Little Naches Campground

Reserved site 5 for 2 nights, then extended our stay in site 2 for 1 night, then site 1 for 2 more nights. Camp hosts Dave and Summer were so hospitable and friendly, such spectacular hosts! The little primitive vault toilets were clean and smelling fresh. They had bee traps up, and firepits tagged out for the burn ban, and kept an eye that the dispersed campers up the road didn't ravage the campground facilities. It was a quiet week, and the weather was great. A doe and her twins and gray jays and other birds frequented the area. We explored the waterways and geology in the area each day, and enjoyed peaceful quiet nights in this gem of a campground. Thank you Dave and Summer! You guys ROCK!

Campground was great. We stayed in spot 5 and had wonderful water access. We had the whole campground to ourselves all week. Easy to get to, easy access camp spots. It was all great. Camp hosts are new this year and didn’t have much info for hiking for us, and with no cell service we just kind of had to wing it but it was fine! Bathrooms are pit toilets and were kept up fine. We will be back!

Since there was a fire ban I did not enjoy the fact that one camper across from us proceeded to have an open fire both nights we stayed.

Camp Ranger Crystal was very helpful. Privy was clean.

*warning website map is flipped, 1,2,3 will be on your right when entering the campground site.

Campground was cleaned and well kept
Host was amazing, she was courteous and informative. ($8 for wood)
Perfect for families with kiddos (River water is calm and low, bring water shoes)
Quiet at night (RV friendly, no generator buzzing after hours, you’ll might have lil trouble with anything over 23’ but be careful)
Vault Toilet stocked with tp
Water Pump
Dumpsters

Only issue is some sites not very level for tenting and please be a good camper. Pack it back with you, some camper are inconsiderate of what they leave behind trash and fire still burning. Poor Host had to figure out how to haul out a huge log someone brought and left still burning when they left.

River is super close and bathrooms & water supply right across the path, loved the spacious campsite and privacy we had, very pet and children friendly! My 3 & 6 yr old loved it and so did we!

The campground was primitive, with a water pump and pit toilets. The campsites were good sized, but many of them were close to Hwy 410 so there was considerable road noise. The campsites and campground was clean, and was on the Little Naches River, which was very nice.

Thoroughly enjoyed Little Naches for our family’s first ever camping trip! Other reviews are correct that the campground map on this website is inaccurately portrayed. The majority of the sites have a decent amount of both sun and shade, a bonus for tent campers. Sites 4-8 are along the river. Site 5 has the very best and easiest river access, and likely is where the main picture for the campground was taken! Each site has a fire pit, picnic table, and log “bench” to sit by the fire. The campground is well maintained, with a hand pump on site for water, garbage cans for trash collection, and vault style restrooms. The restrooms were a bit buggy, and our boys said the men’s rooms were disgusting but the ladies rooms were fairly clean and well supplied. Be sure to bring good bug spray - there were a LOT more bugs than we expected! Campground host was visible enough but it didn’t seem quiet hours were observed or enforced. Learned a little too late that we could’ve purchased firewood from the host. There is almost no firewood on site otherwise, but a little 5 min drive up the road and you can get fuel, ice, firewood, and a decent supply of other misc items. Another reviewer mentioned how loud the traffic was on 410. I will say the sites along the river will get the most road noise, but we found it wasn’t actually from traffic on 410, it was traffic passing the campground entry to go off-roading. Luckily traffic dies down in the evenings and we weren’t bothered by it much. Beware of cars randomly stopped on that road though if you come and go, presumably to figure out where they’re going. Note that there is ZERO cell phone reception starting well before you get to the campground and all the way up through Chinook Pass and Mt Rainier!!

We enjoy this location, and this particular spot is our favorite. Look forward to visiting again soon!

Pros: clean and stocked vault toilets, potable water, right on the river.

Cons: right off 410 so you can hear the traffic super clear. Thankfully at night its not super busy so traffic doesn't disrupt your sleep BUT it does take away from the "in nature" feel during the day.

We were in campsite 005 which is right on the river. The map shows the layout flipped (you come in and go straight with campsite 001 on the right and then loop around; lower numbers are along the river except when you get to about campsite 007 the next few back right up to 410). Campsite 005 was very spacious, could easily fit 4 tents. Great river access directly from the camp but the women's toilet is right at the campsite so you get to hear the door slam all day/night long.