° | 8 of 11 |
| March | 53° | 35° | 19° | 80° | 7 of 11 |
| April | 60° | 39° | 28° | 77° | 1 of 11 |
| May | 68° | 47° | 36° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 76° | 52° | 40° | 97° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 89° | 60° | 50° | 103° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 88° | 61° | 51° | 105° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 80° | 55° | 44° | 101° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 71° | 46° | 37° | 86° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 57° | 40° | 31° | 71° | 3 of 10 |
| December | 47° | 35° | 19° | 63° | 5 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- HART-TISH PARK at APPLEGATE LAKE · USDA Forest Service · 1 mi · 17 sites
- Tipsu Tyee Campground · USDA Forest Service · 1 mi
- Harr Point Campground · USDA Forest Service · 1 mi
- Watkins Campground · USDA Forest Service · 2 mi
- Carberry Group Campground · USDA Forest Service · 3 mi · 1 sites
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