Kachess

Rating this low because I made reservations on two sites with two cars and six people (on each). We had some people that were only able to join us for the day of camping, so I wanted to ensure included them in the reservation. But when they came to front gate/check in area, the lady at the front immediately told them no, the day use/campgrounds were full and they couldn’t enter. Didn’t even give them a chance to have them explain the situation, just told them to turn around. I came up to the front then to say hey - we have someone joining us, I made the reservation for x people/x cars - she then told us to talk to our campsite host, who then told us that the lady at the front should have handled that.

The campsite it self was fun. The campgrounds could use better signs/directions though. It was a little confusing initially trying to get to our camping spots.

Our absolute favorite campground, we come here every summer. Can’t get better than this!

Views are amazing, there isn’t a campsite that isn’t absolutely fantastic. Lake access is unbeatable, we bring our floaties and hang out all day long! Very child and dog friendly as well.

We were told that we did not have our reserved campsite because it was a first come first serve site. After a lot of waiting and questions we were finally told we did have the site and infornation was not updated. Anyway, we finally got to the site but found no camp host. Normally it would not have been a problem but the site next door had an RV generator running all night. The camp sites are clean and spacious but the sites themselves are very closely packed and the campground is poorly managed.

Beautiful lake! Unfortunately this site was across from the camp host which had the generator running right up until quiet hours. It kind of took away from the whole camp experience in the evening time when it was so beautiful out with the stars and campfire and such. This site also has significant sun exposure during the day but has short trails close to the lake!

Just breathtaking!

Great campsite that didn’t feel TOO close to other sites. Shaded, but with limited coverage during the afternoon. It has direct access to a path that goes down to the water; you can’t see the lake from the site. Situated about 4 sites from the vault toilet, which was clean all weekend, and 1 site from the closest running water spigot. We fit two four-person tents, and could possibly have squeeze in one more. I had some cell reception with AT&T, though not a strong signal.

This was one of the best campgrounds I’ve stayed at. Spacious sites, lots of walking and exploring. My only “complaint” would be the cut down trees all over the place seem to be attracting a TON of carpenter ants. Would love to see the cut down trees removed, especially the ones that are basically turning to sawdust due to ants. We will definitely be camping here again.

Fantastic host this season! She had her hands full managing multiple loops, yet she ensured all of our needs were met and she made us feel very welcome. The host managing Box Canyon from the previous two seasons with the school bus and non-stop generator outside of quiet hours seems to not be back. The current host managed her generator use appropriately and respectfully of the guests, especially in the evening. The lake is almost as low as we've seen it over the last 15 years. First in some time that we'd drove out onto the shelf on the little Kachess side to drop our kayaks (we were hoping we could go out the back of our site but was just too far).

Facilities were poorly set up. Our bathroom for Mineral Creek was filthy, with one stall, several holes in the walls where electric boxes may have been, and no electric. Campsite was fine, scrubby and open. Poor signage on where "new store" was, and unhelpful hosts.

We showed up at 1:15pm but the person at the front gate wanted me to pay $10 to get on the property before 2pm. I have never been to a campground in WA that restricts access 45 min early, but I watched several cars show up and pay the additional fee. It was very disappointing, but they seem to be collecting quite a bit extra money with this approach.