Larrabee State Park Campground

The good: it's not far from Seattle and we had a great time beach exploring.

The Meh: The trains. They aren't kidding. They are loud and they are all night. The sites themselves are super tiny. One of our groups had to pitch their tent in the parking space.

Tiny sites, great beach

Love this location.  Right on the water.  Right in the mountains.  Can't ask for better sites.  They have running water, bathrooms, etc.  Close to Beautiful Bellingham and amazing hikes.  There  is however, a train that runs right by the campground and it is loud!

Beautiful location - Trains

This campground is woodsy and sites are close together.  It is better for tenters.  If you have kayaks, bring them!  Gorgeous to paddle along the cliffs of Chuckanut Drive!  There are train tracks very close by, so expect to hear the trains all day and at night.

Woodsy Campground on Chuckanut Drive

Beautiful park with rocky cliffs and ocean views. Part of the fun is just the drive down Chuckaunt to get there. One of the most beautiful roads in the US. Camping feels a bit crowded but still a great getaway with beautiful stargazing.

Convenient camping,  beautiful coast!

Perfect park for PNW sunsets, though you won't get this view from your campsite. 

Lovely shoreline

Camping at the group site closest to the rail lines. Clean facilities and available running water. Less than a mile walk towards trail head for Fragrance and Lost Lake. Completed a 14 mile hike with total elevation gain of about 2600'. Go early in day for hike less crowded. Also note for gear heads, great MTB downhill single track. Will second the train noise. They have to sound horn in the area when passing. Group campsite catches a healthy does of the sound.

Great Hiking and Facilities 

Amazing views from beach and hiking trail. The campsites are extremely well maintained. The facilities rival any campground I have visited. I will say it's at the high end of what I would ever spend to camp. Highly recommend this stop if you are in the Bellingham area.

Amazing Experince

thisnis a beautiful campground nestled right along the bay. There is a play ground ,covered picnic area , stage and of course walk the trails along and down to the beach or hit one of the amazing mountain bike trails. We see starfish on the rocks some times. This is an amazing spot for sunsets! The campsite is nice and the spots are fairly private but beware there is a train that rolls right next to the campground all night long!

Awesome spot right off the bay!

Larrabee State Park is a publicly owned recreation area located on Samish Bay, six miles (10 km) south of the city of Bellingham, Washington. The 2,683-acre (1,086 ha) state park offers fishing, boating, and camping as well as mountain trails for hiking and biking. It is managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.

The park features a short walk down to a pebble beach with views onto Samish Bay and the San Juan Islands. For longer excursions, there are 13 miles of biking trails and 15 miles of hiking trails, including trails leading 1,940 feet up Chuckanut Mountain. Picnicking, boating, saltwater fishing, sailboarding, and beachcombing along 8,100 feet of saltwater shoreline are among the other recreational options. Two mountain lakes, Fragrance Lake and Lost Lake, offer freshwater fishing for hikers.The park also includes camping sites, an ampitheater, and large fields.

Campground was nice and bathrooms were clean. the campsites had a picnic table and fire pit. enjoyed our time at the campground. good for families and adults. 

nice campground

There is a train very close to the campground! It didn't bother us, but some might find that useful. We stayed 1 night here. It was pretty nice. Easy walking access to the beach/trails. cool mural tunnel.

Noisy 

Clean campground in the rainforest along Chuckanut Drive. I visited in March and the pay showers were free during the colder months. Super hot showers were a delight. The campground is close to the train tracks and although you can't see them from the campsites, a middle of the night distant train horn will go off. While it's a beautiful forest campground, the campsites are pretty close together and not very private. I found one of a few grassy area sites suitable to pitch a tent, but it seemed to me that most of the sites were intended for small travel travelers as the parking pads looked about 20-30 feet of level pads. I would definitely come back again if I visit Bellingham, mainly because it is just outside town.

Tranquil Bellingham Camping Spot

I think the train issue is worse in the lower campground. We were in the section of the campground that had a hill between us and the train tracks so it wasn’t bad. 
I didn’t much care for my site and everything in the campground seems scaled for smaller vehicles and campers. The dump site was a tight squeeze. 
I ended up parking across the front of my site due to the lay of the land. The group next to me was teenage girls “Oh my gosh!!”, who never shut up! And stayed up late, though I didn’t notice them except when I took the dogs out. 
The woods are AWESOME, deep woods motif. Ferns and moss and the trails were nice. 
The walk to the beach was under the train track and down the hill. Water shoes suggested. 
Awesome views , but a lot of “stuff” on the shore. 
There was a showerhouse but I didn’t use it. Only one for the whole area. 

Almost the coast

We managed to book a last spent site here. The site was not the best but still large enough for our family of five. The facilities are good, real bathrooms and showers in the center of the grounds, not a long walk from any site. 

Some sites are more compact than others and few are extremely private. The sites on the north end would be great for multiple families or small groups—sparse trees and lots of run around space for kids. 

We had some noisy/rude neighbors that made our particular site less enjoyable but you get what you get I guess. 

Our boys love trains so being adjacent to the tracks was definitely a great experience for them. The 3 am horns are not that nice though.

The rest of the park is beautiful. Several trails and areas to explore. The main beach area is not huge but a nice quiet bay that still has plenty of room for water or beach play. Beautiful sunsets from the beach or a few look out spots on the cliff above. 

If you have small boats then there are tons of fun areas to explore and rocks to climb on. Obviously be watchful of the tide, there are lots of rocks that are easy to climb out in at low tide but are completely submerged at high tide. 

There is also a full boat launch if you drive a bit further up the highway. Also there are lots of trails up the mountain behind as well as a drivable road up to almost the top. It’s fairly standard mountain road with plenty of divots and pot holes but it was great to be able to have lunch up there with out lugging up our three small children. 

Saw lots of mountain bikes and looks like a great place for riding!

Nice but trains

Lovely spot 

Clean, smaller campground near small beach. Great hook-up spots. Bathrooms and other facilities were clean. Chuckanut Drive (WA 11) is narrow in spots so be ready for that as you tow in and out. 

Summer Getaway 

The campsites are extremely close together, tent camping along the outer edge and RVs in the middle row. The ranger office is only open from 2-4 so outside of that time you have to do self reservations, which turned out to be problemsome for our neighbor camper. He put the wrong site on his reservation slip, or tacked it to the wrong site, I don't know. But it ended up with him confronting us, confused, that we were in his camp after another group mistakingly bought his campsite earlier in the day. The RV people across from us were adamant about keeping his spot for him, which was nice for him, but they weren't very kind about it. The bathrooms were really nice and showers were included. The short trail to the beach was also nice. Overall an okay stay, it was really just the unfriendliness of other campers that harshed our vibe. Oh yeah and also the traffic right next to the campground + a very loud train that goes through at 2AM might dampen the mood as well. I would say don't stay here and just go another half hour to deception pass- MUCH better experience there . 

Super packed 

The positives:  close to Bellingham.  Really charming little beach and trails.  Clean grounds and bathrooms.  Coin operated showers.  The negatives:  road noise, train noise and light noise from the RV pull thru sites and raccoon mafia noise.  The challenges:  Most of the back in sites are medium to smallish.  We had a difficult time finding one large enough that was level enough for our car camping setup.  This is one of the larger sites and offers okay privacy.  The parking pad levels out just enough at the back end to get 1 short chassis vehicle almost level.

Middle of the road

Larrabee State Park is a great spot, surrounded by forests and a beautiful beach. The campsites are really well located with clean restrooms, picnic tables, and fire pits. The hike to the beach is well worth it especially walking under train tracks. The park is easy to explore, and the trains passing by at night are quite a unique experience. This place is perfect for nature lovers and those seeking a bit of adventure. A truly memorable camping experience!