Willamette Mission State Park in OR -- Camping

This 1,680-acre park along the Willamette River near Gervais features eight miles of riparian hiking trails, historic mission ruins dating to 1834, and one of the largest black cottonwood trees in the U.S. The park provides river access via the Wheatland Ferry crossing and preserves the site of Reverend Jason Lee's mission established to convert Native Americans to Christianity. A ghost structure marks the original mission's location, damaged by an 1861 flood.

• Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• Mission Lake lies 0.3 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.