White River Dispersed Camping

We intended to stay a week, left after 4 days. Could be a beautiful place if not for people.

Pros:
Open space, plenty of room Beautiful View Near the park

Cons:

Crowded, even mid week we had close neighbors

Party spot, loud people with loud music

Dirty, we picked up an entire garbage bag of trash just in the spot we were at. Much more in the rest of the area.

Road noise, you're literally right off the road

River is nice, but it's a glacial run off so it's definitely not a swimming area (dirty)

Road in is super rough

Again, overall it could be a nice place. We stayed Wednesday through Saturday after labor day. So not "peak" season and the place was absolutely trashed. Feces, TP, beer cans and bottles, food trash, even car parts litter the area. We did a clean up but barely made a dent.

The first night was quiet and then some locals came and you could tell it was a party area. Loud music, dogs off leash, close neighbors.

We ended up leaving Saturday because it just wasn't enjoyable.

Right off the main road, but several sweet camping spots more tucked away and along the river. I’d definitely recommend a higher clearance vehicle if you want to camp deeper near the river due to rocks and tree roots. People need to clean up after themselves though. We pulled up to a spot that was thrashed. That is how free things get shut down.

This place was gorgeous. Right off a busy road but with being right by the water it tunes out the noise of the traffic. Plenty of spots and can drive in further to be more secluded if needed.

We had a bit of trouble finding it at first (came from the south of white river), but the little shop down the street has WiFi and we weren’t too far from the entrance. Lots of places to camp, friendly visitors, and overall pretty quiet even with the road right there. The river is so peaceful! Bring a ground sheet for your tents, lots of twigs and foliage.

There are plenty of space and camping areas. Nice view of the river. A bot crowed around the weekend

The first time I came here was solo camping. That was scary especially because there was a collapsed tree on top of a truck that was abandoned. The second time was with friends and there were other campers out. I love the view and the sound of the river! Each site is pretty small…maybe enough for 2-3 tents. Be careful of getting too close to the river because it looks like the earth can erode and break away into the river (why the trees collapse). I would definitely go again!!

I stayed here two nights while visiting MRNP. It was an absolutely beautiful location, about 10-15 minutes away from the Sunrise Entrance. The first night, I got there after 9pm and there were still plenty of spots available. I found a spot right next to the river. There were a few other people, but everyone was very quiet. You could see the lights and hear the cars driving on the main road, but they eventually stopped. The second night, I managed to find a spot tucked super far in that had a small private beach. It was farther from the road so you couldn't see or hear anything. I didn't see anyone else the whole afternoon/night. Highly recommend!!

Very quiet. Lots of spots available. Other campers and people using the trail came and went but no noise issues. (Visitor's Center about 2 miles up the road has wifi and coffee.) Will definetly camp here again.

Lots of campsites along the White River right outside of Rainier National Park. Lots of campsites throughout the area. We arrived mid afternoon on a Friday and there were plenty of options to pick from but it did fill up by around 9pm.

This site was super nice- next to a river and ground was perfectly mossy. Lots of potential campsites

Real coordinates for turn off of 410 is (47.0822353, -121.5828194), stay left in the gravel road until you see 7315 marker for plenty of open dispersed sites. 10/10 spot.

This road was pretty hard to find but we’ll worth it. Spot was secluded even though there seemed to be two other groups camping at the site. There was an obnoxious amount of used toilet paper in the area but it was avoidable. If you come here you must leave no trace.

Great campsite, no bathrooms or running water but there is a gushing river feet from where we set up our tent. The road in was a bit hard to spot but if you use the yield sign as a guide it’s right next to that. Driving into the site was a bit challenging in our Honda sedan but we made do. 2 bars of 5G with T-Mobile was an unexpected plus!

Easy to miss but also easy to turn around and enter in. I chose to drive off to the right and went down a little (tight space, nothing more than a mini suv will fit through) and found a beautiful spot on the water with a fire pit and a parking spot!

The ONLY reason I gave 4 stars and not 5 is because there was an abandoned truck that was smashed by a fallen tree on the grounds.

Mind you, I went solo camping so it made the experience CREEPY. The owner of the vehicle left belongings behind too. EEK!

The view was amazing and there were plenty of fire pits. Just be careful along the waterline because it looks the trees often fall into the river or maybe in the rare case SMACK DAB on top of your car!

Also, I had cell signal with Verizon. A weak signal BUT I could send loved ones my location just in case. I would recommend this site but not when you’re by yourself!

Definitely need a high clearance vehicle. I made it with my Crosstrek but luckily found a site that was easy to approach. Otherwise, the area is super pretty and peaceful, aside from the background highway traffic. The site is a bit hard to notice. There’s an orange plastic over the highway marker near it.

It’s very easy to miss. As you get closer go slow and you’ll see a trash bag over the mile marker where the gravel pull off is.

This is right before the boarder to Mt rainier park. It is a rough road that goes to the river. Lots of spots to camp. I have a 21’ travel trailer and it is really to large to be here. Lots of stumps and rocks to navigate. No bathrooms.

Plenty of sites along the river with multiple ingress/egress options from the road. Right outside the entrance to Mt. Rainier National Park and the access road to Crystal Mountain. 

4x4 / high clearance vehicles recommended - saw some subarus trying to navigate into a cleared area and it was pretty scrape-y. 

Great place to stay if you can't get a spot at White River / Ohanapecosh.

Leave no trace.