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River Access
About Big Pines
Number of accommodations: 38
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2026 Season availability
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Pet friendly
River Access
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- River Access
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Reviews (267)
What Guests Are Saying
Big Pines Campground offers a beautiful and well-maintained setting along the Yakima River, with spacious sites and excellent access for river activities and nearby hiking. Guests appreciate the clean restrooms and the serene environment, ideal for birdwatching and fishing. However, some visitors noted issues with train noise, site reservation mix-ups, and a lack of privacy due to close campsite proximity.
What Guests Are Saying
Big Pines Campground offers a beautiful and well-maintained setting along the Yakima River, with spacious sites and excellent access for river activities and nearby hiking. Guests appreciate the clean restrooms and the serene environment, ideal for birdwatching and fishing. However, some visitors noted issues with train noise, site reservation mix-ups, and a lack of privacy due to close campsite proximity.
Review Summary
Paul S
VerifiedAugust 3, 2021 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: Big Pines
Many campsites were out in the blazing 100 degree heat and full sun, no effort to plant ponderosa pines to help shade the campsites. I looked at a the site and left for a shaded campsite.
Georg K
VerifiedJuly 29, 2021 • Stayed at: 03, Loop: Big Pines
Nice overnight stop - should be great for river rafting - but we did not have the time to explore
Georg K
VerifiedJuly 29, 2021 • Stayed at: 03, Loop: Big Pines
Nice overnight stop - should be great for river rafting - but we did not have the time to explore
Jessica B
VerifiedJuly 26, 2021 • Stayed at: 15, Loop: Big Pines
Early June is NOT the time to be here in a tent. We did not know this. Please learn from our mistake. If the weather app just has a picture of wind on it, stay home. 50 MPH gusts destroyed our tent and shade structure. Before that happened, we had to keep literally everything secured with rocks or ropes. Drinks in cans had to be held once they were half empty or they would get knocked right over by the wind,. Everyone there in a tent lost their stuff. Everyone in an RV stayed inside the RV. Not very fun.
Emily W
VerifiedJuly 26, 2021 • Stayed at: 03, Loop: Big Pines
Always love coming to this place! Floating the river and ending up at camp is just perfect!
Jessica B
VerifiedJuly 26, 2021 • Stayed at: 15, Loop: Big Pines
Early June is NOT the time to be here in a tent. We did not know this. Please learn from our mistake. If the weather app just has a picture of wind on it, stay home. 50 MPH gusts destroyed our tent and shade structure. Before that happened, we had to keep literally everything secured with rocks or ropes. Drinks in cans had to be held once they were half empty or they would get knocked right over by the wind,. Everyone there in a tent lost their stuff. Everyone in an RV stayed inside the RV. Not very fun.
Emily W
VerifiedJuly 26, 2021 • Stayed at: 03, Loop: Big Pines
Always love coming to this place! Floating the river and ending up at camp is just perfect!
Travis S
VerifiedJuly 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 26, Loop: Big Pines
The campground was very nice and clean. Camp host and BLM people were friendly. The only issue I had was the rocks they have along the road and campgrounds. They make getting a large trailer a little difficult getting in and out.
Travis S
VerifiedJuly 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 26, Loop: Big Pines
The campground was very nice and clean. Camp host and BLM people were friendly. The only issue I had was the rocks they have along the road and campgrounds. They make getting a large trailer a little difficult getting in and out.
Andrea S
VerifiedJuly 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 02, Loop: Big Pines
Our second time staying at Big Pines in June.
Pros:
-Beautiful scenery in the canyon
-Site 2 is right by river with easy access to go wade in water
-Site is large, level and has shade
-Weekdays are quiet and peaceful
Cons:
-Summer Friday and Saturday nights are party time, with no noise enforcement. Be ready for music, generators, and screaming swimmers past midnight.
-Only a handful of sites have shade and canyon is often very windy so making your own shade is also difficult. Canopies and awnings might not survive.
-Other campers and day users have a tendency to walk right in the middle of others’ campsites to get to the river or bathroom (especially site #1)
Location Big Pines
Address:
Blm Wenatchee Field Office
Wenatchee, WA, 98801
United States
From Seattle, take I-90 east to Ellensburg Exit 109 (Highway 821 Canyon Road). At the traffic circle, take the second exit onto South Canyon Road. Stay on the road, which will take you south through the Yakima River Canyon. Big Pines campground is located at milepost 9 on the Canyon Road.
Big Pines campground is accessible via I-90, with the nearest exit being Ellensburg Exit 109, which connects to Highway 821 (Canyon Road). Canyon Road directly leads to the campground, located at milepost 9.
Latitude & Longitude: 46.7994 / -120.461
Elevation: 397 feet
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
