Did an overnight camp at Douglas Creek Canyon. We parked at the North access point (on Google Maps it shows up as Douglas Creek Recreational Site) where there is a large sign from the Bureau of Land Management. The road does continue past this small parking area but Douglas Creek flows over the road in several spots that really require a high clearance vehicle to pass.
The "trail" heading south is just a walk along Slack Canyon road. Beware there are some stream crossings on the road that are tough to get across on foot, we had to take our boots off once or twice. There are many campsites off the side of the road along this route where we saw trucks and RVs with groups of campers. There were a few little ponds in the creek where I saw some trout swim by but didn't hook anything with the fishing rod. About 4 miles down we reached the South access point where there were some cars parked with day visitors. Folks were shooting targets which scared us at first when we thought it was rockfall! Trek up the short steep section of road for some nice views, and then go back and trek down the side of the canyon to reach some very beautiful swimming holes.
The walk back to the North access point took about an hour and a half. Then we headed into the North section of the canyon to camp for the night - there is a trail that departs the parking lot past a metal gate. We didn't make it far (half a mile?) before running into a stream crossing that we didn't want to bother with, though you could continue past this with wet feet into what looks like very beautiful canyon. Set up camp on some gravel and slept through a windy, rainy night. Trekked back to the lot in the morning where we had breakfast to a nice view.
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