Good family day use area

We spent one night here in a hook-up site. The rv camp sites are well spaced. We had power, water and good Verizon coverage. There is no Wifi.

The lake side area seems like a great place for families. The grounds are nice, picnic sites have plenty of space. The swimming area, sport facilities and general store seemed to provide great fun for the hordes of folks there.

One caveat was that the shower/toilet facilities were SHOCKINGLY atrocious!!! Considering how neat everything else was it was astonishing to see the condition of those facilities. Granted it was a Sunday afternoon when we got there but still.. unbelievable.

mixed bag

We stayed here Aug 27. The site we were assigned (13) was either mismarked or or miss advertised. We reserved a hookup site. 13 was more of a vacant space next to an unmarked site with watrer and electric so we just setup there.  

There seems like a mixed bag of folks passing through and some folks who appear to be living there in hard times. We could hear our neighbors arguing about money.

The sites are pretty close and not very asthetic. 

The bathrooms/showers were ok.

We had good Verizon coverage but we tried the free wifi and it seemed pretty good.

I'd say this is a decent pull over place on the way through. Wouldn't personally want to spend much time there.

I did not see any sites with their own sewer connection. There is a dump station as you leave the park.

Shady noisey

We spent 3 nights here July 19-22. The facilities were adequate and clean. 3 minutes per token for the showers. The sites are pretty well spaced which was nice. It is very shaded which is good if it's hot but not so good if you are counting on solar.

The campground is located directly across hwy 504 from the Mt Saint Helen's visitor center. There is even a walking tunnel under the hwy from the campground.

The general discription here in thedyrt says there is wifi. There is no wifi in the park. We had extended Verizon service. So we could text usually and even in a few spots could make a call but no data access.

The nearest data connection we found was back towards Castle Rock / I-5 3 or 4 miles. The downtown area of Castle Rock is a pretty nice place with a couple pubs and a few restaraunts and a small grocery store. 

I would recommend avoiding the loop of sites 55-76. They are the closest loop to the hwy and the hwy noise is very noticable.

Hole in the woods

Camped here July 1 & 2 2022. This is actually an old defunct Forest Service campground. There are still visible sites and fire rings that people have established but no toilets or water. The 10 or so sites are nicely spaced and level with trees seperating them. About half of them are adjacent to a sream. There were a few mosquitos but not terrible. There is a 9.5 mile trailhead nearby. Said it went to a west crater.. but not sure which crater it was referring to. Crater Lake is too far away I think to be referring to that.

There was no Verizon signal. The nearest usuable signal was about 12 miles back towards Diamond lake. I would say this is a very quiet campground except.. this is an OHV area.. meaning Off road (hwy) vehices are allowed. During my stay the evenings were quiet but that could depend on the manners of the other folks who may be there with 4 wheelers.

Great ocean side CG

We just spent 2 nights here in a tent. When we arrived our original site was very wet and muddy. The staff allowed us to find a better site from the few untaken. So that was very helpful of them. 

Periodically a staff person would drive through the campground with a stack of firewood in the cart to sell. That's convenient. 

The bathrooms though old were clean and had a a couple electrical outlets. The showers had lots of hot water but no electrical outlets..  you can just use the outlets in the adjoining bathrooms though.

There are several loops, we were in the back of D loop which is pretty well tree covered. But if you neeed sun exposure for solar etc the B loop is wide open and seperated from the ocean by 1 sand dune.

We went clamming in Netarts Bay which is only about a 10 minute drive away.

We have Verizon and had good cell service.

Nice open spaces,

We spent one night here in mid May 22. The sites are reasonably spaced considering how open the area is. Lots of tent sites. New out house. 2 bars of Verizon so an ok connection. Only about 15 a minute drive to Smith Rock State Park.

Nice location on the Snake River

We spent 2 nights here in late April so we nearly had the place to ourselves. Bill & Pam are very nice folks. Very laid back, helpful, and accommodating. We had a crew of 7 tents and 3 vehicles. We pretty much took over the Gazebo which had lighting, a big central fire pit, and lots of camp chairs.

The flush toilets each had a shower and there were several coin op washers and dryers.

The biggest surpprise was the WiFI was very good. Strong signal throughout the small RV / camping area. We essentially had only extended service with our Verizon cell service. One of the crew had AT&T with the same.