The first question to be answered is whether you will stay in an improved campground or a primitive one. Established campgrounds can offer various amenities, including drinking water, improved sites, restrooms, and even showers, to name a few. Private campgrounds, such as KOA, offer the most luxurious arrangements available short of staying in a motel. The Oregon outdoors has become more crowded in the past 10 years with the increase in our population.
Crowded campgrounds bring noise and traffic.
You're less likely to see wildlife in their natural surroundings in a crowded campground on a holiday weekend. In addition, the use of most public and all private campgrounds requires payment of a fee. Primitive camping can provide beauty and solitude, but camping in the back country places a higher burden of responsibility onto the camper. Primitive camping, if performed incorrectly, can have a large negative impact on our environment. Some areas have been closed to primitive camping because they experience high human traffic and because they have been previously damaged by irresponsible campers.