You Guys. This place was so magical I can't even, I don't even... there are no words. Specifically our site (cough, 12, cough), which was by far the best site: hugging the creek, hidden by gigantic boulders. This campground has a wonderful forest/mountain atmosphere, tumbling water for white noise, wildlife, granite slides, pools of blue water, trout fishing, and the best tasting drinking water I’ve ever had in my life. Oh and it’s a short distance from the biggest trees in the world. I’d live here if I could. This place is more magical than Hogwarts. I can't even believe my luck that we were able to reserve a spot here and stay here. 

Okay enough gushing. This campground is small and on a super rutted road so everyone has to drive super slow. No car noise. Also all the people were really quiet too. There are two single vault toilets in the campground. The water, like I said earlier, is not only potable but absolutely delicious. There is no cell service. If you drive north on the highway for 10 minutes or so, you'll find a couple pull-offs with enough service to connect to the rest of the world if you need to. The host was super friendly; her spot is over at regular Stony Creek Campground across the highway. 

The granite slides and pools don't have a clear path to get to.  You kind of have to slip through other sites farther towards the hike-in sites to get to, which was uncomfortable. Usually there was an open site that we could go through. But accessing the creek is also not easy in these areas... there's some scrambling, so be prepared. Also in that direction is a trailhead into a designated wilderness area. I wish we'd had the time to take it.

Also, let it be said that in some publications it can seem like they are stating that there are pay showers for public use at Stony Creek Lodge. This is NOT the case. There are no showers anywhere in the park area. Luckily, Upper Stony Creek Campground DOES allow privacy tents. 

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