Adams Fork Campground

Large spacious campsites under tall old-growth trees. Campsites #20 and up are open to the river, but also to each other. Many other campsites are more isolated and private with trees and undergrowth separating them. The camp hosts keep the restrooms immaculate and smelling good. Oddly, the campground has no bear-proof dumpsters, but I never saw the trash cans had been broken into by anything.
There are many excellent first-come-first-served campsites. The approach to the campground from the town of Randle is fully paved, though it does narrow to one lane with pullouts for the last stretch.

Pros: the campsites were spacious, shady and the restrooms were clean. Some reviews stated garbage was not available, but we found there were garbages. Thank goodness!

Con: the water level was way too high to allow our children/ adults to play in the nearby river to cool off and we had to drive quite a ways to arrive at Mossyrock park to find a place we could swim.

Otherwise it’s a great spot! Small campground with a water pump and peaceful. We enjoyed our stay.

Great, clean, quiet campground with beautiful location next to the river. Hosts kept the place super clean. But long distance to great hiking and the roads were in poor shape in places, especially between Takhlakh and Killeen Creek trailhead.

Pristine location in the heart of Mt Adams wilderness! The best mountain air, with cedar flavor, very quiet and peaceful.
Camping sites are huge, most of them, with room for more than one tent (ours could easily fit 4-5).
For best hike I would recommend Council Bluff Trail, about 10-20 miles away depending on route (some on dirt roads), but with spectacular views.
The camping has static toilets (single) with no running water, and water is available from the river on hand pump from what I could see, so definitely on the wild side, but worth the nature side of it (watch for the chipmunks, cute, cuddly and fast on food, no other wildlife around).

The location was beautiful. But the one glaring flaw with the campground was that there was no way to dispose of your garbage! I've never seen a National Parks campground that didn't supply a means of disposing of your garbage! Normally a "pack out" rule is only applied to walk in tent sites. We only stayed at the campground 2 out of the 4 days we had reserved because living with the garbage 5 people created and trying to stash the garbage bags in our vehicles was getting old. And the hoard of chipmunks were starting to get aggressive.

Awesome campground, close to pristine lakes, views and rivers.
The trees are huge, offering lovely shade and shelter for large campsites.
ORV folks are quiet and respectful.
Campground host is wonderful!!

Better than perfect everything! Will go again as soon as we can.

When camping here, a few things you should know that this site doesn’t explain. 1. There really isn’t river access unless you can reserve a site right on the river. There is no day use (at least not that I found) so swimming and things like that aren’t an option. 2. Its REALLY dark at night, I know you’re thinking duh! But the only light you see will be what you bring. 3. Pack a lot of water, there is only 1 really funky water pump that could be really far from your camp site and you will be hauling water your whole trip.
The camp site are spaced nicely and the bathrooms were maintained. Bugs and moths were very prominent, so be prepared for that. Lots of tall trees so there is good shade in all the camp sites. Was easy to find and a really nice drive!

The campground is lovely and well maintained by the host. The bathroom have hardly any ventilation, so the chemicals they use to clean is so intense that it actually huts the lungs to go in for more than two breaths.

Some of the sites are reeeeeally close together, with no privacy between sites. The sites along the river felt more like a massive group site, rather tna individual sites. Fortunately everyone was really respectful.

The area is beautiful! We'd consider returning for a stay.

Cool river nearby, good access to Mt. St. Helens, kids loved biking the loop. Some campsites are a little close, but great place overall