Best Campgrounds near Buckley, WA

Went there to stay during the Northwest Fiber event, June 5-8, 2025. Stayed in RV-2 campground area because we thought this would be convenient to the event. 

First, there are lousy amenities, as in basically none except a porta-potty. No functional dump station. Biggest issues are: 

1. The toilet / shower building is a hike from the campground and is LOCKED during the night and even during the day on random days. On a Sunday afternoon at 2 PM it was locked. This is stupid because you need a code to get in so it's always locked, yet the facility personnel lock it with a deadbolt so NOBODY can get in, even with a code. 

2. We stayed Thursday - Monday and for 12 hours on Saturday and on Sunday there were car races going on 150 yards away with a bunch of Trump supporting yahoos roaring around in souped up very noisy cars all day long. My sound meter read 100 Db at my campsite for 12 hours straight. Dust, noise and smell of burning oil and gasoline were annoying. 

3. Porta-potty, the only option for relieving oneself when the shower and toilet building was locked (which was most of the time) was filthy and disgusting. 

In summary, a major waste of money and a crap camping experience. Would not stay here again.

Absolutely beautiful campground in Washington state nestled into the woods between Randall and Morton on the Cowlitz River. 4 loops to choose from. 2 with electric and water, 2 geared to tent or dry trailer camping. Loop A & D have utilities for camping with the water Spicket and drains in each loop. Nice, clean bathrooms with showers in every loop. Boat ramp and dump station available for campers. Recreation fields and trails nicely groomed. Very attentive staff regularly driving around cleaning and checking on the campground. I would say the only drawback is that they don’t have sewer hook ups. We stayed Friday to Monday trying to be moderately careful filling our tanks and did just fine dumping tanks on our way out. We will definitely be back to this PNW Beauty.

So many options for camping/parking. There are fire rings everywhere you look, so I’m assuming this is packed and busy in the summer?

Oh! Lots of bugs everywhere so be warned 🫣 The spots near the woods have more trash around them.

You can hear the roaring river! We didn’t try going down there, but there are some hiking trails that might get you to the water.

There are several toilets around. No trash cans, pack out. Fairly close to the park.

This is an airstrip, the planes are quiet so you don’t really hear them coming in. But hurry up and get a show if you hear them for take off!! Pretty cool!!

 Great boondocking. We made it fine in our 26ft class c, but the big sharp-edged rocks were concerning to drive over. And when we left we found a giant rock wedged between the two back tires (the dually tires). Not sure if we would go back, for this reason. But the lake level was really low when we stayed there, so there was plenty of available space for camping. A van or two, a truck camper, tent campers, a little scamp, and lots and lots of day time ATV users shared this space with us. 

Cell service was good for both ATT and Verizon. Even though the area looks so remote, it’s right next to the road, so you have road noise that’s fairly loud. There was some trash, normal amounts, nothing horrible, until we came across this massive dumping ground of cans and food waste and broken glass and just general garbage, a couple miles north, along the lake. It was so disheartening.