We lived camping here, the downside is Big Cortonwood Canyon is a watershed, so even if you pay the fee and take the class to be able to have dogs in the canyon, they ARE NOT allowed in the campground. There were a lot of thistles and some stinging nettle in the individual campsites, which surprised me, with all the kids that are up there. There is a path to get to Donut Falls, which was not a kid friendly hike to get to the top of the waterfall (in my opinion).