Nottingham Campground

Wonderful camping area. Very clean and well maintained campground. The sites are rustic and many of them back up to a running stream. In August we encountered many yellow jackets.

The campsite is one of best on site. River edge,with an open view but private. Very quiet and peaceful. Great place if your hiking the east side of Mt Hood.

The campgrounds were well-maintained and clean. Our site is very private and big enough to accommodate large families. The river access was the best part. Falling asleep to the sound of the river was an added bonus. Only downside of the campground was that there is only 1 toilet for 11 campsites. We will definitely be returning to this beautiful campground.

One of our favorite campgrounds but site 17 had a pretty aggressive Yellowjackets nest under one of the logs right outside our trailer. Luckily, it was mid-week and there was another open site we could move to.

The campsite was along the river with a nice little open beach area. Very secluded and spacious. Falling asleep to the river sounds. Plenty of hiking opportunities are nearby.

No host but daily visits by staff and campground is well supervised. Great access to the river. Enjoyed the stay and conveniently located. Be prepare for no cell services at all.

Nottingham is a lovely campground to position yourself for adventures east of the Cascade crest. Hikes accessible from Hwy 35, Rd 44, or Rd 17 are easy to get to. The Hood River, which borders the campground, is beautiful but swift, so don't plan on swimming there. The river noise is great for sleeping! Keep your eyes peeled for harlequin ducks, river otters, rabbits, sapsuckers, night hawks, or (of course) deer.

Our group stayed in sites 6, 7, and 8 this visit. 6 and 7 are a great adjacent pair for co-camping; 8 is more removed from its neighbor sites. As mentioned, bring your own drinking and washing water. The pit toilets are perfectly fine.

One thing about Nottingham is that the man who tends it is VERY into rules, including ones that aren't documented anywhere else. We've had issues with this before -- he claims that there's a maximum of two tents per campsite, though that's *nowhere* to be found on recreation.gov or the National Forest website, and there are clearly spaces for more tents than that in some sites (especially at campsite 6). If this is accurate, then the website should absolutely tell you before you go! Be prepared to get a lecture on some particular thing that this guy is feeling strongly about when you run into him.

We were unclear about additional car fees. Thought we had it covered with online registration. Steve was quite business-like explaining that each campsite has only one car coverage, additional cars are $10 ea/day. Paid gladly! The campsite was large and secluded , #20, and as mentioned many times, the bathrooms actually smelled good. Though a little colder, June is a great time to camp. Hardly anyone else was there. And with less fire danger, you can use the fire pit. A great 3 days.

Careful reserving sites! I booked a site and the campground was pretty empty so we moved to a nicer first come first served site on the river. The Lost Lake campground manager showed up in the afternoon and told us we had to move back to our paid site or pay for this new site. We didn’t want to move again so we ended up paying twice. He could have been way nicer about it and since no one was there I’m not sure why it was such a big deal for him. I looked for a camp host before we switched but no one was around. Also nothing on the board about changing sites. Pretty lame but river site was nice.

Quiet campground, our campground was large, level and right on the river, which was a lovely sound. The camp host was friendly and did a great job emptying the trash and keeping the vault toilet clean. Will definitely return to this campground!