Cedar Butte Road Closure 8/1/20

Cedar Butte Road will be closed on Saturday, August 1, 7:00 am-10:00 am, from the junction at Meusial Creek Road to the 1 mile. Large equipment will be blocking the road during the closure. 

Campfire Closure

If you are headed out to dispersed camp in the Tillamook State Forest, please note that the fire danger level has increased to "MODERATE". 

This changes what is allowed for campfires and outdoor cooking gear.  For more information about fire season restrictions, please visit the "Fire Season" tab on this blog.

Thanks for helping to keep the Tillamook State Forest safe from fores fires.

Where can I have a campfire in the Tillamook State Forest?

      Fires are not allowed on rock or dirt roads to access recent timber harvest units.  These are not dispersed campsites and can be areas with increased risk of wildfires

If the fire danger level is MODERATE or higher, you can only have a campfire in the metal fire pits installed by the Oregon Department of Forestry in:

• Fee Campgrounds & Developed Day Use Areas
• Designated Recreation Areas
• Designated Campsites

Where can I smoke?

You can smoke in the closed cabin of your vehicle on improved roads or while in Designated

Recreation Areas, Fee Campgrounds or Designated Campsites.  This applies no matter

what the fire danger level.

What methods of heat can I use to cook in my campsite?

What methods you can use to cook depend on the fire danger level.

If the fire danger level is MODERATE or higher, cooking is limited to:

• Metal fire pits installed by the Oregon Department of Forestry
• Propane or gas camp stoves
• Propane or gas BBQs

If the danger level is  MODERATE or higher, charcoal and wood burning BBQs are

prohibited outside of designated campsites and designated recreation facilities.