French Creek

My wife and I had never stayed at the French Creek Campground. We own a 34' Keystone Cougar travel trailer. In looking at the campground details there is one site, #16 listed as tent only, and the other are listed as tent, RV, and travel trailer. The RV/trailer lengths vary from 30' to 45'. I choose #15 because it would accommodate a 45' RV/Trailer. When we arrived the first observation was how tight the spots are. We looked at #15 and decided to give it a shot. I have full confidence backing a trailer, and my approach was good. However, due to the tight turn needed to get the trailer in the spot, the front wheels of the truck had to be on the very edge of the road ... the road gave away and the truck dropped enough that the tongue of the trailer was in the dirt. This could have been a catistigfic situation, and I was extremely lucky I was able to get out of this. I had to back up a bit more, put it in 4 wheel, and creep the front wheels back on the road. A short time later it begin to rain, had it been raining when this happed, I would not have been able to get out of this predicament. In closing, this is a great spot if you are in a tent, or a cabover camper, but anyone hauling a trailer with any length has no business there. Maybe an R-Pod would be okay, but this site should not be listing that it can accommodate travel trailers, especially a 45' trailer. We got lucky and found another campsite at the state park. I canceled the French Creek reservation, and received a partial refund. I believe a full refund would have been appropriate ... had I become stuck and had to call for help, I would be doing more than leaving a review.

My wife and I had never stayed at the French Creek Campground. We own a 34' Keystone Cougar travel trailer. In looking at the campground details there is one site, #16 listed as tent only, and the other are listed as tent, RV, and travel trailer. The RV/trailer lengths vary from 30' to 45'. I choose #15 because it would accommodate a 45' RV/Trailer. When we arrived the first observation was how tight the spots are. We looked at #15 and decided to give it a shot. I have full confidence backing a trailer, and my approach was good. However, due to the tight turn needed to get the trailer in the spot, the front wheels of the truck had to be on the very edge of the road ... the road gave away and the truck dropped enough that the tongue of the trailer was in the dirt. This could have been a catistigfic situation, and I was extremely lucky I was able to get out of this. I had to back up a bit more, put it in 4 wheel, and creep the front wheels back on the road. A short time later it begin to rain, had it been raining when this happed, I would not have been able to get out of this predicament. In closing, this is a great spot if you are in a tent, or a cabover camper, but anyone hauling a trailer with any length has no business there. Maybe an R-Pod would be okay, but this site should not be listing that it can accommodate travel trailers, especially a 45' trailer. We got lucky and found another campsite at the state park. I canceled the French Creek reservation, and received a partial refund. I believe a full refund would have been appropriate ... had I become stuck and had to call for help, I would be doing more than leaving a review.

excellent location, camping place is very quiet and surrounded by trees

excellent location, camping place is very quiet and surrounded by trees

Mid week camping was uncrowded, clean pit toilets and quiet. Mosquitoes were everywhere and aggressive. Fly population was also high. Bugs were worse than on same location two weeks earlier.

Mid week camping was uncrowded, clean pit toilets and quiet. Mosquitoes were everywhere and aggressive. Fly population was also high. Bugs were worse than on same location two weeks earlier.

Great campground but....

It's close to the graveled road and our campsite was continually dusty from vehicles, ATV's, motorcycles and Side-by-Sides racing by. And of course, the noise. The section of road along the campground needs to be oiled to keep the dust down, and a lower speed limit needs to be put in place. in addition, the parking on site #12 was very uneven, tilting our trailer to the point we had to jerry-rig a platform on one side much higher than normal to level it. Aside from these minor inconveniences, we enjoyed the campground and location. I would recommend reserving a site higher up than ours that is more protected from noise and dust.

Great campground but....

It's close to the graveled road and our campsite was continually dusty from vehicles, ATV's, motorcycles and Side-by-Sides racing by. And of course, the noise. The section of road along the campground needs to be oiled to keep the dust down, and a lower speed limit needs to be put in place. in addition, the parking on site #12 was very uneven, tilting our trailer to the point we had to jerry-rig a platform on one side much higher than normal to level it. Aside from these minor inconveniences, we enjoyed the campground and location. I would recommend reserving a site higher up than ours that is more protected from noise and dust.

Cute little park next to the lake along the French creek. Sheep herds will go by the camp almost daily

Cute little park next to the lake along the French creek. Sheep herds will go by the camp almost daily