mosquito free northwest summer?

Been here on the Oregon Coast for months now and have not had a mosquito problem.

siguccs wrote:
I was planning to camp in my 36 foot motorhome on the Oregon coast in June/July when I noticed a posting about how bad the mosquitos are at Fort Stevens State Park at that time. So now I'm looking for other places to go, postponing the coast till early fall. I'd like places that stay below 85 degrees and have small or no mosquito or other biting bug problems in June/July. Maybe other places on the coast would be okay? Or I'd be willing to go just about anywhere in Oregon, Washington, Idaho.

This is a great forum, thanks for your help!

btw, I could go home, though I'd prefer to stay in the west. We don't have many biting bugs in southwest VA any time of year.

We live in Idaho Falls, ID (south-east) and dry camp often. Normally the mosquitoes in south-east Idaho are very light depending on where you camp. There ARE areas in the northern and central part of the state, which is typically wetter than south-east (SE) Idaho, that have more mosquitoes than normal. Another area with a higher concentration of mosquitoes is the Island Park area. That's in SE Idaho near the Montana border and west entrance into Yellowstone Park. We've been out several times this year to an area just west of Island Park called West Camas creek just north of Spencer, Idaho off I15 and have noticed a higher concentration of deer and horse flies this year. They can be worse than mosquitoes. That was during late June and July. We've had a very dry summer in SE Idaho. I would expect things to improve on the mosquito and deer/horse fly front during August and September. Wet weather tends to bring them out. If there are specific areas in Idaho you're interested in, I can provide my opinion on what to expect "bug" wise.

ScottG wrote:
Gety a thermacell and never worry about them again. We've had one for many years and it works amazingly well unless it's windy.
Thermacell

ScottG,
bring your thermacell down to Diamond Lake, Oregon in June or July and if it works on the billions of mosquitoes I will by one.
If you do come down bring your bikes and fishing stuff and enjoy the camping and let us know how the thermacell worked.

Come on out. Enjoy the coast. You'll be fine. If you find a "bad spot" sit by your campfire. Just depends where you're at and it's tough to be more specific than that. Now up in the Cascades can be another story.

They are bad this year everywhere in Oregon. But your best shot would be east of the Cascades.

n7bsn wrote:
a lot the "local" folk think that one mosquito is bad

This is true. I speak from experience.

Gety a thermacell and never worry about them again. We've had one for many years and it works amazingly well unless it's windy.
Thermacell

From what I have seen on the Washington/Oregon coast on mosquitoes it depends on the park layout. I have stayed at State parks on the coast and the sites were back from the beach area and the sites were surrounded on three sides by shrubbery and trees. Nice that it blocks the wind but mosquitoes heaven. The parks that we have stayed at that have the sites very near the beach and were not surrounded by shrubbery/trees and had ocean views have not had the mosquito problems but you deal with the wind.

Bad, I dono they never seemed bad to me.
One thing to consider is a lot the "local" folk think that one mosquito is bad, because they have never lived where they are really bad, like needing to use a bee-mask bad, like visible swarms bad...
The coastal areas of Oregon & Washington are just about as mosquito free as one could hope for, I am aware of no local mosquitoes that can breed in salty/mixed water they need "fresh" (I used to work in mosquito control).