Hooper Park

We tried calling the listed phone number for more information. This was to a home # of a ranger recently deceased. Her daughter was so kind! But this number should be updated. It’s been a struggle she told us. No host on duty when we arrived at 3:00pm on a Saturday. But simply picked our site. Most of us had no hookups but there are a few. Playground for kids. Deer roamed around our sites and nearly knocked on our doors. We enjoyed our short stay. Headed to an equine trail ride outside of town. Would recommend this to those passing through.

It's only $10 to camp here with a tent. $25 for an electric site with an RV.

The bad: this is a city park in town. That means you'll have a little bit of light pollution if you want to see the stars (it's not too bad though) and you're next to the road.

The good: once evening approaches, it's pretty quiet through the night in the morning. This place feels like an intermediate between an RV park and a Forest service campground. The sites are spacious, though they are next to each other. But the day I was here, there weren't very many campers so it felt more spread out. You may also get some courageous deer walking through your campsite.

The facilities are pretty good for a city park. Bathrooms have running water and even a shower. They are spigots to fill up with drinking water. And there's a small playground which my kids think is underwhelming.

Be aware that the fire rings at some of the sites good stand some TLC, as could some of the picnic tables which are wooden and starting to splinter.

That said, at $10, it's hard to beat the price, especially since down the road there is a more primitive campground that cost $5 more.

We checked out Hooper, but decided no. The restrooms, one each for guys & gals was not clean, the shower curtain was torn down and lying on the concrete floor. $25/my for water& electric, $15 for dry camp non electric. The sites were not level. They looked as if they would be puddles if it rained.