Pringle Falls

There's the falls, and then there's Pringle Falls Campground (USFS). One gets to the latter on a funky dirt road that leads into an even funkier dirt road One arrives at the campground and there are several sites along the Deschutes River and a couple more a bit inland. The road forms a loop at the campground. Though it wasn't a holiday weekend when we were there, all the river sites were taken. We got a secluded site away from the river, where the loop starts. It was quite adequate. One can walk down the river, and, I suppose, up it too. The walk downstream was a pleasant one.

The campground opens in late April and shuts the end of October. It costs $10 (2016) per night, half that if you are old with a pass. No water available, but there's an outhouse. Bugs weren't a problem when was there. The falls (and by extension the campground of the same name) was named for Octavius Manthano Pringle (1832-1914), my sixth cousin four times removed, according to my genealogy file. Whether he is you cousin or not, you might enjoy camping here - I'd come here again....