Cold Creek Campground

This campground is off of a gravel forest road. Not many know about the campground which means there typically not many others camping there. You almost have the entire campground to yourself.

This used to be one of my goto spots but they don’t have a permanent host and are only open Thursday thru Sunday. The hosts operate rock creek horse camp and this one and are very good people. The campground is especially great for tents as they have flat prepared sites but hold you nose in the bathrooms. Beautiful access to the Belle Mountain trail down to Moulton Falls and lots of swimming. Great place to camp.

We camped here on a Thursday night... showed up and noticed lots of trash all around. That night people were partying and playing LOUD music until 1 Am

Very close to 5 stars, which I will only give for spectacular locations like the Four Corners area or the Oregon Coast. But Cold Creek is very thoughtfully laid out, within some spectacular scenery and off of some great trails (Bells Mtn., Yacolt Burn, Tarbell… see pics!), + it's a bit of a last option within the Sunset/Rock Creek/Battle Ground Lake quadfecta. That's probably due to its smaller size and an added difficulty in finding. What is does mean is it's extra quiet, this + campsites that are often nicely down or around the bend of 30-50 foot paths, adding to the seclusion and quiet. Helpful, chill camp host mom with a friendly young son, plus a refreshing creek with a small waterfall. She said people take down the Forest Service road signs all the time, though this campground still wasn't hard to find, partly due to the large trail map signs sprinkled throughout the area.