Trout Creek

16 campsites, with about 6 along the year-round creek. Beautiful and quiet. The Sleeping Beauty trail is a short drive and well worth the effort. This is truly a hidden local gem and only about 20-25 minutes from the tiny community of Trout Lake, at the base of Mt. Adams. An added bonus is a short trail through an old growth forest with breathtaking trees.

Beautiful and secluded. You felt the the creek was yours alone. Didn't want to leave!

We saw only one other camper on the way in, there were no water facilitys so bring your own or use the creek, they did have pit toilets. Only stayed one night but it was beautiful.

A family favorite. A quiet campsite set along Trout Lake Creek in a deeply wooded area. Road to the campground can be a bit rough, but most cars should be fine. Is filling up pretty regularly on the weekends now.

Imagine: Friday, July 3rd. Busiest camping weekend of the year. Evening. Desperate camper checks out 4 crowded, very FULL campgrounds, including the beautiful Lower Falls. Nowhere to go and 3 friends coming the next day expecting him to have worked his campground magic. He had a profile on The Dyrt, after all. Talk about pressure. This ultimate planner is left to wander for 3 hours. It's getting dark. He's having nightmares of having to go back to civilization. He listens to calming music on his car stereo. Doesn't help at all. Enter Trout Lake Creek campground. Quiet, unassuming and, miraculously, with 3 campsites left. Desperate camper takes one... other two fill up within 15 minutes... the angels sing down from the heavens. Saved! He wakes up to find campsite is within 15 minutes of the wonderful Mt. Adams Ranger Station, a half hour away from a gorgeous hike up Mt. Adams, with nearby huckleberry fields, dispersal camping opportunities galore, waterfalls, lava fields... When his friends arrive, our desperate camper stands tall, acting like the awesome Trout Lake Creek campsite was his plan all along.