White Rock Mountain Recreation Area

Amazing place! The staff is truly wonderful, friendly and just gives you that genuine good feeling. The view from the lookout and trail is gorgeous! We plan to take more trips here.

Amazing campsite hosts, incredible views & hikes, well kept grounds with a toilet & water - what more can you ask for? Loved the drive up, was comfortable in my old Honda sedan, just take it slow! We will be back for the fall!

As seen in other reviews, the road to camp is the first thing you notice about this campground. It's about 20-25 miles, but it takes a good hour+ to get to the campsite once you hit the gravel/rock. It isn't difficult to drive, though, just slow. We made it up in a minivan. This means that once you're at the campground, you're not likely to want to go back to "civilization" if you can avoid it, other than when you leave. The good news is that there's a cool general store next to the campground--they sell the necessities you might have forgotten. We called ahead and had them deliver wood to our campsite, and we were able to get ice there. It looked like you could even order a pizza and have it delivered to your site (we thought we saw them delivering one to a neighbor).

We had site 8, which had a ton of shade, but the camp pad didn't really fit our (admittedly big) tent. We're a family of six, but we like to blow up air mattresses for camping, so we take a 10-man tent, and we had to turn it diagonally across the pad It still hung over, which was a bit of an issue since trees and unlevel ground were immediately next to the pad. If you have a big tent like this, I recommend sites 1 or 2; they lack some of the shade, but they're nice and wide open, so your tent can overhang the pad without issues, or you could move to some of the other parts of the site since it's so open. Honestly, all of these sites look adequate.

The views are amazing at the lookout, and we hiked the rim trail, which is an easy 2-mile hike. We also drove the 5+ miles back down the road and hiked the 1/2-mi hike to Rattlesnake Falls, at the host's recommendation. It was an easy hike, and although the water was COLD, it was a lot of fun.

The only recommendation I have is to be sure to stow your trash anytime you aren't at camp. We twice had raccoons get into trash that we'd hung. Once, it brazenly got into it just out of lamplight at night; the second time was while we were out during the day.

As seen in other reviews, the road to camp is the first thing you notice about this campground. It's about 20-25 miles, but it takes a good hour+ to get to the campsite once you hit the gravel/rock. It isn't difficult to drive, though, just slow. We made it up in a minivan. This means that once you're at the campground, you're not likely to want to go back to "civilization" if you can avoid it, other than when you leave. The good news is that there's a cool general store next to the campground--they sell the necessities you might have forgotten. We called ahead and had them deliver wood to our campsite, and we were able to get ice there. It looked like you could even order a pizza and have it delivered to your site (we thought we saw them delivering one to a neighbor).

We had site 8, which had a ton of shade, but the camp pad didn't really fit our (admittedly big) tent. We're a family of six, but we like to blow up air mattresses for camping, so we take a 10-man tent, and we had to turn it diagonally across the pad It still hung over, which was a bit of an issue since trees and unlevel ground were immediately next to the pad. If you have a big tent like this, I recommend sites 1 or 2; they lack some of the shade, but they're nice and wide open, so your tent can overhang the pad without issues, or you could move to some of the other parts of the site since it's so open. Honestly, all of these sites look adequate.

The views are amazing at the lookout, and we hiked the rim trail, which is an easy 2-mile hike. We also drove the 5+ miles back down the road and hiked the 1/2-mi hike to Rattlesnake Falls, at the host's recommendation. It was an easy hike, and although the water was COLD, it was a lot of fun.

The only recommendation I have is to be sure to stow your trash anytime you aren't at camp. We twice had raccoons get into trash that we'd hung. Once, it brazenly got into it just out of lamplight at night; the second time was while we were out during the day.

As seen in other reviews, the road to camp is the first thing you notice about this campground. It's about 20-25 miles, but it takes a good hour+ to get to the campsite once you hit the gravel/rock. It isn't difficult to drive, though, just slow. We made it up in a minivan. This means that once you're at the campground, you're not likely to want to go back to "civilization" if you can avoid it, other than when you leave. The good news is that there's a cool general store next to the campground--they sell the necessities you might have forgotten. We called ahead and had them deliver wood to our campsite, and we were able to get ice there. It looked like you could even order a pizza and have it delivered to your site (we thought we saw them delivering one to a neighbor).

We had site 8, which had a ton of shade, but the camp pad didn't really fit our (admittedly big) tent. We're a family of six, but we like to blow up air mattresses for camping, so we take a 10-man tent, and we had to turn it diagonally across the pad It still hung over, which was a bit of an issue since trees and unlevel ground were immediately next to the pad. If you have a big tent like this, I recommend sites 1 or 2; they lack some of the shade, but they're nice and wide open, so your tent can overhang the pad without issues, or you could move to some of the other parts of the site since it's so open. Honestly, all of these sites look adequate.

The views are amazing at the lookout, and we hiked the rim trail, which is an easy 2-mile hike. We also drove the 5+ miles back down the road and hiked the 1/2-mi hike to Rattlesnake Falls, at the host's recommendation. It was an easy hike, and although the water was COLD, it was a lot of fun.

The only recommendation I have is to be sure to stow your trash anytime you aren't at camp. We twice had raccoons get into trash that we'd hung. Once, it brazenly got into it just out of lamplight at night; the second time was while we were out during the day.

We stayed in Cabin 3, unique, peaceful, just what we needed. Love the old CCC buildings, no need for AC, and easy access to nice hikes with waterfalls, mushrooms, butterflies. Takes about 30 minutes down a gravel road (well maintained) off the main road to reach White Rock Mtn, car was fine vs truck/SUV. Very nice couple checked us in and showed us different hikes on the map.

We stayed in Cabin 3, unique, peaceful, just what we needed. Love the old CCC buildings, no need for AC, and easy access to nice hikes with waterfalls, mushrooms, butterflies. Takes about 30 minutes down a gravel road (well maintained) off the main road to reach White Rock Mtn, car was fine vs truck/SUV. Very nice couple checked us in and showed us different hikes on the map.

We stayed in Cabin 3, unique, peaceful, just what we needed. Love the old CCC buildings, no need for AC, and easy access to nice hikes with waterfalls, mushrooms, butterflies. Takes about 30 minutes down a gravel road (well maintained) off the main road to reach White Rock Mtn, car was fine vs truck/SUV. Very nice couple checked us in and showed us different hikes on the map.

Quiet area on top of White Rock mountain - very secluded and the drive up is a steep dirt road with lots of turns. Make sure to bring all the food and supplies you need because the nearest gas station is an hour away! For the cabins, you can rent sheets but not towels so you'll need to bring everything.

Quiet area on top of White Rock mountain - very secluded and the drive up is a steep dirt road with lots of turns. Make sure to bring all the food and supplies you need because the nearest gas station is an hour away! For the cabins, you can rent sheets but not towels so you'll need to bring everything.