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Pet Friendly
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About Big Pines
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
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Pet friendly
River Access
Water Access
- River Access
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
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Reviews (289)
What Guests Are Saying
Big Pines offers a beautiful and well-maintained campground with excellent river access, making it ideal for activities like fishing and river floating. Many reviewers praised the cleanliness of the facilities and the friendly staff, highlighting the large, level sites despite some concerns about noise and shade. While there were occasional issues like overflowing dumpsters and rowdy neighbors, the overall experience remains positive, encouraging repeat visits.
What Guests Are Saying
Big Pines offers a beautiful and well-maintained campground with excellent river access, making it ideal for activities like fishing and river floating. Many reviewers praised the cleanliness of the facilities and the friendly staff, highlighting the large, level sites despite some concerns about noise and shade. While there were occasional issues like overflowing dumpsters and rowdy neighbors, the overall experience remains positive, encouraging repeat visits.
Review Summary
Tom T
VerifiedJanuary 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: Big Pines
Campground is very nice! Only reason a 5 star review was not given was due to the time wasted trying to figure out how to obtain the actual permit for the stay. Would be nice if the email or website had explained that the permit would be waiting for me at the campsite.
Make the reservation a little more user friendly please. Thanks
Linda L
VerifiedJanuary 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 09, Loop: Big Pines
easy to get to and some great spots
Bill F
VerifiedJanuary 26, 2020 • Stayed at: 05, Loop: Big Pines
Had a great time.
Bill F
VerifiedJanuary 26, 2020 • Stayed at: 05, Loop: Big Pines
Had a great time.
William P
VerifiedJuly 20, 2020 • Stayed at: 09, Loop: Big Pines
We had been camping at Big Pines for many years when it was known as "The Slab" before BLM built the campground. We really like the campground and it has made it a more pleasant experience with the bathrooms and established sites. We hadn't gone the last two or three years before returning this year.
BEWARE, the BLM has changed the rules when camping. It used to be that you could still use your camping pass as a day pass for the rest of the day you checked out. This year after we moved our motorhome to the day use parking we had barely gotten out to go up river for a float when the ranger was there with his ticket book. This was a few minutes before the check out time of 10:00. If I hadn't asked if I was parked in the wrong place, I think he would have waited for us to leave and given us a ticket. it was only after I told him I had a camping pass that he mentioned that it wasn't good after 10:00 AM. Forcing us to pay for two day passes. In my experience, it is pretty standard for camping passes state and national parks and lands to allow you to use the facilities until the end of the day as long has you have vacated the campsite. He said this policy had been in place ever since the campground was built, but I had never run into it before in many camping trips there.
William P
VerifiedJuly 20, 2020 • Stayed at: 09, Loop: Big Pines
We had been camping at Big Pines for many years when it was known as "The Slab" before BLM built the campground. We really like the campground and it has made it a more pleasant experience with the bathrooms and established sites. We hadn't gone the last two or three years before returning this year.
BEWARE, the BLM has changed the rules when camping. It used to be that you could still use your camping pass as a day pass for the rest of the day you checked out. This year after we moved our motorhome to the day use parking we had barely gotten out to go up river for a float when the ranger was there with his ticket book. This was a few minutes before the check out time of 10:00. If I hadn't asked if I was parked in the wrong place, I think he would have waited for us to leave and given us a ticket. it was only after I told him I had a camping pass that he mentioned that it wasn't good after 10:00 AM. Forcing us to pay for two day passes. In my experience, it is pretty standard for camping passes state and national parks and lands to allow you to use the facilities until the end of the day as long has you have vacated the campsite. He said this policy had been in place ever since the campground was built, but I had never run into it before in many camping trips there.
Cyndy W
VerifiedJuly 25, 2020 • Stayed at: 08, Loop: Big Pines
We always have a great experience there. The camp hosts are always friendly. 12 yrs going there the 3rd weekend in July and never had a issue
Cyndy W
VerifiedJuly 25, 2020 • Stayed at: 08, Loop: Big Pines
We always have a great experience there. The camp hosts are always friendly. 12 yrs going there the 3rd weekend in July and never had a issue
Marcus I
VerifiedAugust 2, 2020 • Stayed at: 17, Loop: Big Pines
Lots of the trees blew down. Bathrooms were not pumped out all weekend and toilet paper ran out.
Rest was good.
Marcus I
VerifiedAugust 2, 2020 • Stayed at: 17, Loop: Big Pines
Lots of the trees blew down. Bathrooms were not pumped out all weekend and toilet paper ran out.
Rest was good.
Location & Directions for Big Pines
Blm Wenatchee Field Office, Wenatchee, WA 98801 United States
Elevation: 397 ft
Getting There
<p>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...
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.
Highway access
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.
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