Dinkey Creek

Where to start? Got the absolute worst site, unpaved, blocked by rocks, on a super steep slant. Rocks were used to level the picnic table. Every single other campsite, which cost the same amount, was paved and clean. It also claimed on the website that it was paved, so I don't know why we got some ghetto dirt lot. Then, the camp hosts were awful. Insisted we park IN the road, which is ridiculous when everyone else got a paved spot in their camp area. The older gentleman who was our camp host was on an absolute power trip. He stopped several times to berate us for silly things, he just couldn't stop himself from trying to get some imagined upper hand. He was awful to the other campers as well, I felt bad for all our neighbors. On top of that they were unhelpful and our campsite was not clean when we checked in. Beware loop F. Absolute nightmare of a camping experience, would NEVER stay here again. However the day use is wonderful and the creek is so fun, so its worth the 10 dollar entrance fee to play for the day. And we also camped at Huntington which was an amazing experience, and we had the best camp hosts there, so kind and lovely. The hosts at Dinkey could learn something from other hosts about common courtesy and human decency!

The camp host and hostess were great!

Absolutely loved it. Sites were clean and bathrooms were cleaned everyday and well stocked. Staff was friendly. The kids loved the rock slides and hike to the old saw mill. The honeymoon pool was refreshing and smelled great with the surrounding honeysuckle bushes. Most definitely coming back again next year.

Recreation.gov is great for making reservations at our favorite spot Dinkey Creek:)

The campground was not shaded as described. You are literally right next to the next campsite. The roads within the campground are poorly maintained. Wouldn't stay there again.

My family and I have been camping here for the past 17years and we have never had any problems until this year, many times we would say good morning to the staff and they would ignore us and drive past us, at 9:55pm staff pulled up to our site and told us it was quite time keep in mind it was 9:55pm and at check in I was told quite time was from 10:00pm-8:00am I don’t understand why we were told we had to be quite when it wasn’t time yet and we were not being loud whatsoever. We were glad that we did not have any bear encounter unlike last year.

I had fabulous time at Dinkey Creek! Campsite met our needs (we have a decent sized family tent). We appreciated this site's close proximity to two different bathrooms/water spigots. Many of the trees at this campsite had been cut down in recent years, so it does not have much shade or a feeling of privacy/seclusion. I definitely recommend bringing a shade structure. Also, the space where a tent goes (between the picnic table and fire pit) is not huge. It was fine for our tent, though we did not use the fire pit. I think it would be a really tight squeeze with one of those gigantic multi-room tents that a lot of people have. Overall, we had a great time and look forward to returning!

Camp host was terrible.

Nor much shade left due to tree removals. Pleasantly NOT crowded. Cool, clean water to cool off in.
Unfortunately, hiking was limited due to lack of trail maintenance. Also, WE WERE NOT OFFERED ANY MAPS (for hiking or orientation to the campsites and day use areas), nor were any maps available according to the ranger.

Enjoyed our extended stay of 4 nights 5 days. Saw the beginning of new growth of small trees, and imaged how it use to be 5 years back. Hopefully I'll be around yo see it that way again. With water running down the stream.