Cascade Lakes Welcome Station
Facility · Oregon ·
Managed by the USDA Forest Service
Deschutes National Forest (NF) · Open Access
- 4,055 ft
- Elevation
Located just past mile post seven on the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway, the Cascade Lakes Welcome Station serves as a gateway to some of the most popular trails, lakes and recreation areas on the Deschutes National Forest. The Welcome Station also offers parking and access to Phil’s and Wanoga mountain biking trails systems.
The Cascade Lakes Welcome Station provides visitors an opportunity to buy recreation passes, local maps, guidebooks and other educational materials. In addition to offering one-day recreation passes and the annual Northwest Forest Pass (good for all National Forests in Oregon and Washington), the Welcome Station also offers a number of interagency pass options.
Staffed with both Forest Service rangers and employees from Discover Your Forest, the Deschutes National Forest’s non-profit partner, the Welcome Station gives visitors the opportunity to ask questions, while learning about trail conditions and closures.
Visitors can plan their trips using a new, interactive touch screen map. They can learn more about our local wilderness areas and what they can do to help protect them while exploring the region on a giant floor map. Additional interpretive exhibits are planned and will be implemented in the coming seasons.
Getting there
43.99900, -121.40600 · 43°59'56.4"N 121°24'21.6"W
Typical weather
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| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 averages from the nearest NOAA station, 5.7 mi away — not measured at the facility itself, and elevation can make a real difference over that distance.
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Common questions about Cascade Lakes Welcome Station
- Can you reserve a site at Cascade Lakes Welcome Station?
- No. Cascade Lakes Welcome Station is not reservable through Recreation.gov, so sites are first-come, first-served or booked elsewhere.
Camping near Cascade Lakes Welcome Station
- Central Cascades Wilderness Permit - Day Use 9.5 mi · Tickets · we watch it
- Three Creeks Lake Campground 12.9 mi · Campground · we watch it
- Driftwood Campground - Deschutes 13.2 mi · Campground · we watch it
- Big River 13.3 mi · Campground · we watch it
- Aspen Day Use Area 1.7 mi · Facility
- Skyliners Sno-Park/Trailhead 5.9 mi · Facility
- Deschutes NF-Bend/Sunriver/La Pine Area 6.5 mi · Facility
- Huntington Wagon Road 13.1 mi · Facility
- Three Creek Meadow Horse Camp 13.4 mi · Campground
- Lava Cast Forest Day Use Interpretive Site 13.7 mi · Facility
- Crater Creek Ditch 13.8 mi · Facility
- Todd Lake Day Use Area/Trailhead 13.9 mi · Facility
Contact
- Info Recreation.gov
Recreation.gov last updated this record on 2026-02-25.
Facility information and photographs from Recreation.gov (RIDB). SpotOpened is not affiliated with Recreation.gov or any federal agency.
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