Pioneer Park

I was at site 10. Seems like it wasn’t as well setup for a tent as the other sites. Had to out my tent up in the gravel parking area and pull my vehicle up in the space. Would’ve been too tight for 2 tents. But campground was clean and was nice to have a fire!!

Clean, quiet campground just over the Washington border from Idaho. Lots of trees for shade and clean vault toilets. Newport WA/Oldtown ID are within a mile with Grocery stores and restaurants. Beautiful river runs next to campground. We have stayed here before so we loved coming back.

Clean, quiet campground just over the Washington border from Idaho. Lots of trees for shade and clean vault toilets. Newport WA/Oldtown ID are within a mile with Grocery stores and restaurants. Beautiful river runs next to campground. We have stayed here before so we loved coming back.

Second visit this year, first time was in #11 at Fathers Day. Roomy sights with plenty of tent space. Which made my visits with friends/family from out of the country, the Oregon coast, across the state, and locals from Spokane and Priest River outstanding. New tables since early Summer! They are amazing solid and was able to play dice games! Yes!!!! Dice games!!!!! Which made my last night both nostalgic and filled with wonderful new memories. Hope we were not to loud for anyone that night. The only thing I could complain about was seasonal Yellow Jackets and how much they still really like Chicken in late summer!

The Pend Oreille River is low but beautiful as Always!

Oh and the Kalispels really rock with the interpretive historical trail as well. The art was wonderful! Thank you for diggin" the truth and bringin' to light how far back your history goes! It gave a great visual of how life was hundreds and thousands of years ago and how important community and nature were for survival and wellbeing. And yes well before our European invasion. Thank you Kalispel Cultural Department and all the Archaeologist involved, as well as the Artist, Botanist and the incredible translation of the Salish language throughout the entire walk.

Second visit this year, first time was in #11 at Fathers Day. Roomy sights with plenty of tent space. Which made my visits with friends/family from out of the country, the Oregon coast, across the state, and locals from Spokane and Priest River outstanding. New tables since early Summer! They are amazing solid and was able to play dice games! Yes!!!! Dice games!!!!! Which made my last night both nostalgic and filled with wonderful new memories. Hope we were not to loud for anyone that night. The only thing I could complain about was seasonal Yellow Jackets and how much they still really like Chicken in late summer!

The Pend Oreille River is low but beautiful as Always!

Oh and the Kalispels really rock with the interpretive historical trail as well. The art was wonderful! Thank you for diggin" the truth and bringin' to light how far back your history goes! It gave a great visual of how life was hundreds and thousands of years ago and how important community and nature were for survival and wellbeing. And yes well before our European invasion. Thank you Kalispel Cultural Department and all the Archaeologist involved, as well as the Artist, Botanist and the incredible translation of the Salish language throughout the entire walk.

Great walking, interpretation trail. Very well kept and handicap friendly.

Great walking, interpretation trail. Very well kept and handicap friendly.

I come typically here once a year when I have a weekend trip. Especially in spring. It’s the best place for a may weekend in my opinion. Many kinds of mushrooms grow and it’s fun to see them and the wild strawberries are coming out. Everything is lush and green and gorgeous. This trip the hosts kept everything immaculately clean. Vault toilets and no showers. Clean fresh water from the water stations. The reason we do this campground for spring is because it’s too soon for swimming which is not its greatest asset. The beach here is rocky and the current is strong. So for this reason when it’s warmer I go up the river to other campgrounds with better swimming. I have kayaked here but the current was strong and it was hard to come back it’s probably better in summer. Very close to town but far enough do silence. So many birds including our new friend the woodpecker. Great for walking small kids around the nature trail with educational plaques that teach about native life both plant life and the kalispel tribe. The sites themselves are great I don’t think you can go wrong. I liked this site I’m interested in site 4 for a future trip it looks really pretty . Site 14 is huge if you have a large group. Site 13 is difficult if you have physical challenges pick a different one. Firewood is available but a guy down the street sells bundles from his field for 5.00 good ones. The grates for cooking on the fire have improved and their picnic tables are amazing. Hope that helped. Oh and bathrooms are near pretty much all the sites there is one about every 4-5 sites.

I come typically here once a year when I have a weekend trip. Especially in spring. It’s the best place for a may weekend in my opinion. Many kinds of mushrooms grow and it’s fun to see them and the wild strawberries are coming out. Everything is lush and green and gorgeous. This trip the hosts kept everything immaculately clean. Vault toilets and no showers. Clean fresh water from the water stations. The reason we do this campground for spring is because it’s too soon for swimming which is not its greatest asset. The beach here is rocky and the current is strong. So for this reason when it’s warmer I go up the river to other campgrounds with better swimming. I have kayaked here but the current was strong and it was hard to come back it’s probably better in summer. Very close to town but far enough do silence. So many birds including our new friend the woodpecker. Great for walking small kids around the nature trail with educational plaques that teach about native life both plant life and the kalispel tribe. The sites themselves are great I don’t think you can go wrong. I liked this site I’m interested in site 4 for a future trip it looks really pretty . Site 14 is huge if you have a large group. Site 13 is difficult if you have physical challenges pick a different one. Firewood is available but a guy down the street sells bundles from his field for 5.00 good ones. The grates for cooking on the fire have improved and their picnic tables are amazing. Hope that helped. Oh and bathrooms are near pretty much all the sites there is one about every 4-5 sites.

Unexpectedly great CG. Stayed weekdays and it was very quiet with little traffic. Our site was especially shady which was welcome during the hot weather. Clean, restrooms especially clean, convenient trash cans, bear boxes, massive nice picnic tables. Only negative was the speed bumps - watch out, those things are serious; but they serve a good purpose..