The McKenzie goes by loud and cold beside the river pads at Belknap Hot Springs, so clear you can count stones on the bottom, while steam lifts off the hot-spring pools on the bank above. Nobody wades in for long, and after dark the pools are where the day ends, with the river roaring unseen below. Families roll the motorhome up OR-126 from Eugene, plug it in for the week, and give the days to the waterfalls and the lake higher up the same road, back each evening for another soak.
The pad is the first booking and the motorhome the second, because Belknap's lengths decide the class. According to Belknap's RV sites page, every RV site runs on 30 amp with either water and electric or full hookups, and the river pads run 28 to 50 feet while the upper lawn takes rigs up to 68. A family set on waking up next to the McKenzie picks the river pad first and rents a rig to fit it. As of September 2026 the resort has a fire ban posted, so leave the campfire plans in Eugene.
When the rig comes out of a Eugene driveway late in the day, Eugene Kamping World in Coburg, just off I-5, makes an easy first night with pull-through sites and 30 and 50 amp power. The drive up OR-126 can wait for morning.
Sahalie Falls, Koosah Falls, and Clear Lake by day
The road climbs and the river gets louder with it. You hear Sahalie Falls through the trees before you see it, a white column of the McKenzie crashing into a churned-up pool with spray hanging in the air, and Koosah Falls is its partner on the same stretch of river. Clear Lake, higher up, is the calm end of the day, cold still water that earns the name and a good spot for lunch before the drive back down to the pools.
Split the falls and the lake across two days if you like, with a soak at Belknap to close each one. The McKenzie River Trail and the Blue Pool, the Oregon Dunes at Florence, and Oakridge's Waldo Lake suit two people in a smaller rig better, and that's where those trips are laid out.
Ducks home Saturdays at Autzen Stadium
Fall Saturdays in Eugene belong to the Ducks. On a home weekend the RV lot at Autzen is awake at dawn, awnings out and grills going, green and yellow on every flag and camp chair before the coffee is done. For a family the motorhome is the whole tailgate, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a couch parked a walk from the gates.
Each RV space at Autzen is 18 by 40 feet and takes a reserved pass, so sort the pass before the rental and pick a rig that fits the rectangle with the awning and slides out.
Fern Ridge Reservoir and Richardson Park
Fern Ridge Reservoir spreads out flat and wide close to town, with a marina and sailboats working across the open water. Richardson Park, Lane County's campground on the shore, is the closest RV campground to Eugene, and it suits the family that would rather spend the week by one lake than on the road.
As of September 2026 the park's dump station is closed for wastewater work and the nearest dump is off-site, so plan the tank run before you settle in. For the coast and Crater Lake, the Oregon RV page covers the rest of the state's rig trips.
