Quosatana Campground is situated on a bank of the Rogue River. It is a beautiful setting, with several campsites overlooking the river.
The camphost Pete is diligent in keeping the grounds clean, but has been forced to maintain the facilities on a shoestring budget (got DOGE?). Consequently, while the restrooms are clean, the wash basins in them are inoperable, and one entire restroom building is out-of-order.
The potable water (no hookups) is a little brown in color due to the presence of a lot of iron in the water. Pete explained that the mineral filter for the water supply hasn't been replaced in five years.
Rather than use the iron-hardened water, we opted to drive to nearby Arizona Beach off of Hwy 101 to refill our van's water tank (the water at Arizona Beach is free, excellent, and the spigot there is even threaded; the spigot is located near the beach's vault toilets). Arizona Beach is a ~ 40 minute drive from Quosatana Campground, but is well worth the drive, even without needing water. It has black sand!
The campground is bordered by a forest of myrtle trees, and there is a faint trail starting from the west side of the campground that wanders through the seemingly primordial woods. We actually got lost on this trail (did I say that the trail was "faint"?), but we found our way back to our camp site simply by using the river as a guide. It was in fact a wonderful walk.
One detractor were the generators being run all day by some of the RV campers. It's the campers' right to do so, but that doesn't mean I have to enjoy listening to them all day, nonetheless. At least those with generators were compliant with the quiet-hours rules.
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