Government Camp, Oregon

{{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Government Camp, Oregon |official_name = |settlement_type = Census-designated place |nickname = |motto =

|unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='41'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref> |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 1.94 |area_land_km2 = 1.94 |area_water_km2 = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/> |population_total = 179 |population_density_km2 = 92.46

|timezone = Pacific (PST) |utc_offset = -8 |timezone_DST = PDT |utc_offset_DST = -7 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 3891 |coordinates = {{coord|45|18|08|N|121|45|09|W|type:city_region:US-OR_|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 97028 |area_code = |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 41-30250 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 2584415<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2584415}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }} '''Government Camp''' {{IPAc-en||audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Masohpotato-Government Camp.wav}}is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, on the base of Mount Hood and north of Tom Dick and Harry Mountain. It is the only town within {{convert|5|mi|0}} of Mount Hood and therefore is the ''de facto'' "mountain town" or "ski town". It is the gateway to several ski resorts, with the most popular being Timberline Lodge and Mount Hood Skibowl. Government Camp also has its own, smaller ski resort, Summit Pass.

The community is located within the Mount Hood Corridor on U.S. Route 26 (the Mount Hood Highway), near its intersection with Oregon Route 35 and the Barlow Pass summit of the Cascade Range. As of the 2020 census, Government Camp had a population of 179.<ref name="Census2020PLLede">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A30250&in=state%3A41|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=February 1, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> The government's 2016 estimate indicated a population of 121 persons.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=2018-02-18 }}</ref> ==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 179 |align=left |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N%2CNAME&for=place%3A%2A&in=state%3A41|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref> }}{{clear left}}

==History== Government Camp was given its name by settlers traveling the Barlow Road, who discovered several wagons abandoned there by the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. A sign in front of the town's post office states, "Formerly a camp on the old Barlow Road, the village was named in 1849 when U.S Cavalry troops were forced to abandon wagons and supplies here."

==Government== Over the last decade,{{When|date=June 2019}} Government Camp went through a revitalization effort due to a Clackamas County urban renewal district. With that district expiring in 2007, the community had been looking at ways to maintain current services. At a town hall meeting on November 17, 2006, citizens voted 41–58 not to form a village.<ref name="sp inc">{{cite news| url=http://www.sandypost.com/news/story.php?story_id=127483700333447300| title=Government Camp voters reject new city| last=Guibord| first=Garth| date=May 25, 2010| work=The Sandy Post| publisher=Pamplin Media Group| access-date=14 June 2010| archive-date=May 31, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531182349/http://www.sandypost.com/news/story.php?story_id=127483700333447300| url-status=dead}}</ref> Many residents voted against the proposal in order to seek incorporation.<ref>[http://www.sandypost.com/news/story.php?story_id=116423851212380100 Government Camp voters reject village proposal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928024728/http://www.sandypost.com/news/story.php?story_id=116423851212380100 |date=2007-09-28 }} ''SandyPost.com''</ref> In May 2010, residents of the community voted on incorporation,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/05/government_camp_voters_will_de.html| title=Government Camp voters will decide whether to incorporate| last=Tims| first=Dana| date=May 1, 2010| work=The Oregonian| access-date=5 May 2010}}</ref> but the measure failed by a vote of 48 against incorporation and 35 in favor of incorporation.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/05/government_camp_election_resul.html| title=Government Camp incorporation measure fails| date=May 19, 2010| work=The Oregonian| access-date=14 June 2010}}</ref> Had the city been formed, the city would have had 138 registered voters within the city limits at the time of formation.<ref name="sp inc"/>

==Climate== Government Camp's climate is borderline between the dry summer version of a humid continental climate and the extremely rare dry summer versions of a subarctic climate and subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen classification ''Dsb, Dsc'', or ''Csc''), with cool, dry summers and cold, very wet winters with huge snowfall due to the powerful Aleutian Low. {{Weather box | location = Government Camp, Oregon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present) | single line = Y | Jan record high F = 70 | Feb record high F = 69 | Mar record high F = 70 | Apr record high F = 80 | May record high F = 93 | Jun record high F = 98 | Jul record high F = 99 | Aug record high F = 105 | Sep record high F = 94 | Oct record high F = 83 | Nov record high F = 70 | Dec record high F = 65 | Jan avg record high F = 54.0 | Feb avg record high F = 52.8 | Mar avg record high F = 58.2 | Apr avg record high F = 66.1 | May avg record high F = 74.6 | Jun avg record high F = 79.6 | Jul avg record high F = 85.7 | Aug avg record high F = 87.0 | Sep avg record high F = 82.8 | Oct avg record high F = 72.2 | Nov avg record high F = 59.3 | Dec avg record high F = 49.3 | year avg record high F = 89.0 | Jan high F = 37.1 | Feb high F = 37.8 | Mar high F = 41.0 | Apr high F = 45.1 | May high F = 53.7 | Jun high F = 59.3 | Jul high F = 69.2 | Aug high F = 70.3 | Sep high F = 64.2 | Oct high F = 52.7 | Nov high F = 41.5 | Dec high F = 35.3 | year high F = 50.6 | Jan mean F = 31.8 | Feb mean F = 32.0 | Mar mean F = 34.5 | Apr mean F = 37.8 | May mean F = 44.9 | Jun mean F = 50.2 | Jul mean F = 58.4 | Aug mean F = 59.3 | Sep mean F = 54.4 | Oct mean F = 44.9 | Nov mean F = 35.9 | Dec mean F = 30.5 | year mean F = 42.9 | Jan low F = 26.4 | Feb low F = 26.1 | Mar low F = 28.1 | Apr low F = 30.5 | May low F = 36.1 | Jun low F = 41.2 | Jul low F = 47.5 | Aug low F = 48.4 | Sep low F = 44.6 | Oct low F = 37.2 | Nov low F = 30.4 | Dec low F = 25.7 | year low F = 35.2 | Jan avg record low F = 12.2 | Feb avg record low F = 13.7 | Mar avg record low F = 18.8 | Apr avg record low F = 22.3 | May avg record low F = 27.1 | Jun avg record low F = 32.8 | Jul avg record low F = 37.8 | Aug avg record low F = 38.4 | Sep avg record low F = 33.0 | Oct avg record low F = 25.3 | Nov avg record low F = 19.0 | Dec avg record low F = 12.5 | year avg record low F = 6.6 | Jan record low F = -8 | Feb record low F = -13 | Mar record low F = 1 | Apr record low F = 12 | May record low F = 18 | Jun record low F = 23 | Jul record low F = 29 | Aug record low F = 32 | Sep record low F = 23 | Oct record low F = 10 | Nov record low F = -4 | Dec record low F = -12 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation inch = 12.61 | Feb precipitation inch = 9.64 | Mar precipitation inch = 9.41 | Apr precipitation inch = 7.78 | May precipitation inch = 5.75 | Jun precipitation inch = 4.01 | Jul precipitation inch = 0.88 | Aug precipitation inch = 1.09 | Sep precipitation inch = 3.06 | Oct precipitation inch = 8.42 | Nov precipitation inch = 12.69 | Dec precipitation inch = 14.43 | year precipitation inch = 89.77 | Jan snow inch = 48.8 | Feb snow inch = 39.5 | Mar snow inch = 35.6 | Apr snow inch = 17.6 | May snow inch = 4.2 | Jun snow inch = 0.6 | Jul snow inch = 0.0 | Aug snow inch = 0.0 | Sep snow inch = 0.2 | Oct snow inch = 3.8 | Nov snow inch = 30.6 | Dec snow inch = 51.6 | year snow inch = 232.5 | Jan snow depth inch = 55 | Feb snow depth inch = 53 | Mar snow depth inch = 53 | Apr snow depth inch = 32 | May snow depth inch = 9 | Jun snow depth inch = 0 | Jul snow depth inch = 0 | Aug snow depth inch = 0 | Sep snow depth inch = 0 | Oct snow depth inch = 3 | Nov snow depth inch = 21 | Dec snow depth inch = 42 | unit precipitation days = 0.01 in | Jan precipitation days = 20.2 | Feb precipitation days = 17.4 | Mar precipitation days = 19.9 | Apr precipitation days = 18.7 | May precipitation days = 14.3 | Jun precipitation days = 10.6 | Jul precipitation days = 3.8 | Aug precipitation days = 4.1 | Sep precipitation days = 7.4 | Oct precipitation days = 13.1 | Nov precipitation days = 18.7 | Dec precipitation days = 21.0 | unit snow days = 0.1 in | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.1 | Oct snow days = 1.2 | Nov snow days = 7.1 | Dec snow days = 12.1 | Jan snow days = 10.1 | Feb snow days = 9.4 | Mar snow days = 9.2 | Apr snow days = 6.6 | May snow days = 2.1 | Jun snow days = 0.4 | source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA >{{cite web |url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=pqr |title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = 2022-08-17 |archive-date = February 17, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200217125347/https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=pqr |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref> {{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00353402&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Government Camp, OR |access-date = December 30, 2022 }} </ref> }} <gallery widths=200px class="center"> File:Battle Axe Inn at Government Camp Oregon, 1927 (5731117456).jpg|Battle Axe Inn at Government Camp, 1927 File:Government Camp, OR Post Office.jpg|Post office at Government Camp with a sign describing its naming </gallery>

==See also== {{portal|Oregon|Pacific Northwest}} * Mount Hood Village, Oregon, a census-designated place * Village (Oregon) * Zigzag Mountain

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Government Camp, Oregon}} * [https://www.clackamas.us/development/gcamp.html Government Camp Village] from the Clackamas County Dep't of Transportation and Development * [http://mthoodmuseum.org/ Mt Hood Cultural Center & Museum] * [http://www.tripcheck.com/RoadCams/cams/GovernmentCamp_pid624.jpg Webcam of U.S. 26 road conditions] near Government Camp, from Oregon Department of Transportation

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