Eagle Creek Campground
Site 12
5.3.19 - 5.5.19
Full cell service, full internet

We initially booked site 14 but it was directly connected to site 15 which was not ideal. We switched to #12 but think #13 actually looks like the best spot as far as the view. $12 is small but very private and perfect for 4 people which we had for this trip. You would not be able to fit much more than that and definitely no more than 2 cars in the driveway.

All the Eagle Creek/gorge trails unfortunately were still closed from the 2017 Eagle Creek fire (I probably should have researched this first) but there are a lot of other trails within about 15 miles away. We went to the Dry Creek Falls which is right on the PCT instead ofter a quick flat tire incident followed by a speedy Hood River Tire Repair trip.

The site was beautiful and very relaxing except its right off Highway 84 so its pretty noisy and the trains are frequent (I feel like we’d already learned this lesson from last year’s Viento trip…)

Pros:

• Bathrooms are very clean but did not have any hand sanitizer (a new 2019 thing I look for!)
• Close to many beautiful gorge trails (that were still closed from risk of mud slides)
• Close to home - under 1 hour
• Spots are private for the most part

Cons:

• Tons of nuissance flies - could be seasonal?
• Noisy as its right above the highway and train tracks
• Spots all looked pretty small
• Could potentially be very windy
• Maybe near a shooting range…?