Alder Creek Rainforest dispersed campsite | Wild Camping

May 25th, 2023 by bongoboy

Cool spot. Fire rings at some turnouts. Next to a logging road but very quaint and private. Saw 3 spots and they were only good to fit 2 camper van max. Would come back again !

September 1st, 2021 by ObB

Stayed in 20 ft Ram Promaster (159"WB). Made the turn at the end which is tight to keep the drive wheels on the hard gravel, but doable if you're careful. Probably much easier with 4WD where you wouldn't need to worry so much about a wheel going down into the forest mulch.

To the reviewer who had to back out - it may have seemed like half a mile, but it is only about 200 yards. Short enough that scouting on foot is definitely best to check if the turn around at the end is within your comfort zone.

An alternative spot is to carry on straight instead of turning left. The road is blocked about 300 yards further down, just after the junction to another blocked road. That junction makes an easier turnaround. 47.837890, -124.235629.

October 20th, 2020 by instagram.com/chasinnirvana

We did not stay here as it was super small site and our Sprinter no longer would fit. Took about 10 tries to turn around in the small space, no idea how these people brought back their 24’ Class C.

August 9th, 2020 by hffennell

We ventured out to this place because we felt confident it would be perfect for us and our 21’ Toyota dolphin. A few things- this road does NOT end in a culdesac! It dead ends, and there is a small turn about area, but even at 21 feet we were too long to turn around. We had to back out a half mile to the clearing before we turned around. The road is super narrow and has quite a few potholes so pretty scary!! Also the Verizon service, while fine, is the same strength as earlier pull outs on the Hoh road. Not worth it unless you are a small 4x4!

August 2nd, 2020 by texasking

Exceptionally quiet, fully shaded gravel cul-de-sac on state forest trust land deep in the rainforest, about 40’ from Alder Creek. Easy access to the Hoh section of Olympic NP visitors center, about 12 miles away. Washington Discovery Pass required, although nobody would ever come out here to check.

The road itself is an easy 2WD gravelled track, normal clearance. Take Upper Hoh Road about 2 miles east of US101. Turn left at the same spot as the Logging Road pullout camping spot marker; it’s the first road on the left where you see a Discovery Pass Required sign (there are several gravel turnoffs before it). The logging road will come to a Y; left stays out in the clearing where there are several spots in the open. Right goes into the forest. Take the right, then take the first gravel tracks left about a half mile down. This is a cul de sac logging road; at the end you’ll see a small turnaround spot and 20’ farther a pile of overgrown gravel that blocks the track just before Alder Creek. Tent campers should walk over the gravel and cross the shallow creek; there is a flat tent area with a fire ring 50’ after the creek on the other side. 4WD high clearance vehicles can cross the pile and creek here as well; it has a gravel bottom.

We parked our 24’ Class C about 50’ from the end; the road enables a perfectly level parking here. The overgrowth will brush your vehicle to get here if you’re in an RV or van, but nothing serious. The road sits on a berm several feet above the creek’s floodplain, so it’s unlikely to be affected by flash flooding. Road is gravel, OK in wet weather. (The creek is no more than a trickle on dry summer days.)

Lots of berries around this area in season. Blue huckleberry central. Also saw my first watermelonberries here.

Strong Verizon signal.