Best Tent Camping near Monitor, WA

Tent Camping Reviews near Monitor, WA

913 Reviews of 83 Monitor Campgrounds

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  Nicole C.

  Guide

  Sep. 12, 2020

  Sand Hollow Campground

  Right on the river... And the highway

  This campground seems almost brand new. There are no hookups and no water on site, though there are several vault toilets.

  Each site has a picnic table, fire ring, tent pad, and path down to a rocky beach on the Columbia. The sites are definitely not large enough for most RVs, so I'd consider this tent or van camping only.

  There's not much shade at the sites, but you can get out of the sun near the river.

  The biggest drawback to this spot is that it's just of the highway. You can and will hear air brakes all night. For me, staying on the Columbia was worth it.

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  Cinco D.

  Guide

  Jul. 21, 2020

  Lincoln Rock State Park Campground

  Great and Busy

  This is a great state park to set up camp. It is always very busy. The sites are relatively spread out. There are two different sections for camping: an upper and lower. To me, the lower section doesn’t seem as nice. It has more trees, but the camp spots seem to be closer together. Likewise, the lower section just feels a little more rough than the upper section. The views are spectacular. There is a boat launch, and a swimming area. Furthermore, there is also a small store, and a mini-mart across the street. What makes this place great is the actual camp sites. They are huge. What makes it difficult for tent camping is there are a ton of sprinklers that turn on frequently. It is important to watch where you stake down your tent. For this trip, we brought our RV and a tent. During the summer, the temperatures during the daytime are hot! Luckily each site is equipped with water and electricity. There is no WiFi, but the cell service is outstanding.

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  Marie L.

  Guide

  Aug. 3, 2022

  Owhi Campground

  Beautiful spot - not worth the trek

  Cooper Lake is absolutely stunning and admittedly the campsites are situated pretty well for views and privacy but there are definitely Pros and Cons to this campground.

  Pros:

  Right on the lake and if not you get a very private site walking distance to water
  Great hiking trail

  Lake access 24/7

  Lot's of big shade trees

  No internal combustion motors 

  Vault toilets in good shape

  Dumpsters

  Cons: 

  Extremely busy (and LOUD) day use area

  Steep hill and trails to all the sites - pack light and even then it is A LOT of work getting into your site

  $18 for a walk in site...? eh a little steep for me

  Did I mention the loud day use area with lots of screaming kids?

  No bear boxes by the lake so you also have to trek your cooler/dry goods up the hill every night to not attract wildlife.

  All in All this was a solid 3.5 stars.  There were pros to out weight the cons but in the end if I am going to walk that far to haul my stuff into a site I want it to be pretty remote/serene OR be a little cheaper.

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  Jayda R.

  Traveler

  Jul. 23, 2017

  Bridge Creek Campground

  A hop, skip, jump from Leavenworth...

  We didn't get to camp right next to the water (unfortunately) as all of those spaces were full (for obvious reason). We were able to find a spot just on the other side of the bridge, which was a short walk to the creek. We ended up unhooking our tent-trailer to fit in the site, but there was lots of room and level ground to have set-up a tent elsewhere on the site (it just wasn't accessible with our tent trailer). Gorgeous surroundings, the sound of the rushing water lulled us right to sleep at night.

  Vault toilet and potable water.

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  Carol S.

  Scout

  May. 26, 2022

  Eightmile Campground

  Small sites and no privacy

  This campground is better suited for tents, not RVs or camper vans. Many of the sites are small and lack privacy, especially those in the west end. We reserved on line and there was no notice that sites 30 and 31 share the vehicle space! Since we were camping in a van, we felt like we were in an ordinary parking lot and not camping. Two strange vehicles parked immediately next two us the whole time. There were some other shared parking sites too. Ok for tent camping because you can tent away from the parking area, but not ok for vehicles. 

  In addition, people kept walking through our site (and we watched them walk through other occupied sites). One day, my hubby wasn't feeling well, so we took a nap only to be woken by our dog growling because a man and women were peering into the side window of our van! WTH! Numerous people walked through through our site even though the end was a restoration area clearly marked to stay off of, but people walked through it anyway. And, then there were the young men playing football in our site. Oh, and the dogs not on leashes. One knocked me over when it jumped on me from the bushes as I was heading to the restroom at night. 

  The only good thing was that the vault toilet was the cleanest ever vault toilet. No odors!! Kudos to the guy who cleans it!

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  Cass C.

  Traveler

  Aug. 29, 2020

  Alta Lake State Park Campground

  Beautiful views, zero privacy

  The campground is beautiful. Because of the fire that destroyed the campground, there is next to no privacy on each campsite.

  Pros: -Stars were incredible- we saw the milky-way and a few shooting starts -clean flushable bathrooms -views, access to hikes -cool lake to swim in -cellphone service (although we opted to put our phones in airplane mode to unplug) -family friendly

  Cons: -noise: during quiet hours there was zero enforcement of quiet time. We had a camp next to us partying until 1am and another group up at 6am putting up a canopy and being incredibly loud -no privacy at campsites -there is a fire ban, so if you are hoping for s’mores make sure to bring a propane stove (not a con for us, but may be for others) -bees: there were so many bees. If you are allergic I recommend staying away. We had a screened in canopy and still managed to get several inside -not a ton of shade, mostly because of precious fires

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  Sara J.

  Scout

  Apr. 21, 2024

  Dispersed Camping Beckler Creek

  Beckler creek riverside

  Nice large campsite near the water. There were many campsites along the road. I had to clean up a lot of trash when it got here. Please pack out your own trash and follow other leave no trace rules. The campfire was awesome

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  Theresa K.

  Scout

  Aug. 18, 2023

  Dispersed Camping Beckler Creek

  Repulsive

  Every dispersed campground we checked along this road (maybe five or so) was littered with human feces and toilet paper everywhere. We found a literal bucket of human waste beside the river with a soiled pool noodle nearby I can only assume was being used as a toilet seat. Please, if you care about keeping nature wild, carry out your toilet paper and dig a cathole or use the outhouse in the campground. If you don’t know what a cathole is, you should probably should not being using dispersed camping and try the campground down the road. We ended up staying at the campground because we couldn’t find dispersed camping where there wasn’t poop and had a positive experience there. Leave no trace!! 

  https://www.nps.gov/articles/leave-no-trace-seven-principles.htm

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  Garrett T.

  Traveler

  Jun. 5, 2019

  Nason Creek Campground

  Amazing campground near lots of stuff

  It was an amazing campground a lovely host and spacious okay privacy sites,ours was right on the river it was huge could fit lots of tents and hammocks a picnic table big enough for 4-6 people and there was also a connecting site making it pretty big,huge fire ring,and so close to the river(by the way this was a walk in)there is not a lot of space for a trailer here but right down the road less then 3 minutes is lake Wenatchee and they have a huge state park but this place was way better so much wind down there and NO privacy NONE but Nason creek VERY GOOD