Free Camping in Oregon State Parks at Any Rating — Four Nights at a Time
Oregon's Special Access Pass gives a resident veteran with ANY level of service-connected disability free tent, RV and standard horse-camp camping, and free day-use parking at fee parks. No minimum percentage: a VA letter documenting service connection is what is asked for. The limits are how it is rationed rather than who gets it — FOUR NIGHTS AT A TIME at a single park, or four nights per calendar month. YURTS, CABINS, RESERVATION FEES AND EXTRA-VEHICLE CHARGES ARE NOT COVERED. You need an Oregon driver licence or ID with the application.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
Oregon's Special Access Pass gives a resident veteran with ANY level of service-connected disability free tent, RV and standard horse-camp camping, and free day-use parking at fee parks. No minimum percentage: a VA letter documenting service connection is what is asked for. The limits are how it is rationed rather than who gets it — FOUR NIGHTS AT A TIME at a single park, or four nights per calendar month. YURTS, CABINS, RESERVATION FEES AND EXTRA-VEHICLE CHARGES ARE NOT COVERED. You need an Oregon driver licence or ID with the application.
What it's worth: Free camping and day-use parking, four nights at a time
- ANY LEVEL of service-connected disability. NO MINIMUM PERCENTAGE.
- Free TENT, RV AND STANDARD HORSE-CAMP camping, plus free DAY-USE PARKING at fee parks.
- FOUR NIGHTS AT A TIME at a single park, or four nights per calendar month.
- NOT COVERED: yurts, cabins, RESERVATION FEES, extra-vehicle and other charges.
- OREGON RESIDENCY is required, evidenced by an Oregon driver licence or ID with the application.
- Documented by a U.S. VA letter.
- Because reservation fees are excluded, a booked site still costs something.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- You have a service-connected disability.
- Oregon state parks.
Not sure whether that describes you?
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How to claim it
- 1Download a VA letter documenting service connection. The percentage does not matter.
- 2Apply with an Oregon driver licence or ID — residency is proved that way.
- 3Plan around the four-night limit: four at a stretch at one park, or four a month.
- 4Budget for reservation fees; those are outside the pass even where the site is free.
- 5If you want a yurt or cabin, expect to pay — only standard camping is covered.
- Form
- Special Access Pass application, Oregon Parks and Recreation
- File with
- Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyOregon Parks and Recreation — Special Access Pass
- operating · published policyOregon Department of Veterans Affairs
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