Thinking about a stopover at Hells Gate State Park possibly next week. Any input on the Campground and will it be any trouble with a 40ft MH and toad ?

One of our favorite SP's up here in the NW. Right on the Snake River. Quiet, yet on the edge of town. I am a bike rider and part of its appeal to me is its easy access to the Lewiston-Clarkston Bike Trail system. Scenic day trips all around their including down the Snake or south into NE Oregon into the Grande Ronde River/Snake River gorges; the Wallowa Mts. around Enterprise & St. Joseph, OR; the Blue Mts in SE Washington.We are camping there several days next week as well. Our first time out this spring.

Oh yeah, you won't have trouble with the size of your rig here. We always make reservations on-line with Idaho SP's, but seems like there's usually plenty of spaces leftover this time of year during weekdays.All sites are W/E and some have sewer. We usually don't have a sewer site so I make sure to bring my 10 gal rolling tote. In the middle of each circle there is a communal grey water drain. It's no big deal to utilize that once a day.

Our Blog Posting from 2011 will show you a couple of pictures of site A19 which was a great FHU 50 amp site.

It's a beautiful, cool, shaded campground perfect for big rigs in a very hot area for the summer. :)

Lovely area and a super nice park. Plus, you are right across the river from Costco in case you need to stock up before continuing on your trip.

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jgrimes
Explorer
May 23, 2016
You might want to check a post a little further down that details a noise issue from speedboats preparing for a race. Sounds quite loud.
kknowlton
Explorer II
May 22, 2016
I'll echo the others - nice park, and the shade in almost all sites is very welcome; that's a hot area. Likely to be loud if there are a lot of boats around; we were there during the week, however, and it was fairly quiet, despite the commuters on the road directly across the river from the CG in the morning & evening.
jamesu
Explorer
May 21, 2016
FYI: Read my post in this section from a couple of days ago titled "Over the Top Noise - Hellsgate SP". Having been told by participants and by rangers that a regatta will be held adjacent to the SP on Memorial Day weekend you can factor that info into when to visit Hellsgate.
Bigdog
Explorer
May 20, 2016
oldcat1 wrote:
If you have time, take a jet boat ride up into the canyon. Amazing and worth every penny. It departs from the north end of the park. riverquestexcursions.com

Safe travels

X2. The DW says that the site at the end of the boat trip is the only place that she'd consider being a camp host.
oldcat1
Explorer
May 18, 2016
If you have time, take a jet boat ride up into the canyon. Amazing and worth every penny. It departs from the north end of the park. riverquestexcursions.com

Safe travels
Tom_Mary_Lou
Explorer
May 18, 2016
Really nice park. We stayed a couple of nights coming back from the Oregon cost last year. This was in late July when it was hot and everything was beginning to get brown and crispy. Wasn't expecting much but as we came in they had sprinklers going and we were so pleasantly surprised by how green and lush the park was. Had a great pull thru site.
Gottahaveit
Moderator
May 11, 2016
Awesome everyone for all the input. Looks like we will definitely stay there. Looking forward to it and woooo hoooo Costco is always good :W
Murphsmom
Explorer
May 10, 2016
Lovely area and a super nice park. Plus, you are right across the river from Costco in case you need to stock up before continuing on your trip.
2gypsies1
Explorer III
May 10, 2016
It's a beautiful, cool, shaded campground perfect for big rigs in a very hot area for the summer. :)
accsys
Explorer
May 10, 2016
Our Blog Posting from 2011 will show you a couple of pictures of site A19 which was a great FHU 50 amp site.