Indian Creek (WA)

This is a conveniently located campground next to Rimrock Lake along highway 12. It's a great location for anyone looking to do lake activities or to hike in the southern Cascades. The campground is fairly standard, but it's worth noting that this has one of the most exposed sites that I've ever been around. There is pretty much no division between sites such that you can see your neighbors not just across the road but also three or four sites to either side and even the other end of the campground. Only a few of the lake-side ones (30, 31) have some measure of vegetative privacy. The rest pretty much do not, and some clearly are designed for large groups to get two adjacent sites to form a conjoined site. This was fine for me, but this is not the campsite for you if you like being alone in nature with some semblance of privacy. Keep in mind that there are a lot of other campsites / resorts around the lake, so there's also the issue that noise can leak over from them (the "resort" next door had a barking dog and crying baby for most of my stay). Lake access is literally 20 feet from the loop though, so great for anyone looking to get out on the water. There are a series of trails (more like lake access points) on the west end of the campground that might lead to areas better for fishing.

This is definitely a water recreationer’s place! The campsites are nicely wooded, but with the exception of a very few, are not private. Or quiet. The campground is directly off HWY 12 so you’ll hear constant traffic noise (big rigs!) even through the night, and the noise from Silver Beach resort can get loud too, when it’s full and if you’re on the Highway side of the campground, which we were, at site 34.
There is a trail that cuts over right there though and they have a store with a cafe, firewood and boat rentals. There’s even a play area for kids with swings and a zip line.
We took a peddle boat with the kids out to the little island in Rimrock lake and it was gorgeous.
They have a small beach at the resort along the lake, otherwise access to the water inside the campground was sketchy without a boat because there’s really no shore anywhere when the water is high.
We were just there over 4th of July and the water was very high. There are trails that go around the lake and we found streams and dry creek beds to explore, so there’s plenty to do away from the campsite.
The sites are big and open, we saw a lot of RVs.
If I had known more about the campground beforehand I probably would have chosen something a bit deeper in the forest with more private sites but, truthfully, being out on that beautiful sparkling lake and tromping through creek beds basically made the noise and lack of privacy worth dealing with for a few nights, so if your plan is to be out on the water or elsewhere most of the day and use the campsite just to eat and crash, this is a great spot - but bring ear plugs if you’re a light sleeper!

Though we only had one lovely day during our trip, the area felt isolated and the site we chose allowed us to feel that we were not on top of other campers. It is also always a great amenity to have available drinking water to fill our containers. Michael was a great camp host and we appreciate him checking in with us and also providing a lot of useful information for future camping. We enjoyed our stay and we were not far from water features and markets/delis.

This campground is SUPERB! MIKE is AWESOME! SAFE, CLEAN, WELL KEPT, MANAGED WELL AND FRIENDLY! MIKE IS VERY HELPFUL, CONSIDERATE, RESPECTFUL AND CONSCIENCES! Took extra time to assist me with what ever I needed, and being disabled THIS means a lot!! WE WANT MIKE ALWAYS!

Beautiful campground. Great access to water. Nice, clean. Tons of wildlife. Would definitely return.

I understand everyone’s reviews on the campground being noisy, pick a camp away from12 and you’ll be just fine. The host was excellent and the grounds were well kept.

It was very rainy and cold but beautiful and the tree coverage kept us dry!

We got there by Google maps, the directions on website are wrong. Nice camping spot, pretty good sites.

Beautiful, well maintained campground with many trails to discover creek beds, beach, and forest. Kids had a fabulous time finding tadpoles and tiny frogs. The only annoyance was the traffic noise from the highway which doesn’t sit far from the campground. Will certainly return and do more exploring on the trails.

We came for my birthday, and we had two sites booked that were across the way from each other. We noticed that the site next to us was going to be open while we were there and the camp host was kind enough to switch our 2nd site to the one next to us. He was very helpful and we had a great time! Thank you.

The host was on it! Very nice man and obviously loved what he did. Campground was clean, quiet after 10pm and just great. Host did a great job helping us extend our stay. We'd stay there again.