Moss Creek Campground

It was a good trip except a large group of children were making a lot of noise or were walking in occupied camps, including mine. Nothing the camp hosts could do stop it. New toilets need to be installed. The campground needs some upgrading.

I was up for 14 days at Moss Creek. Three and one half days was spent listening to a huge motor home's generator as long as 12 hours. Camp hosts have no power to regulate generators except at quiet time. The company the Forest Service has running the camp allows generators. Another thing is the openness of marijuana smoking in the campground despite being illegal. There's a problem with dogs roaming the campground despite it not being permitted. I did enjoy the days that didn't have the generator noise.

I was up for 14 days at Moss Creek. Three and one half days was spent listening to a huge motor home's generator as long as 12 hours. Camp hosts have no power to regulate generators except at quiet time. The company the Forest Service has running the camp allows generators. Another thing is the openness of marijuana smoking in the campground despite being illegal. There's a problem with dogs roaming the campground despite it not being permitted. I did enjoy the days that didn't have the generator noise.

I was up for 14 days at Moss Creek. Three and one half days was spent listening to a huge motor home's generator as long as 12 hours. Camp hosts have no power to regulate generators except at quiet time. The company the Forest Service has running the camp allows generators. Another thing is the openness of marijuana smoking in the campground despite being illegal. There's a problem with dogs roaming the campground despite it not being permitted. I did enjoy the days that didn't have the generator noise.

Moss creek is SO CLOSE to ideal. There are perfect, not-too-rushing riverside spots at an elevation that doesn't get too cold at night. It just seems as if the campsite is suffering from slow, tortuous neglect. The water pumps near sites 8/9/10 have been out for a long time. OK, sure, you have to wlk for water, fine! At least the vault toilet is well maintained.
The vault toilet near sites 13/14 has been out since last year, but at least the water pumps work! And last year, they brought in porta potties, so site 14 - which is the best one - at least had servicable toilets.
But those portas haven't been services since SEPTEMBER 2020. They were shockingly, incredibly unsanitary. Whatever contamination closed the vault toilets, over there, these slowly overflowing portas are worse.
The camp host was nonexistent, of course.
It's a real shame, as these sites are family-friendly, picturesque and awesome otherwise.
I really hope someone puts a little care into Moss Creek, because it's a magic place that's worth the effort.

Moss creek is SO CLOSE to ideal. There are perfect, not-too-rushing riverside spots at an elevation that doesn't get too cold at night. It just seems as if the campsite is suffering from slow, tortuous neglect. The water pumps near sites 8/9/10 have been out for a long time. OK, sure, you have to wlk for water, fine! At least the vault toilet is well maintained.
The vault toilet near sites 13/14 has been out since last year, but at least the water pumps work! And last year, they brought in porta potties, so site 14 - which is the best one - at least had servicable toilets.
But those portas haven't been services since SEPTEMBER 2020. They were shockingly, incredibly unsanitary. Whatever contamination closed the vault toilets, over there, these slowly overflowing portas are worse.
The camp host was nonexistent, of course.
It's a real shame, as these sites are family-friendly, picturesque and awesome otherwise.
I really hope someone puts a little care into Moss Creek, because it's a magic place that's worth the effort.

Moss creek is SO CLOSE to ideal. There are perfect, not-too-rushing riverside spots at an elevation that doesn't get too cold at night. It just seems as if the campsite is suffering from slow, tortuous neglect. The water pumps near sites 8/9/10 have been out for a long time. OK, sure, you have to wlk for water, fine! At least the vault toilet is well maintained.
The vault toilet near sites 13/14 has been out since last year, but at least the water pumps work! And last year, they brought in porta potties, so site 14 - which is the best one - at least had servicable toilets.
But those portas haven't been services since SEPTEMBER 2020. They were shockingly, incredibly unsanitary. Whatever contamination closed the vault toilets, over there, these slowly overflowing portas are worse.
The camp host was nonexistent, of course.
It's a real shame, as these sites are family-friendly, picturesque and awesome otherwise.
I really hope someone puts a little care into Moss Creek, because it's a magic place that's worth the effort.

A great campground close to White Salmon and activities along HWY 14 and over to Hood River. The hosts were kind and helpful. It's great to be right next to a little creek (not deep enough for swimming but you can wade along the shore and the host even recommended it for a 5 minute float from one end of the campground to the end). Had 1-2 bars on AT&T service (although we did go in and out of service on the drive up to the site so helpful to download the map ahead of time). One of the river campsites is closed due to fallen trees and that restroom was actually a portapotty. On the recreation.gov site, sites 15 and 16 are flipped from how the campground is actually set up. Site 15 is next to site 17, (17 is the camp host). Sites 1-4 (approx) are very sunny, while other sites are more shaded (we were in site 15 and it was very shaded, although good since it was so hot). Bathrooms were very clean and it felt like a very safe place to be camping during the pandemic. Would return!

A great campground close to White Salmon and activities along HWY 14 and over to Hood River. The hosts were kind and helpful. It's great to be right next to a little creek (not deep enough for swimming but you can wade along the shore and the host even recommended it for a 5 minute float from one end of the campground to the end). Had 1-2 bars on AT&T service (although we did go in and out of service on the drive up to the site so helpful to download the map ahead of time). One of the river campsites is closed due to fallen trees and that restroom was actually a portapotty. On the recreation.gov site, sites 15 and 16 are flipped from how the campground is actually set up. Site 15 is next to site 17, (17 is the camp host). Sites 1-4 (approx) are very sunny, while other sites are more shaded (we were in site 15 and it was very shaded, although good since it was so hot). Bathrooms were very clean and it felt like a very safe place to be camping during the pandemic. Would return!

A great campground close to White Salmon and activities along HWY 14 and over to Hood River. The hosts were kind and helpful. It's great to be right next to a little creek (not deep enough for swimming but you can wade along the shore and the host even recommended it for a 5 minute float from one end of the campground to the end). Had 1-2 bars on AT&T service (although we did go in and out of service on the drive up to the site so helpful to download the map ahead of time). One of the river campsites is closed due to fallen trees and that restroom was actually a portapotty. On the recreation.gov site, sites 15 and 16 are flipped from how the campground is actually set up. Site 15 is next to site 17, (17 is the camp host). Sites 1-4 (approx) are very sunny, while other sites are more shaded (we were in site 15 and it was very shaded, although good since it was so hot). Bathrooms were very clean and it felt like a very safe place to be camping during the pandemic. Would return!