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Campsites will accommodate tents, trailers, and RVs. The 64 camp units are spaced for privacy in a second-growth forested area. Big Creek, a small stream, is adjacent to the campground. Fires in developed campsites only. Three covered picnic shelters are available for group–day use only. Hiking, mountain climbing, fishing, swimming, and exceptional scenery can be enjoyed in the area. Lake Cushman and the Staircase entrance to Olympic National Park are nearby with a public boat ramp available in vicinity. A trailhead within the campground accesses Big Creek Campground Trail - a gentle loop around Big Creek Campground, and Upper Big Creek Loop - a longer loop trail which also links up to the Mt Ellinor Connector Trail north of the campground.
From Hoodsport, WA turn west onto State Route 119 (from Highway 101)and drive 9 miles to the junction with Forest Service Road 24. Turn left and travel 100 yards. The entrance to Big Creek Campground is on the right side of the road.
It echoes which is odd. A lovely rooster from a nearby property refuses to let you sleep from 4 to 8 am. Great launch point to the nisqually entrance to rainier. Good food at copper creek just 5 minutes away.
I reserved a site in February 2021 for a weekend July 2021. When I made the reservation the only day I could reserve was for Friday night. Saturday night was listed as First Come First Serve for the site we reserved. So I figured, that’s fine, we will get there Friday night and then just be first in the site on Saturday, bring cash and pay for Saturday night and be all set. Well, per the typical State run campground BS, after doing all our packing and prep and driving 3 hrs to the campground, setting up our site etc, we notice that they RESERVED OUR SITE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT! If you’ve ever tried to find campsites day of near National Parks you already know it’s almost a lost cause and becomes the full time job of your day. So that ended our trip. Thanks for nothing Big Creek Campground. Yes, I realize this review will not change anything. These high trafficked campgrounds have no incentive to improve their websites or customer service. Zero stars. What good is a nice campground if you can’t even count on the information they post on the online booking portal? Complete BS.
Very close to the park and store, and about half the campground has cell signal. Most of the campground is pretty cramped, but site #10 is the best in the place. It’s secluded, big, and has access to a lovely creek via a short (30 seconds of walking) trail through the woods. I recommend grabbing a stick for the spider webs tho. There is a very annoying rooster on a nearby property that starts making noise at about 6am ish, so keep that in mind. Anyway, highly recommend for the location alone.
This camp ground is at a convenient location with nice space for tent, fire pit also hammock if you are interested in putting one!
The booking is usually tight, we booked it online and it was smoother. Finding this location is quite easy also its very close to Mt Rainer. I would go there again!!
This campground has it all: clean pit toilets, hiking inside the grounds, privacy, a few miles from Mt Rainier Park, water…. Even though the actual individual sites are small (I have a 8x6 tent that barely fit), I never saw my neighbors due to the amount of trees between each site! The camp host was around at least 3x a day. It was dead quiet by 10pm. No parties or loud people ever. I was here June 30- July 2
