Port Angeles Washington camping

Path,
No worries and still much appreciate all the information.
Looking across a Million Dollar view right now. 270 degrees up to 150 miles across sandstone. Awesome spot, just wish internet was a bit faster. Think we'll hang out for a week or so.
Thanks again,
Steve

SteveAE wrote:
Path,
Heart O' The Hills doesn't take reservations. First come, first served. Not old enough for the pass yet. Just paid full price at Brice today. Ouch, $25.00, but that is for 10 days....which we won't need because we are off for almost three weeks of boondocking in Escalante tomorrow. I believe entrance into OP Nat Park is about $14.00 (for 10 days), plus $12.00/ night to camp.
Steve

OK I've got messed up somewhere.

Path,
Heart O' The Hills doesn't take reservations. First come, first served. Not old enough for the pass yet. Just paid full price at Brice today. Ouch, $25.00, but that is for 10 days....which we won't need because we are off for almost three weeks of boondocking in Escalante tomorrow. I believe entrance into OP Nat Park is about $14.00 (for 10 days), plus $12.00/ night to camp.
Steve

If I recall right!!!

When making reservations pay attention to size of campsite! Not that many sites that are on the longer size.

Bring along couple gallon jugs, water is at top loops If I recall right.

One of our favorite places during off season. Not to many sites that are real level, but nothing to bad either.

Hope you got some type of pass (Old age??) without one gets pricey going thru the entrance IMO

They got this neat system of paying with an envelope into a slot mail box think with your campsite number on it, Rangers can see who paid and you (camper) can see what sites are open. So neat that if you drop your envelope into wrong (campsite) number slot it is a real hassle to get straighten out with Ranger and neighbor that had reservations for site number you put your envelop into. Wife looked at wrong campsite number and put into wrong slot. No way to fish it out after made mistake. We waited for Ranger to come around to tell them about mistake, by that time neighbor pulled in and in his payment slot there was (our) envelope. Guy hit the roof with his wife "Gov't can't even get a campsite right" bla, bla bla, Nieghbor didn't know who's it was. When guard finally came around we told her about what happened, she knew exactly what happened and fixed it. Neighbor came over later, so sorry etc... loaded is up on fire wood. Worked out nice.

All,
Thank you for all the great feedback. We have decided to go for Heart O' The Hills. Best price, close to Port Angeles, and apparently a pretty place to camp.
Steve

We have camped at almost all of these places at one time or another and it seems as if the KOA meets your needs best. I think that they have a weekly rate. Sequim has several rv parks as well as the one county park. Yes,Fort Worden is quite aways away and I doubt you could get a reservation anytime this summer. Salt Creek is also a awesome county park,but I believe it has a reservation system and is also hard to get into. Around this neck of the woods,you really need to get reservations and early in the season. I don't know about whether or not Heart of the hills is res,but I do know that your rig should fit in there. So,I would suggest either the KOA or Heart of the hills.

We aren't big RV Park fans either, so if you're not worried about hookups, the Dungeness Recreation Area is definitely worthy of a look. It's a beautiful county park that sits on the edge of a bluff overlooking the straits. It's full of private woodsy campsites and it's in a great location at the west end of Sequim. The dog cannot go out onto the spit because it's a wildlife refuge, but check out the Olympic Discovery Trail System that runs through both Sequim and Port Angeles. Awesome trials that are totally dog friendly and should keep you busy while your wife is in class.

Dungeness Recreation Area

Olympic Discovery Trail System

You might try Rainbow's End RV Park, technically in Sequim, but only 14 miles from Port Angeles. It got pretty good reviews. Or, for dry camping, look at Dungeness R.A. Campground, about the same distance.

Hi,

Thank you to all for your thoughts.

Salt Creek sounds about perfect except I am concerned about the ~1/2 hour commute into Port Angeles every day. If I dove in to drop my wife off, then back to the CG (or somewhere else to hike), then back to town each afternoon, I could be spending up to about 2 hours commuting each day.

Fort Worden would be to far and the KOA, likely, too expensive for my needs. Have been looking at Elwha Dam RV park, but we are really not RV park kind of folks.

Trailer is 21 feet long and I don't need power or water so wondering about Heart O' the Hills CG up in the park???? I realize I would have to leave the park to hike (bummer), but it would be a straight shot into town each morning to drop my wife off then off somewhere to hike.

Continued comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Steve

Salt Creek Recreation Area Many sites have water and electric as well as a view of the strait. Very nice.