I love the terraces at this park! It's set on a steep hillside, with a wonderful view of the valley. However, highly recommend you chock your tires as all the sites are "back in" and you don't want to roll over those steep banks! I have a 31 foot Class C with a bike rack, and my back end was suspended out over the bank. The sites are close together with a row of arbor vitaes making an attempt at separation and privacy between sites. If you have slides on both sides, you will probably just fill the width. Some of the sites are difficult to back into. I made it after a couple of tries. However, I watched a very nice 5th Wheel that had a "monster size" matching truck attempt to back in with great difficulty. If you have a toad, or you use a car to pull a trailer, there isn't a lot of room to park the car in your space. The laundry rooms, shower and bathrooms were very clean. However, there is a charge for the showers. The trash receptacles were located inside wooden gated boxes to hide them from view. Also, from a business standpoint, this park took an interesting position on the "should WiFi be free or not" issue. The WiFi is locked down with a code. If you want the code, you pay a dollar. Only a dollar, and that dollar is good for the duration of your stay, be it one night or lots of nights! Even though I despise paying "nickel and dime" fees, I found this approach to be quite fair! And the Wi-Fi worked great! Further, even if traveling in winter, reservations recommended, as this park appears to stay busy what with being five miles from Mount Saint Helens Visitors Center. And finally, I want to note one "watch out" factor for those who travel solo. When you leave the park, and come to the gas station to make your right turn to get on the road to head back to the freeway, there is one additional road merging in from the right that is at such a steep angle, it is difficult to see in your mirrors as to whether anyone is coming on that road or not. For those traveling solo, be very, very careful at that point before you make your right turn to head back to the freeway. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Very nice and clean, only real drawback was the sites were very narrow. We could not access all of our outside compartments. There is a hedge type tree line between sites which is good and bad. It is good for a little privacy, but makes the site tight. As mentioned they accept PPA, 1 night Mon - Thur only. Wi-fi is a buck for the code, but good for the duration of your stay. We ended up staying 4 nights. Make sure that you go into Castle Rock and see the visitor center. Well worth the time and just a couple of miles away on the other side of I-5. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Rate is for a site with water & electric only. Average park with friendly staff and quiet area. Nicely located on road to Mt. St. Helens Rec Area (90 minute drive on excellent road to the east). Showers are twenty five cents for 6 minutes. Shrubs separate sites, paved roads, Cable TV had 50+ channels. Restraunt choices in area are limited, but pretty good food. Great Breakfast at the 49er near I-5. Would stay here again. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Nice park, quiet. Staff was friendly. WIFI was $1.00 extra. Did not have a problem backing in with the trailer. I just left truck hooked up to trailer and had plenty of room. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Easy access from I-5. Road signage leading to park is lacking as well as a sign by the park. WiFi costs $1 and is fast. Sites in the "E" section are generally longer and somewhat lumpy, grass sites. Discovered after paying and asking what discounts are available that they honor Passport America...too late. Did not prominently display P.A. sign. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Wide asphalt interior roads with no obstructions make it easy to back into narrow gravel sites. Not much room for toad or tow vehicle; we were permitted to park in a vacant site across the road. Sites are narrow, about 8 feet from each other, but small cedar trees between sites smell delicious and offer surprising amount of privacy. Some sites are not level. Cable TV is crystal clear, voltage right on at 120, water pressure 40. Staff are calm and friendly. Washington State Parks Mt. St. Helens Visitor Center is 3 miles away--skip that and go on to breathtaking National Monument centers at Coldwater Ridge and Johnston Ridge about 50 miles away on excellent and beautiful road. Great hamburgers and cobblers at 19 Mile House Restaurant which has deck seating overlooking a river. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Passport America park. Nice park. Has grassy sites on hills. It was wet from heavy rains, which made backing uphill into the grassy site a little challenging. Gravel roads. Site was short and a little narrow. Close to Mt. St. Helens.. Staff was very friendly. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Park sets on a hillside, difficult to get into spaces, very narrow and not level, voltage here is so low you cannot use your microwave or risk burning it up. This park wouldn't be a bad park if they would do some maintence and quit letting in undesireables for long stays. I wouldn't recommend this park for big rigs more than 36 ft in length. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 4 / 10 ]
July 2006
$23
Not happy about this park. Made reservations months in advance and was given a very tight sight, very difficult to back into and definitely not even close to being level. When asked for a different site, was told it was reserved for someone staying a week. Not only did that particular site stay empty while I was there, it was given to folks who had only made reservations the nite before and were only staying a day or two! It was impossible to get the rig level, despite adding boards, etc under the wheels. Management didn't care. Also, the cable was lousy. While a lot of channels, none very clear. While the location is great if you're going to Mt St Helens (a must see), I would not stay here again nor would I recommend it to anyone. I understand an RV park wanting to make money but not at the risk of ticking off its customers. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Quiet and friendly. Great place to access Mt St Helens. Great places to eat in Castledale. Other than that not much to do. We camped here in a Motorhome.
As with most private parks, the sites are close together but rows of tall hedges separate the sites and provides a sense of privacy. All sites are back in and the rear of your RV faces the forest off to the west. If your RV has the rear picture window, you get a very pleasant view. Many sites are deep enough for large rigs but do not have much room for your toad or tow vehicle. Price is $23 for row D and $21 for all other full hookup sites. Then you get a Good Sam discount. Many channels of cable TV. Nice laundry. Modem access in office is $2 per use. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This park is located right on the route to Mount St. Helens. The staff was friendly, but stated they had pull thru sites when they didn't. Claimed there was a misunderstanding. The sites and roads are gravel base, level, but extremely tight. The entire park is located on a hillside and the elevation from one end of the park to other differs greatly. Many sites are almost impossible to back into due to changes in elevation from site to site. I needed my 4X4 pickup locked in low range in order to have enough power and traction just to back in. Not all sites are this bad, but if you draw one of the bad ones you could be in serious trouble. Single slides just fit, doubles are out. Overall appearance was okay, but nothing to do in the campground. Okay for overnite stay, come in daylight or you will never back in. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Oh wow! We reserved this place for the weekend Friday-Sunday. Friday night we set up camp and left first thing Saturday morning, without a word to the owners. It seems people don't camp here, they live here! I believe we were the only "campers" We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
We pulled in after dark and only stayed one night. Staff was friendly and helpful and came out and walked us to the site. Unfortunately, sites are just overgrown grass with lots of trees. There are a lot of permanent residents and the park reflects this. There is a well stocked camp store but the staff were cussing while my kids were with me in the store. This place is OK if you just want a place to pull in and sleep before visiting Mt St Helens. Otherwise, little to recommend it. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Took our new trailer trailer here on its maiden voyage. Camped in a standard W&E site. These sites are close together and the entire park is in a forested area. We have a 25' trailer and it was tight getting it through along the roads. More room over in the "T" section with full hookups, but those sites are really close together. All-in-all, its a nice place, we have been here many times and will be back again. Our previous 5er was too large for the standard sites, so this is our first time to stay in them. Many pull-thrus and nice wooded areas, The grandkids loved it. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This state park campground is across the highway from the Mt St Helens Visitors Center (under highway walking path provided for safety). About 40 miles from Mt St Helens itself but closest campground to the mountain. Large level RV sites (some are narrow and cannot accomodate slides) with firepits and tables. Do not use sites 55 to 76 as these are designed primarly for tents and are located adjacent to Hwy 504 and road noise is extremely loud. Campground has potable water, RV dump, walking trails, etc available. Fills up extremely fast with travellers wanting to see Mt St Helens. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is a really pretty park close-by the Mt. St. Helen's Visitor Center. I would be hard-pressed to find much to do here for more than a day, though. I think most people were just here overnight. We had a pull-through site and it was okay. The sites were big, but didn't offer much privacy. I expect more privacy in campgrounds set in the woods. There is a couple of small playgrounds for the kids and a big field for running around in (and tripping over gopher holes). I probably wouldn't come back here, but it was nice enough. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
We had 30 amp pull-through FHU site T9, it was just long enough for our 30 ft class A and toad. FHU sites T11 through T16 are a bit longer. The site was level with gravel/dirt surface. The park had lots of trees and greenery but not so much in the FHU area, we prefered the water and electric sites but there fewer that were large enough for us and that area was more crowded. Mount St. Helens NM was a nice day trip from the park. We camped here in a Motorhome.
We have used this park several times when traveling down the I-5 corridor, but it is not on my list of favorites. It just may be that we are usually here during the off season and it is almost always raining. Although the big firs and cedars are beautiful, they can make for gloomy campsites. This time we opted for a full hook-up site. These are all out from under the trees in a small clearing and so are a bit brighter and because they are gravelled they are not so soggy. Just be aware that the sites in the trees are prettier and more private. All that said, it is a nice enough park in all other ways and has lots of trails and you can walk across the highway to the Mt. St. Helen's Visitor Center. It makes an OK layover if you are going up or down I-5 and a good base from which to see Mt. St. Helen's which is definitely worth seeing. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is a beautiful well maintained State Park. It was the perfect place to stay while exploring the area and right on the road (504) that takes you to all of the visitors centers for Mt. St. Helens. There is an area of the park that has 16 full hook-ups, it's located in the T 1-16 section. There are 18 sites that have water and electric hook-ups and the rest are without utilities. We stayed here 4 days and found it to be quite enjoyable. Some of the campsites are a bit close, but there are some that are tucked up in the trees and more private. We were unable to get a satellite signal in but, it looked as though it wouldn't be a problem in the full hook-up area since there were fewer trees there. If you are traveling without reservations get there by noon as the hook-up sites go fast. We were here midweek and were offered a full hook-up but chose the water and electric site instead. We would stay here again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Seaquest State Park is a part of the Washington State Park system and is located directly across from the Mount St. Helen's Visitor's Center. It is open year round and is located just 6 miles east of I-5 on Highway 504. There are 34 utility hook-up sites, 58 standard non-utility sites, and 4 primitive hiker/biker sites. The campground is in an old growth stand of enormous Douglas firs, cedars, and hemlocks. The trees are so tall that the campground is dark on an overcast day. The campground is very popular and reservations are a must for the utility sites. Campsites are well-trodden and might be a little bit muddy during rainy weather. There is a trailer loop that has 16 sites for bigger rigs, though these sites are not in the trees. Reservations are accepted from May 15 to Sept. 15. After that it is first come, first served. There are five miles of trails throughout the park. But the best part is its accessiblity to touring Mt. St. Helens,
which is, in a word, AWESOME!!!! We camped here in a camper.
This RV park is waiting on final permits to open in the next week or so. They allowed us to park in a level gravel site because we saw their ad and called the number listed. The roads are a little hard to manage on the turns, but the pull-thru sites were long enough to accommodate motorhome and tow car. Close to I-5, day trips to Mt. Ranier and Mt. St. Helens. Trains were close by and ran often. We camped here in a Motorhome.