Dosewallips Campground

Beautiful hike in only campground. Its a very long hike. I remember driving up here in 2000. Nature has taken back the road since it washed out in 2002. The upper campground is in much better condition than the lower Elkhorn campground. You can still read the campground numbers. The fire pits and tables have a couple years of life left. There is a pit toilet but I am not sure how much longer it has due to roof damage. The original flush toilet bathroom is locked since there is no water system anymore. The creek is starting to fill in the old water system building. The spur trail to the 1972 massive concrete bridge below the lower Elkhorn campground is worth the 100 yard detour. I assume the 1984 Buckhorn Wilderness designation halted plans to log that side of the river. The roa

Effect of traffic noise (big rigs, RVs, passenger cars) from very-nearby Hiway 101 was same as booking a room in motel that backs up to freeway. We reserved site #104 for our tent for its proximity to river. When we drove in looking for our site, campground directional signs only indicated up to site #103 (where was our #104 site?). Ranger told us, "oh, that's because Space #103 doesn't exist anymore". Huh?? Actually, Space #103 did indeed still exist, right next to #104. Next morning at 9a.m., park groundskeeper started mowing football-field-sized area next to our site with huge, noisy golf course mower. That conversation-stopping noise lasted for about an hour. Restrooms are WAY too far away. Restroom for mostly-tent area was single, UNLIT chemical toilet. Other restroom (on OTHER side

Beautiful campground, trail straight from the campground, river and beach access. We were there in shoulder season so it wasn't super busy but there we're still campers around us and it was extremely quiet and the space is felt big enough with enough privacy. I would give it five stars however I had multiple issues with the camp hosts and the bathroom. The first time I took a shower in the pay showers, I had locked the door and the camp post didn't knock or say anything, He just unlocked the door and came right in. One morning (about 8:45am) me and another camper were waiting outside the showers as we thought people were in there since the doors were locked. The other camper mentioned to me that he had been waiting for 25 minutes. The camposts were cleaning the restrooms and finally looked

For RV's this a family park. Tons of kids playing. Good for activities like the river, beach, and hiking. No RV spots seem to have much privacy, this is really more of a "do things" place. It's not peaceful at all. The highway is adjacent. Some tent sites are better as they have privacy and are closer to the river. The worst part is the RVs dry camping on the non-hookup side of the highway, the higher number sites. Not sure why at 5pm on a moderate weather day they need all their generators cranking but it's totally chaotic sounding, especially with the highway right next door. This would be the better place to camp but the generators totally ruin it. We won't come here again to camp, but will for the day use as it really does have some great activities.

This campground is wide open, no trees between sites. Like an open field. You can see everyone and everyone can see you. No privacy. Dogs barking at all hours of day and night throughout the grounds, and the noise carries. When your noisy neighbors finally stop getting drunk and making all kinds of noise at midnight and go to sleep, you get to wake up bright and early to the local crow family in your camp site cawing and making all kinds of noise.