Nottingham Campground

Love this spacious campground, we'll be back!

Second year in a row here, we love Nottingham! So many large, private sites right on the river, beautiful, quiet campground with sounds of the rushing water at night. That being said, please don't be the jerk that brings an RV with a loud generator. There are no hookups, this is not that kind of campground and that amount of noise can really ruin the experience for others. We were fortunate to have respectful quiet neighbors, but walked by one situation like this and felt really bad for the campers around them. Not cool! Pit toilets were clean. No water available, you need to pack in your own. Dipped into the 30s at night in August, bring layers! Fire ban is in effect for good reason so plan accordingly. Camp hosts are friendly and were very helpful in directing us to the closest gas station when we needed to pump up a leaking tire stat!

Lost Lake Resort crew are doing an Excellent job managing the campground!

Nice, spacious campsites - many on the East Fork of the Hood River. Toilets were very clean (and actually smelled good). Camp Manager/Host was attentive and cordial. Ours was a very pleasant experience.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.