I've done several trips in the area, mainly car tent camping.
A bit north of Diamond Lake, off the bend in OR138 is Lemolo Lake. Poole Creek CG is relatively large FS campground (60 sites). One Memorial weekend we stopped there for lunch, and then decided since the site was available, to register, and spend the rest of the day there. We spent the afternoon touring the waterfalls to the west along 138.
Then down 62 to Medford and on to Applegate Lake. There I had trouble finding a campsite, and end up doing dispersed camping off a FS road.
Then a pleasant meander to Grants Pass. Then a scenic, but mountainous drive from Gallice to Agness (this was less than a year after the Kim's got lost in these mountains, and I'd followed episode some detail).
That night was another pleasant FS cg, Quosatana campground on the Rogue River up stream from Gold Beach. Then to Cape Blanco SP (nice).
Then a lunch stop in Bandon, and back across the the coast mtns on 42 to Roseburg and back up 138. Camped by one of waterfalls we'd seen earlier (Clearwater Falls). And then meander north on state and fs roads to Sisters and eventually Hood River and Washington.
On a previous trip we drove south on 101, and spent a night at Harris Beach SP near Brookings. Closer to town and a working mill; not as nice as Cape Blanco.
At Crescent Beach we drove up 199 as far as Patrick Creek, camped there and explored those mountains a bit. Then back to 101 and south. Gold Bluffs in Patrick Creek SP was our favorite campground in the Redwoods area - right on shore.
Next time in the area I'd like to explore along CA96 - the north coastal mountain around Happy Camp.
