Ohanapecosh Campground

I stayed in the C loop site 33. It was a great campsite and mellow due to the fire ban. There's a swimming spot in the river by the picnic area. The water was cold but really nice on a hot day.

We stayed at H13, it was a very nice campground although a little close to H14. The tent lot was pretty big and even.

Great place with kids, lost if room to play and ride bikes and lots of trails to hike. I only wish our site had bear boxes for food like many of the other sites did.

Fantastic, beautiful campsite, lush, great access to walks, visitor centre close by 10/10 recommend.

Stunning and clean place..so close and true to nature. The place is clean , close to car parking and close to a 1 hour walk to waterfall. We camped here and totally loved the place. Heaven on earth

Overall, we really enjoyed our stay at Ohanapecosh; it is a beautiful campground with great access to nearby trails and the Paradise corridor. The river is so beautiful and easy to access as well for some water play. Our campsite was really nice and not too far from restroom or the river.

The only negatives I saw were that I don't believe the bathroom was cleaned daily, I believe a lot of people book sites and then cancel them (it was hard to get multiple sites for groups - timeframe I wanted only had 4 sites available to book that were scattered, but ultimately, sites were empty next to us during our stay), and I wish there was a shower. Regarding bathroom, in three nights we stayed, I think it was only cleaned once. There were lots of bugs in the sink every morning. I also wish that Mt Rainier would allow dogs on their trails to responsible pet owners. :)

Overall, we would still definitely come back.

Breezy, the ranger who helped us was amazing! Our campgrounds were so clean and nice, and it was the perfect place for our family trip

One of the most beautiful campgrounds we've ever seen, and close to so many great sites in Ranier.

Beautiful tall trees and turquoise river. Cell phone coverage at the visitors center, if you need it. I’d recommend both H7 and F8. We stayed one night at each. Both were really nice, on the edge of wilderness, secluded sites.

While you’re there, check out the visitors center, the hot springs loop and Silver Falls (about 2.5 miles round trip, pretty flat). We went up to Paradise after 3, no reservation needed, no line.

The campground was great, but the campsite wasn't, nor was the timed entry aspect. The campsite (D014) said it had a 13' x 14' tentpad, so we thought was going to be great for our 10'x14' rectangular tent. Turns out, it was an octagonal tent pad that not at all 13'x14'. We were unable to use the tentpad, so we were forced to stake our tent down in the fireplace area of the campsite, which had significantly harder ground than the nice sandy octagonal tentpad. D014 is also a fishbowl of a campsite, and we always felt like we were right on top of the adjacent campsites. It was very conveniently close to the water (about 15 feet), and the bathrooms, but there was no path from the far side of the loop to get to the water and bathrooms so most people from those other sites ended up essentially walking through our campsite to get there. The other truly significant complaint is that there's no service, which ordinarily I wouldn't complain about for a campsite, except that if you want to go into any of the other areas of Mount Rainier, you HAVE to get a timed entry pass the night before. When we checked in, the rangers helpfully said that there was WiFi at the visitor center, and there was, but not a single person there was able to get onto the Recreation.gov website to get a timed entry. I was forced to call a relative halfway across the country to get them to use their home computer to book a timed entry when I needed it. By the end of the stay, the rangers were recommending that people drive to Packwood to use their cell service, which is pretty ridiculous. If I'm paying to stay at a National Park Campsite, it should come with a way to get me into the National Park that I'm staying at. The rangers themselves were very helpful and nice, and the visitor center was small but appreciated by my kids. There's a way to get down to the river and we saw multiple people swimming there at various times. There were some short hikes right on the campground that my family enjoyed.