Winston Creek Campground, near Mossyrock, Washington, is a fantastic spot for those seeking a peaceful escape into nature. This place offers primitive campsites where you can kick back and enjoy the tranquility, with the added bonus of being free to stay—just make sure to snag a reservation.

The campground is surrounded by beautiful scenery, including a shaded stream that provides a perfect spot to cool off on hot days. Visitors have raved about the relaxing atmosphere, with one camper noting it was “very relaxing” and a great place to find petrified wood and agates. Just keep in mind that the amenities are basic; you’ll find outhouses and a hand pump for water, but no showers or electric hookups.

If you’re looking to explore, Winston Creek is a great base for outdoor adventures. The area is quiet, making it ideal for unwinding, and you might even spot some wildlife if you’re lucky. Just be prepared for limited cell service, so you can truly disconnect and enjoy the great outdoors. Whether you’re pitching a tent or parking your RV, Winston Creek Campground is a solid choice for a laid-back camping experience.

Winston Creek Campground is a camp(s) and is located in Lewis County, Washington, United States. The elevation above sea level is 189 meters.

This fully forested and streamside campground offers visitors 11 campsites. It’s located within Winston Creek Forest Block that offers only dispersed recreation aside from the campground, and is very popular for elk hunting. Winston Creek Campground closes seasonally from mid-December through mid-May. Accommodates RVs up to 25 feet.

Winston Creek Campground

Whether you're a tent camper, an RVer, or just passing through, Mossyrock, WA has a lot to offer. Aside from great camping spots, you'll find hiking and many more outdoor experiences. Thinking of traveling with kids? You're in luck—Mossyrock is surrounded by family-friendly activities. You're sure to find the perfect campground for your Mossyrock camping trip.

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Stayed here over Memorial weekend.  It was free to stay, you just have to have a reservation to stay.    
  
THis is a DNR campground, so it has nothing but outhouses.  There is a hand pump for water, but it has a sign that says the water is not potable.    
  
We were in site #5, it was a bit tight to get our Jayco 174BH backed in due to the angle of the site and the path around the campground is very narrow.  I would not want to come in here with anything much bigger than our little 20 footer.  There were other sites that would easily fit bigger rigs, but the trees were pretty close on each side and some were leaning over the path.  I call it a path because it was not paved, and was mud in several places.  We did walk around and got a look at all the other sites, Site #4 was the best we saw, it was right at a bend in the path so backing in would have been a breeze, and it has a huge area where the table and fire pit was that you could have easily had 4-5 tents if you wanted to put the kids out in those.  We had a nice path down to the creek which was a nice distraction in the evenings.    
  
There was pretty much no cell service there from Verizon.  I would occasionally get an alert of a new email, but was never able to refresh and get anything but the spinning wheel.  Even as we drove to/from the campground, Verizon just doesn't have much service out here.  Maybe other providers are better.  
  
Our site was rather private, we could hear others in other sites, but there was trees and bushes between us so it really did feel like we were all alone!  Best nights sleep I have gotten in YEARS!  The trees do a great job of covering the site, so solar would be very limited here.  Maybe only a couple hours each day at best.

  

Something we found odd since this was so far away from people, there didn't seem to be any animals around.  We heard birds, but never saw any squirrels, chipmunks, nothing.  We even left some bread in our dogs bowl outside overnight and the next day while we drove to Mt St Helens(about 1.5 hours away) and it did not get eaten.  

  

If you are looking for a quiet place to camp, this is a great place!  Just know, now Verizon services and there is no services offered other than several sets of outhouses.  Not even a dump station.

  

While the camp sites are free, I did knock off 1 star for the poor condition of the road.  There was lots of mud and huge pot holes.  I really wished I had a rack with me to carry around the loop to fill them in!

Nice basic campground.

Just got done spending a 3 day weekend camping here.  It was very relaxing and the extremely hot weather we had it was nice to have the shaded stream to cool off in.  And it was a good place to find a bunch of petried wood and agates.

Very relaxing

Beautiful spot to camp no well keep nice and quite 

Amazing 

Primitive campsites. Free campsites. Quiet.

Free is the best price.

It’s a great, fairly secluded spot, large sites, beautiful to be in. Don’t forget to reserve your site in advance and get your Discover Pass!

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