I had a pleasant stay at this campground. Our site was paved and level and surrounded by trees. I found the trail to the beach a bit tiring as it was a steep climb over the soft sand dunes. There could be more trails created with easier beach access. The beach itself was not unique: plain with no tide pools or rock formations, except for a distant out cropping. I made an on-line reservation for this campground through the contracted Reserve America system. The system showed the campground was full, except for just two sites next to one another, for the whole month of September. I thought that unusual, so I telephoned the campground to check with the ranger on actual site availability. I was told yes the campground was full and if I had found an open site I should reserve it right away. The day I arrived at the campground I discovered that many sites were still open. The ranger said that 1/2 of the campsites were on a first come first serve bases for the entire month of September. Online rules indicated that the first come first serve practice did not begin until October. I questioned the ranger about why that information was not available on line. He did not seem to know about the reservation process. I told the ranger instead of raising the campsite rates as the state is going to do, it might be better to consider the reservation system display the correct site availability instead of indicating full when the campground is not. That would probably generate more revenue than raising the rates, and make us campers happier too. I could have saved the $6 reservation fee if I had known about the first come first serve policy for September. The ranger did not show any concern or indicate he would bring the matter to attention of his superiors.

We stayed one night and had a site with water, electric, Wi-Fi and cable TV right near the office: full hookup was $26. The road is gravel and the site a mix of pine needles, dirt and grass, with a picnic table, however was still quite pleasant. This campground is located in close proximity to the marina, which was very busy with the fall salmon run in full swing. It is also within a pleasant boardwalk to old town and very handy. Most shops in old town stay open until about 6 PM. Be sure to stop by the ice cream and taffy store for a special treat. The best taffy I have found on the coast.

The campground brochure did not mention anything nor did the map reveal anything regarding the proximity of the near by trains, airplanes, boat and highway noise that besets this other than that, seemly nicely maintained park. I was however alarmed by the approach late one evening, after 11:00PM, in our site by a disheveled and seeming drunk or high individual who identified himself only as Cowboy and asked for money and cigarettes or our Coach. I hoped he thought a joke. I do not know if there is any or if there is adequate security patrols or cameras provided by the park for their clients safety. In my web search for an RV Park nearest to Portland's City Center there were not many available and this one seemed to be the nicest and closest. There is a near by public bus service which will take you to the nearest Max Station which has a park and ride and a shopping mall is quite near by.

Nice park good facilities. Located on a hill top with nice views of the surrounding valley and sunrise and sunsets outstanding. Laundry and shower facilities were good and clean, over all a well maintained park. Most sites however, are not even which will make it difficult to level your rig.

This campground is a pleasant retreat with small english type flower gardens, ornamental landscape displays, mature trees and nice sized lawn areas between sites. The only negative comment I can make is about the surroundings, as there is train track in close proximity. The trains are descending a hill and their brakes squeak and squeal loudly as they slow the train down. This is usually for just a short period.

We enjoyed our stay at this campground inspite of the rain. We found the day use park and trails were very nice along the Deschutes River, and were impressed with the unusual rock formations we found here. We were in site #26. The camp ground map showes camp sites right along the river but we only saw one site, with no services, that actually had direct access to the river, the rest of the sites shown were a bit off the water with brush between them and the river. The camp is just a few short miles to the city of Bend.

I was surprised by the fact we did not have a sewer hook up available as I was told it was a full service camp site. Our site #84R is a nice location on the water with boat access. I was told that the site was shaded and it was, until the late afternoon when the sun is the hottest. It was 105 degrees the two days in mid August I stayed at this park. The second day we rented a patio boat for 4 hours. The boat broke down just after 1 hour out, when we stopped for a swim, the out board engine would not restart. There was no radio, or compass on board, but we got lucky and were able to get a weak cell signal, which we used to call the resort for help. We were towed back to a different marina and ferried by truck from there back to the resort. We were refunded the cost of the rental, but received nothing than more than an apology for the inconvience.