The price for 2027 has not been announced. The figure is from 2026, for reference only, so check the convention's own site before you budget.
The campground is near La Pine in central Oregon's high desert:
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CampFire Tails 2026 ran June 11-15 at the Ogden Group Camp in the Deschutes National Forest, moving a month earlier than its usual midsummer slot. Registration again used the lottery system (attendee $100, patron $160), and the "Happenings" format let campers host their own activities rather than following a guest-of-honor lineup. The convention had not published an attendance count for the year as of October 2026.
CampFire Tails 2025 ran July 31-August 4 in the Deschutes National Forest under the Midsummer Faire theme. The organizer-controlled pages checked for this edition do not publish a final attendance figure or charity result, so those values remain unlisted.
CampFire Tails 2024 ran August 1-5 at Ogden Group Camp in Oregon under the Camp Cryptid theme. The official forum archive confirms the 21+ and no-pets policies and multiple post-event topics, but does not publish a final attendance or charity result.
The official volunteer thread records CampFire Tails 2023 operating from August 17-20, with setup on August 16 and teardown on August 21. It does not establish a 2023 venue, theme, attendance, charity result, pricing, Guest of Honor, or final programme.
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2027
Dates TBA
2026
Jun 11-15
Theme
A Midsummer Night's Shrinking
2025
Jul 31 - Aug 4
Theme
Midsummer Faire
2024
Aug 1-5
Theme
Camp Cryptid
2023
Aug 17-20
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USFS Deschutes National Forest tenure: a third land-tenure model
Campfire Tails operates on United States Forest Service land within Deschutes National Forest. Federal forest tenure sets the rules the convention runs under: a per-site occupancy cap, USFS fire restrictions that can tighten with no notice in an Oregon summer, and no permanent structures. A privately-owned campground would let organisers negotiate those terms; on USFS land they are handed down.
Camping on Oregon's youngest lava flows
The campsites sit on Northwest Rift Zone basalt approximately 7,000 years old, and the nearby Big Obsidian Flow (within Newberry National Volcanic Monument) erupted around 690 CE, the youngest lava flow in Oregon.
Three-stage lottery with the "+1 designation" payment window
Camp Feral! and Wild Nights run individual-seat raffles for capped attendance. Campfire Tails runs a three-stage lottery with a designated "+1" payment window, distinct from a typical first-come ticketing flow.
