Beautiful campgrounds! Most spaces were shaded and felt isolated from neighbors. The camp hosts were so friendly and helpful and the pit toilets were the cleanest I’ve ever seen. The downside is that there aren’t that many spaces and they’re first-come-first-serve. Most people leave out well before the 11am check-out, so get there early for a spot!
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Nice clean over-night stop for a trailer or RV. The staff was very friendly, and the bathrooms and laundry ($5/load) were clean.
A beautiful Visitors Center- though small- with shuttle access to Quarry Hall with its awesome fossil wall! Take the Fossil Discovery Trail back down to the Visitors Center to see fossils still in the mountainside- just make sure you have water because, while it’s a short hike, it’s hot!!
Nice campground with two loops of first-come-first-serve spots. Most spots had at least a little shade throughout the day, nice picnic tables and fire pits. The bathrooms were well-kept, and firewood is available at the campground entrance for $6 a bundle. Easy access to the Visitors Center (air-conditioned!), beautiful desert hikes and a guided driving tour.
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Lots of shade, friendly staff, and clean restrooms.
Easy spot to camp off Hwy 50. All the spots were pull-through and had picnic tables and fire rings (though campfires weren’t allowed when we camped). Campers were quiet and friendly- and early risers as everyone had already packed up and left by the time we woke up!
Super clean and quiet. There were codes on the bathrooms, which were spotless. All the spots were pull-through, with picnic tables and small trees. Would definitely stay here again!
This park was so sketchy and run-down that we left immediately to stay at another park down the street. There was no toilet paper provided in the bathrooms, and most of the toilets in the women’s restroom looked as if they weren’t flushing properly. The roads are full of potholes- not fun to drive a trailer over.
The log cabin is actually about a 10 minute drive from the museum- I was happy to support the museum with a $14 admission for my family, but if you don't want to spend the money and time (maybe 20 minutes to walk through and look at everything), skip the museum and drive straight on to the cabin. It's empty, and not exactly like Laura's description in "Little House in the Big Woods" (though I've read that she just didn't remember all the details of her early childhood very accurately- go figure!).
The museum is pretty sparse, and most of the artifacts were not from the Wilder Family, but donated from others to represent things that Laura would probably have grown up with. Some of the quilts are actually ones made by Laura Ingalls Wilder, but that's about it. There are many books in the gift shop, including books adapted for younger readers and books by other authors.
My daughter has just started the Little House Series and so it was cool for her to see an actual wagon that was probably pretty similar to the one used by the Ingalls Family (even I was surprised at how narrow it was!) and a replica of the house from the first book, "Little House in the Big Woods."