Dungeness Recreation Area
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2021

A total gem.

I foolishly took off to the coast during the month of July without a reservation to head to Fairholme or mora campground, thinking I could snag a first come first serve site - wrong. After making it up to lake crescent and finding the place was full, and then spending hours winding all the back to sequim and checking every campground I came across, I was becoming disheartened. It was 7pm on a Thursday night and I was about to just rent a hotel room when I stumbled on this place. Driving into the Rec area I was treated to the ocean bluffs, beautiful open fields with tons of deer grazing and a beautiful windy road into the campground. The full sign wasn’t up yet so I started scanning. There were two sites left in the whole campground so I jumped on one of them for the night. Site 28 I believe. It was small but had dense vegetation/a solid privacy screen. I planned on staying just one night before heading back towards la push, but I totally fell in love! I foolishly didn’t have cash on me as I usually camp at Fairholme and have been spoiled by being able to write in my debit card on the site deposit slip, so I left an IOU with my phone # and site # and the rangers were totally cool about it when they stopped by in the morning to check in with me. I ran into town to grab cash, paid the IOU and ended paying for the rest of the weekend. I got lucky and was able to move over to another FCFS site, #6 when the previous occupants took off and it was a killer spot. The campground was wildly clean, well maintained, quiet and the access down to the Dungeness spit was unbeatable. Plus falling asleep to the sound of the ocean was pretty dreamy. Spent the whole weekend combing the beach for agates and sea glass and had some pretty good finds. All in all, I didn’t mean to end up at this campground, but now I can hardly wait to go back.

Site28, 6
Month of VisitJuly
  • Review photo of Dungeness Recreation Area by Mitch B., August 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Dungeness Recreation Area by Mitch B., August 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Dungeness Recreation Area by Mitch B., August 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Dungeness Recreation Area by Mitch B., August 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Dungeness Recreation Area by Mitch B., August 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Dungeness Recreation Area by Mitch B., August 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Dungeness Recreation Area by Mitch B., August 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Dungeness Recreation Area by Mitch B., August 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Dungeness Recreation Area by Mitch B., August 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Dungeness Recreation Area by Mitch B., August 24, 2021