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Oregon Parks and Recreation Department: State Parks

Designated group tent camps are open spaces set aside for a large number of tents. They are available at 19 parks across the state:

    Beverly Beach State Park
    Cape Blanco State Park
    Cape Lookout State Park
    Cascadia State Park
    Champoeg State Heritage Area
    Deschutes River State Recreation Area
    Emigrant Springs State Park  has a group camp with a max capacity of 25 people.  Contact the park directly to book at 541-983-2277.
    Farewell Bend State Recreation Area
    Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park
    Joseph H. Stewart State Recreation Area
    Milo McIver State Park
    Silver Falls State Park
    South Beach State Park
    Sunset Bay State Park
    The Cove Palisades State Park
    Tumalo State Park
    Valley of the Rogue State Park
    Wallowa Lake State Park
    Willamette Mission State Park

Group sites hold up to 25 people, and the cost is $40 from Oct. 1 to Apr. 30, and $60 from May 1 to Sept. 30. At a few parks a local lodging tax is also collected. The sites are reservable by phone up to 9 months in advance by calling 1-800-452-5687. Some of these parks can occasionally serve more than 25 people per group tent area (the parks are Milo McIver, Joseph Stewart, Sunset Bay and Cape Blanco). For information on exceeding the 25-person limit at these parks, call 1-800-551-6949.

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• Back your car into the garage or park it in an open space facing the direction of escape. Shut doors and roll up windows. Leave the key in the ignition. Close garage windows and doors, but leave them unlocked. Disconnect automatic garage door openers.
• Confine pets to one room. Make plans to care for your pets in case you must evacuate.
• Arrange temporary housing at a friend or relative's home outside the threatened area.
• Close windows, vents, doors, Venetian blinds or non-combustible window coverings, and heavy drapes. Remove lightweight curtains.
• Shut off gas at the meter. Turn off pilot lights. Turn off propane tanks.
• Open fireplace damper. Close fireplace screens.
• Move flammable furniture into the center of the home away from windows and sliding-glass doors.
• Turn on a light in each room to increase the visibility of your home in heavy smoke.
• Seal attic and ground vents with pre-cut plywood or commercial seals.
• Place combustible patio furniture inside.
• Connect the garden hose to outside taps.
• Set up the portable gasoline-powered pump.
• Place lawn sprinklers on the roof and near above-ground fuel tanks. Wet the roof.
• Wet or remove shrubs within 15 feet of the home.