Kachess

(June 2024) the lake was pretty low for this time of year. We love this campground, it beautiful and clean. The camp host was friendly and very knowledgeable about forestry. We will continue to come back here.

Our campsite was nice and backed up to the lake. There was plenty of room for multiple tents if you walked slightly down a hill behind the site...I'm not sure if it was intended for a tent but it looked like others had done so in the past. The bathroom situation however was not good. When we first arrived there was no toilet paper and no soap. A couple hours later the toilet paper had been replenished but still no soap. It was only slightly better than a vault toilet.

We went early thinking we could use the day use area while our site was ready, but found out we had to pay for the day use even though we had already paid for the camp site.

Great place. Great space. Awesome campsite. Beautiful lake. No bugs. Wow.

Absolutely wonderful!

Site 92 was awesome, spaced well from all neighbors, you have good privacy. This was also near some trails. The “mineral creek” loop has flushing toilets. Note that many of the other toilets on the map at Kachess are just pit toilets, so this loop in particular is one of the better ones if you prefer bathrooms over outhouses.

This was our first time camping. Rated five stars as it exceeded our expectations. Well maintained location. Fire pits were upgrades from the simple ones in the image on Recreation.gov. Camp host was friendly. Toilets were flush instead of vault which was a nice surprise.

Had a great experience with the wife and dogs. Weather was good for most of the time and got some great hikes in.
Have never seen the lake this low, especially in May, so if boating is in the plan this may not be the year for Kachess!

We enjoyed our stay at the lake even though the water level was very low for this time of year.

Kachess is a spectacular setting in any season. It's "quiet" (see more on that in a minute) because it's located 15ish minutes north of the interstate, and the way the campground is spread out with multiple loops across a huge area means even wandering around within the boundary of the place is a fun and rewarding way to spend time. I really love it, and have already made another reservation to return to the Gale Creek loop.

The reason I identified the Gale Creek loop as the only one I will ever stay at again is the noise. I stayed on Memorial Day weekend in Beargrass site 45, and the absolute and total rudeness of my camp neighbors just blew my mind. LOUD music played at ALL hours of the day and well into the "quiet hours" in the evening completely ruined the otherwise peaceful, rainy weekend spent in the woods.

What really surprised me is that there are rules posted and handed out in a pamphlet, but the camp host did nothing. I am normally very conflict-avoidant, but I actually spoke up to my direct neighbors twice (once when they were playing loud music and singing along to it, and once when they were encouraging a little kid to yell/scream at like 11:30pm). I also had to walk across the campground to a site in the middle of the loop to ask them to turn down their booming electronic music as well. It was just too much to handle and I was not going to sit there and take it all weekend.

Ultimately, both groups reverted right to being very loud and obnoxious. So the weekend was kind of middling.

Here's the thing - I support having fun, being a bit noisy during normal noisy daytime hours, and am not normally a wet blanket. But come on, people! We can do better for each other. And the camp host needs to be more proactive in ensuring everyone has a fun time.