Alder Glen Recreation Site

Such a beautiful campground that's right along the Nestucca River with a lovely waterfall! We stayed in Campsite #11, which is more secluded from the other sites and that's exactly what we love! Old growth trees throughout the camp that make it more secluded, with Site #9 directly across from the waterfall but we could see it from our site, too. The other sites are beautiful, mostly right along the river, but some just across the camp road, if that's what you like. The sounds of the river and waterfall, lulls you to sleep every night. Made friends with the chipmunks and crested blue jays, there. Great crawdad fishing, we ate like kings! You can fish for trout, as well. There's also a fishing platform for ADA folks that has a sidewalk down to it. The Camp Hosts, Troy and his wife, Gina are the most friendly, fabulous people that truly care about the camp! They keep all the sites spotless, raked, fire pits cleaned out, weed whacked, leaves blown off the sites and the camp road, tidy pit toilets with t-paper well stocked and make rounds every day to keep the visitors safe and work incredibly hard to make sure everyone is happy and the campground pristine! The very best Hosts we have ever met! Kudos are sent to Troy and Gina for being 5- Star Hosts and to BLM for hiring them!😁👍💖 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟! They deserve a huge raise! We stayed here back in July and were so impressed, that we booked more stays. Yes, it's a bit remote, no cell signal and a drive to the town of Beaver for ice for the coolers every few days, but, SO worth it! We will be back, definitely! Thank you so much, for an awesome vacation stay, Troy and Gina! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💖 From, Katrina and Charlie, Site#11 😁👍

Beautiful river! Host was great

It was 5/5 stars for what it was. Only docking a star because it didn’t have showers, trash cans, firewood for sale, etc. otherwise it was great! My site had a view of a mini waterfall. The river was very close. The people there were nice. Not too many bugs. Apparently there were a lot of crayfish in the river.

The only drawback was having the campsite very close together. All our neighbors were wonderful. The trail up to the first bathroom was difficult for me using a walker. The trail had several sink holes in the path, so at night it was hard to see. Otherwise it is a beautiful campground and I plan to visit again.

Nice little campground on the Little Nestucca. The best site is # 2 which is FCFS. 5,6 and 7 are very small and close together. Best for a group to get all 3 . Camphhosts are friendly and go above and beyond in taking care of the camp ground. Pit toilets were exceptionally clean!

The campground host Troy is awesome and his team kept everything clean and maintained. Our campsite was in order and ready when we arrived.

The camp hosts are fabulous!! I was in spot #5 end of June and they have made a huge improvement to the sites in the campground in just over a month.

Overall this was a really sweet spot to camp! Right next to water, waterfall, secluded, small, and the bathrooms were clean.
We really liked site 07 at first, but it was really close to 06 and felt like we were camping with strangers.
One thing to note is you have to pack out any trash. I don't remember seeing anything about it, and only figured it out when we asked the camp host.

We would definitely come back though!

I spent two nights at Alder Glen, for my and my twin sister's birthday. We celebrated our 68th with a camping trip relatively close to home. The campground was spotless and the sites were even raked. The restrooms were very clean and well serviced. This was the first time I had stayed in a BLM campground. If this one is an indication of their quality, I will look for them on my future camping adventures.

Really nice to be right next to the water. Vault toilets were clean though I felt they could have had more because in the morning there was a wait. Main thing that irked me was the sites are really on top of one another. That kind of killed the vibe a bit. No service (which is fine), but there also aren't a whole lot of hikes nearby either. Be prepared to drive 45 minutes to the closest hike, if that's what you're visiting for.