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Carbon River Camp — Mount Rainier National Park

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Carbon River Camp is located near Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. The terrain features dense forests and riverbanks, offering a natural setting for camping. Nearby attractions include Mount Rainier itself, with trails and scenic views, and the Carbon River Rainforest, which provides opportunities for hiking and exploring.

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Carbon River Camp — Mount Rainier National Park is located in Washington

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46.94970652 N
121.79443427 W

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Forest Road 7300 Pull-Off

1 hr 23 min away

Paradise Pines

1 hr 23 min away

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1 hr 27 min from Seattle
1 hr 29 min from Olympia
1 hr 35 min from Bremerton
3 hrs 12 min from Yakima

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Park in a lot, walk to your site.
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KN Y.

Scout

Reviewed Nov. 6, 2022

not super easy to get to but worth it

you used to be able to drive and car camp here but the carbon river keeps washing things out. Now there is a roughly 5 mile hike on combo of old road and replacement trail wherever the road is washed out. it is a slightly uphill hike but nothing terrible, you are along the river for almost the entire time. once there expect a fairly large campground with everything you need. You will have very little company due to the hike in. if you made it this far make sure you continue across the suspension bridge over the carbon river and the short hike to the lowest glacier in the lower 48.

Danielle S.

Legend

Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018

A good, quiet campground

You have to hike-in to get to this campground. When we were there, the river access was washed out, so you have to hike down to get to it. Our knees were killing us by the time we got there.

You have to cross a log bridge to access this site, which I have pictured. I love that kind of log bridge, but it can be a little intimidating.

If you are coming from one direction (there were two, and if the river access is not washed out, three) ways to get to the campsite, you cross a really awesome suspension bridge. We crossed it the next day, but if you didn't cross it on your way, go take a look, it's one of the best suspension bridges I have been on.

The sites are separated from each other, so much so that while I knew there were others there, I never heard or saw them. The group site is first, and the rest are past a fallen tree and up the hill. We had the spot way up the hill (just keep climbing!), and really, it was two spots if you have two tents. We chose the lower of the two for our tent and the ground was nice, hard and flat. We had a good night's rest.

The toilet, if I recall was back down our site's trail and up the main campground trail a bit.

There is no potable water, we filtered our water at the stream with the log bridge.

You are surrounded by hiking at this spot... pick a direction on the trail and enjoy.