There are multiple campgrounds around Anthony Lake, including one at the lake. If you have a brood of children, though, the drive-in campsite at Anthony Lake feels a bit small and cramped.

From the campground, you can hike around Anthony Lake in about 45 minutes, or take a more challenging, 1,300-foot elevation gain, 8.2-mile loop around Gunsight Mountain.

One of my favorite camping spots is Anthony Lakes Recreation Area in Oregon’s Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. The campground is 170 miles from Boise, about 2 hours and 45 minutes away, and sits ...

Travel & Outdoors Oregon tent campers can head for these sites, best in their campgrounds: Oregon camping Updated: May. 29, 2014, 12:00 p.m. | Published: May. 29, 2014, 11:00 a.m. By ...