Newhalem Campground on the west side of North Cascades National Park is a quiet campground with 3 loops & a visitor center, located on the Skagit River and Newhalem Creek. It has small trails within and extending east beyond the campground. It is a good base camp with reasonable distances to drive to Gorge, Diablo, & Ross Lakes and longer trails within the NP. Newhalem Campground was significantly less crowded than the campgrounds and day use areas at Diablo Lake. We reserved campsite # 7 in Loop A in advance. Some campsites in Loop A were along the river and Loop C was close to the burnt out forest area. There were no hook-ups, but there was a dump station. We rode our bikes to town, to other campgrounds in the area and to find slower water on the river. We watched rafters entering the Skagit River from the boat launch at Goodell Creek Campground and from the River Loop Trail at Nehalem Campground.