Best Tent Camping near Elma, WA

Went in the middle of the week and wasn't busy at all. Can tell this place is packed on weekends, being so close to Olympia. Nice swimming area with snack bar. Many of the tent camp sites are not private and right next to their neighbor. Overall a nice place to go during the week.

This place had it all; open RV camping, secluded van camping, tree canopy car/tent camping, walk-in camping, and themed safari tent camping, and one cute mini airstream. 

Lake down the road. Water and electrical hookups, dump station with dump water and fresh water. 

Restrooms and showers are scattered around. Showers are coin based and there is a machine to turn your dollars into coins.

Nice small quiet park with a mix of tent sites, cabins, and RV hookups. Not far from the beach.

We were surprised when we pulled off to find such a nice place to camp. Great tent sites and free hot showers. Would definitely come back!

We stayed here for the weekend. It was good. The RV sites are super close to one another, but the tent sites were a little more wooded and secluded.

Camped over the long weekend. Tent camping. Was in spot 28 which is not on lake side. Found that there is little privacy between sites. The bathroom is showing its age though the shower is free. The campground is dog friendly. It is pretty quiet campground.

These sites are nice and secluded. Most are like little wooded coves. The tent sites were small, but good for a 4-6 persom tent. The restrooms are clean and have showers. The city of Westport was charming and not a far drive.

Our site is one away from from the toilet/ bath house there are 6 combo rooms. There are 3 cabins, 12 full service sites, tent sites some w/ electric. Laundry 1 washer and dryer.

This is a nice little campground. Mostly tent sites or really small campers. There are a few larger events sites. Nice trails right from camp. No dump. Flush toilets with running water. No electric.

Found this camping spot on a busy holiday weekend. Hardly anyone here. Good for us! Prices are great. $30 + for full hook. $20 for just parking two vehicles. A campervan and a tent. Camped in B-10, right by cliff area and the ocean. Would stay here again.

We are full-timers in a 36 ft Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow and stayed in site 10 for 3 days in mid August. Our site was fairly level. The sites are fairly close together, but there were only a few other people camped and didn’t have anyone near us. I could not find a fairgrounds map online and the campgrounds are laid out a bit haphazardly. Sections A& B are immediately to the right as you pull in and Sections C& D are all the way around behind the pavilion. The office entry is not obvious, but it’s in front of the main pavilion and up the stairs. It is not open on the weekend, unless there is an event. The staff was very friendly and helpful. There is a fair bit of road noise from Elma McCleary Rd. There is also a race track next door, which has races every Friday and Saturday nights from what I saw online and they are rather loud. AT&T coverage good, with 1-2 bars of LTE and speeds up to 6 MB/s, but throughput did fluctuate a bit. T-Mobile coverage serviceable, with 1 bar of 4G/LTE and speeds up to 0.7 MB/s. We were able to get DISH coverage on all three western satellites at our site. There were 4 OTA channels to be had with our fixed omni antenna.

We stumbled upon this campground by chance and were quite happy to have done so. We came early in the morning and were able to get a tent site (first come first serve $20/night) before setting out to explore the Staircase area of Olympic National Park. The campground hosts were super friendly and gave us great advice on where to go in the area. Our tent site had a fire pit with grill, picnic table, and nice gravel parking pad. The spots here are well dispersed and set back in the woods for the most part so they felt very secluded and peaceful. We didn't spend a ton of time around the campground and this was just a one night exploration base but overall it was clean, offered good basic amenities and was very quiet and tranquil.

Tent site had an amazing view and easy access to the river. All sites we clean with firewood provided. Staff was friendly and working hard to build more sites. Bldg for the laundry room needs some love but was clean and got the job done.

Millersylvania is located South of Olympia on Deep Lake. The campsites are nice, they have both RV, Yurts, and Tent sites. The RV loop does pack you in their like sardines. Deep Lake is a murky lake but is stocked with fish and has designated swim area.

Camp Thunderbird is owned by the Boy Scouts of America and is available for public use. It is located at the base of Summit Lake, with a dock and great swimming spot. There are tent sites, adirondacks, and cabins. There is a great big field and lots of trails.