Kalaloch Campgrounds WA

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Has anyone been to the Kalaloch campgrounds in Washington.  Its in Olympic >National Park.  Its a coast rainforest, from all the descriptions it sounds >wonderful.  We have a tent trailer, and was wondering if that would be a >problem, its our first time using it.  We love to camp though. Will it be >possible to get a spot on Memorial Day weekend?  We plan on leaving Friday >probably around noon, but its a 4 hour drive. >Angie > I was there last year.  Very crowded in late July.  Just a mile or two > south of the campground proper is an overflow area right on the beach > that I like as well.  Just a parking lot with gravel in places, but > good access and view of the ocean.  I suspect it will be cold and > rainy.  It was in July.

Should be cold and rainy, agreed. Probably not terribly busy on Memorial day weekend. It is a pretty commercialized campground, I think the overflow area you’re mentioning is Beach 1, Beach 2, Beach 3, or Beach 4. I prefer much more forested area – what you’re looking at is very coastal and will be both colder and windier. You can also count on little to no privacy in those grounds. I MUCH MUCH MUCH prefer camping in the Lake Quinnalt area of Oly Nat’l. Make sure you drive North up 101 to Ruby Beach – don’t miss it – no camping facilities but a must-see/hike. Here’s my pics from last September at Lake Quinnalt, the Hoh Rain Forest, and Sol Duc Hotsprings area: http://www.smaert.com/campingnitz/ I returned from 7 days on the Olympic Peninsula… on September 11th. If you’re ever in the mood for some fancier accomodations – the Kalaloch Lodge is a lovely place to stay: http://www.visitkalaloch.com/ hth, have a great time, take lots of pics fr0glet

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>Has anyone been to the Kalaloch campgrounds in Washington.  Its in Olympic >National Park.  Its a coast rainforest, from all the descriptions it sounds >wonderful.  We have a tent trailer, and was wondering if that would be a >problem, its our first time using it.  We love to camp though.  Will it be >possible to get a spot on Memorial Day weekend?  We plan on leaving Friday >probably around noon, but its a 4 hour drive. >Angie

I was there last year.  Very crowded in late July.  Just a mile or two south of the campground proper is an overflow area right on the beach that I like as well.  Just a parking lot with gravel in places, but good access and view of the ocean.  I suspect it will be cold and rainy.  It was in July. Bob

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Has anyone been to the Kalaloch campgrounds in Washington.  Its in Olympic National Park.  Its a coast rainforest, from all the descriptions it sounds wonderful.  We have a tent trailer, and was wondering if that would be a problem, its our first time using it.  We love to camp though.  Will it be possible to get a spot on Memorial Day weekend?  We plan on leaving Friday probably around noon, but its a 4 hour drive. Angie

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