Primitive camping setting and rates with RV-campground amenities. Stayed here with my wife on our honeymoon in early September 2013, shortly after the dam was decomissioned. We came in in the late evening and found our way down to the tiny campground loop. Most sites were available. We paid $ 24 for two nights. Payment is *not* at the ranger station up the road. Pick out your site, fill out an envelope, drop in a check or cash, and put the envelope in a lockbox. You keep a tear-off permit for the site board. It’s easy. Bathrooms with flush toilets and running water. Sites are spacious. Fellow guests were quiet and courteous. This is a wild area; take precautions to protect your food from animals. Bears and raccoons are present and active in the area.
Erin H.
Classificação do local: 4 Federal Way, WA
The hot springs were CLOSED, the road, the trails all closed to the hot springs due to dam removal. :(don’t know when they will re-open. Great little campground, some semi-private sites, some more open, some right on the river! Lots of trail hiking! Dogs are not allowed on trails! But they can camp with you, you must pick up after them immediately too keep away the bear and cougars. Clean restrooms, although I had to wait a bit to pee because some people like to spend forever brushing their hair and teeth at the one tiny mirror/sink.(You’re camping! Brush your teeth outside!) Not too many sites, maybe 30. There are water hook ups next to the restroom, anything larger than a 20ft trailer I believe is prohibited, but with good reason, it wouldn’t fit! No pull through sites. Area to put in kayaks or rafts. «Soft boat launch». Cold mountain run-off river, probably swift in some places but fairly docile near the camp site. Fishing is closed. Bugs were pretty bad-feisty in the evening. Even with spray, candles, and smokey fire. Camp host on site, sites are not reservable, first come first serve. You can pick your spot and then go leave an envelope on the board. $ 12 per night, cash into drop box.(this is in addition to the $ 15 park entry) There is good info on the board including trail info. If this ground is full Elwha is just before it maybe 5 minutes down the road, nice private spots. No water spigots or immediate river access though. Even with a state wide burn ban they were still allowing camp fires at both sites!!! $ 5/bundle near the Elwha camp ground bathrooms. On the road to the campgrounds there is a check point shack. You can either pay $ 15(good for a week in –I believe– Olympic national parks) or buy the yearly pass $ 30, groups or bicyclists are different prices… don’t quote me on all this as it may change. There was a ranger station as well that sells passes and has trail info ect.
