Forest meadow near trailhead
Address: Government Camp, Oregon
Cost: Free
About
Past the Elk Meadows and Sahalie Falls Trailhead (but can walk back there pretty easily). Take the dirt forest service road a few hundred yards and you’ll see a few small pullouts and one larger (enough for 2 vans or 1 rv, maybe). No Verizon service, but 2 bars AT&T LTE. There were a ton of flies all around at golden hour, but they seemed to go away after that. Beautiful lush green bushy forest with purple wildflowers next to an open meadow, which makes for dramatic sun rays shining through the trees. Not a big turn around at the end, so heads up if you’re in a larger rig.