American Forks Campground

Lovely area, campsite was well taken care of and a nice little walk down to the river

Nice site. Power lines close by overhead, but it's private. Only thing that would improve the experience is if there was water spigots in the campground.

Naches Ranger district is awesome.

American Forks is an older campground at the confluence of the American River and Bumping River. Our campsite was close to the river and had relatively good morning solar exposure. Most campsites were well spaced with adequate room between sites. The restrooms are all pit toilets as you would expect, were clean enough, and well supplied with TP.

The biggest downside of this campground is the lack of fresh water. Water can be found at one or more of the campgrounds along the Bumping River.

So all in all, this is a nice Forest Service campground on the banks of the American River with nice sites. Just remember to bring your water or be ready to pump it at a different campground and bring it back to American Forks.

We had a wonderful time and the ranger that was there was very helpful in relocating our campsite nearer our friends as my husband just had back surgery and could not walk very far.

Great location. The camp ground was generally clean, but the sites were not updated after the 4th of July weekend. Our reservation was not on the site post and the camp host had not visited for 2 days. Otherwise, a great and quiet stay. Only 2 groups both nights - Wednesday and Thursday. Many folks come to the park to use the riverside. Site 1 is very nice on the river. The other sites are all fairly private. Site 10 and 11 would be great if booked together. There is a lot of abandoned old camp sites nearby and an old ski lift from the 1920's up the hill if you can find the trail.

This is a somewhat primitive but nice campground with good access to two rivers and a very scenic area. It might not be ideal for larger vehicles. The bathrooms were modern and within easy walking distance. There did not appear to be a water supply. The best part about this campground was that it is not located so close to the main road that the noise was distracting. There was mostly the sound of rushing water from the rivers, it was very peaceful and relaxing. The people there at the time were well behaved and it was quiet at night. The potential problem is that there was no campground host present, and with a different group of people it could have gotten pretty loud and unruly.

Good spot, some of them next to water.

It was super nice and peaceful!! Really beautiful too! Gets cold at night though so take extra stuff so you sleep good through the night!

Site 02 was great. Nice big area. We fit our 11 person tent just fine and could have fit another smaller tent or two. Right next to the river and shaded the whole day. Very quiet campground only complaint would be this site is right across from the bathroom.