Godman Campground/Trailhead

Not a lot of campsites, and no flush toilets (1 stall and recommend to bring your own toilet paper & hand sanitizer). There is makeshift ground water well that is stored in a steel tub. This place is pretty isolated (no cell coverage or internet). The trail is rugged, and for an isolated place like this, it is well maintained. This place does have ticks. I don't know if the tick spp carries Lyme, but do come prepared and check for bug bites after hiking. To get here, the mountain roads are narrow and usually one lane. I advise against big RVs. Campervans (or something similar midsize) are probably OK.

It's a really nice area, we were looking for bicycle trails and the rules on the trail at Godman was no bicycles. We walked it a third of the way and turned around. Nice trail but all down hill then you have to climb back up if that's where camp is. Beautiful but steep for someone who doesn't hike a lot.

Nice high mountain campsites with a good water spring. Very close to a couple of trails however none of them make for a one day loop. As previously stated they drop down so you will be walking uphill on your return. This is the intersection for Teepee and Oregon Butte. If I was going to day hike Oregon Butte and camp this is the campground I would chose rather than Teepee as Teepee is more of a parking lot. YES you would have to drive the 5 miles back but it would be worth it (you have to drive back anyway). Bathroom has always been clean and stocked when I've been there.

I spent a lot of my child hood camping in this area. There are two buildings, one is a warming shelter for snowmbilers, closed during the winter. The 2nd larger building can be rented overnight from the US forest service. Its right next to the wilderness trails. Also, a motorcycle/horse trail passes right by this area. Its a long two lane gravel road to get here, plan on making a day of the trip and make sure you got a full tank of gas. Usually the roads are snowed in until May/June, sometimes July (Depends on the year)

Beautiful trail, but it goes down for a long time. It took us almost twice the time coming back than it did going down. Also the trailhead had the cleanest outhouse I've seen in awhile.