Timberlake Campground & RV Park

This park is close to a lot of nature trails, Beacon Rock and Carson Hot Springs. The spots are stepped, so they're a little funky to get into, but very private for being close together. The owner does a great job at having fun events (ours was Beer Tasting) and the park is really clean and well maintained with a lot of trees.

We had our new Airstream about a week when we went to go stay at the Timberlake Campground. After checking in, one of the guys who worked at the campground gave us the low-down on getting up to our spot. He told us we needed to "just gun it" to get up the hill! We didn't like how that sounded, but we did it, and we got up to our spot just fine.

Once we settled in we had a pleasant stay. No complaints.

We camped here in late July 2017. We liked the proximity to some great Gorge hikes.
The campground is clean and quiet.
We stopped in here on another camping trip nearby so we had our favorite sites picked out. Site 37 was nice and private with lots of shade and just a short walk to the clean and well-kept restroom/shower building. It did not have sewer hookup, but the dump station was right on the way out.

We arrived around dinner time and were warmly greeted by a nice lady who waved us over to park in front of the general store. We booked a partial hookup site (water & electricity only) but decided to upgrade to a full hookups site for $7 more. General store looked to be very well stocked and even had some trendy merch’ for us Gen X’ers (hoodies, trucker hats, stickers, etc.). Our warm welcome even included a page of coupons and promos for nearby businesses (sadly, we were just passing through on our way home to Seattle so didn’t make time to go exploring in Stevenson - but next time!).

Campground host let me pick from a couple of available sites and then directed us up a steep gravel road to our site. We were in #25 which was a beautiful back-in setting with lush green trees all around. It rained while we were there and we loved listening to the BLIP BLAP of huge raindrops onto the roof of our Sprinter van.

Power and water worked great. We had a couple bars of AT&T LTE... and the campground Wi-Fi was adequate. We had some trouble streaming YouTube videos. This morning, the showers were great (hot and excellent water pressure) - 50 cents for 3 min. seemed a little annoying after paying $43/night. We’ve had free showers at just as nice (or nicer!) campgrounds that were less expensive. Bathrooms were very clean. Worthy of note: this campground does not accept AMEX.

We will definitely keep Timberlake Campground at the top of our list next time we are in the south central Washington area.

stayed here for one night...really cool place in the forest...very spread out...it took me 30 mins to get into my space...going full speed in reverse uphill at an angle!!

Very close to Gorge. Very spacious spots. Nice fire pit which sits behind the trailer for privacy. Hill coming up is steep, desk recommended 4 wheel drive. I had no issues. Backing in is very forgiving because of size of block. We are heading to small lake to Kayak this morning. Great location. Very peaceful campground. Would go back.

beautiful quiet settings, sites are narrow but have fire pit in back for privacy
checking was prepared and fast.

Verizon ~ 4 MBit
T-Mobile ~ `11 MBit
ATT ~ 4.2 Mbits

Most rv parks are near hi ways, this one isn’t and we needed a more like camping experience. It is very peaceful here and I felt relaxed. We Took 84 to get here then you have to cross the Columbia River. Because our Rig is big and with a toad we went across using bridge of the gods, They have a toll to cross there that cost us 11 dollars. But is a little wider than some of the other bridges in the area. Lots of trees and bushes here. Our site was easy to level but had to back our rig in up hill to get in. The road gets narrow as you get closer to the park so don’t be in a hurry. You end up about 3 miles from the Columbia River.

Beautiful campground in the rainforest. Four wheel drive is helpful climbing the hill to some of the campsites. Water pressure at the top-most sites can be very low (10 psi). Sewer hookup at my site was just inches from the fresh water spigot. Some site are sloped and uneven. Expect a 20 minute drive to get into White Salmon or Hood River. Very quiet and relaxing surroundings except for the usual: some loud campers, dogs, and babies.

If you're looking for a real campground and not a parking lot, you don't want to miss this place. The owners, Kyle and Marissa, are some of the nicest people you'll meet. The setting is beautiful and the facilities are very clean. Close to Columbia River Gorge recreational activities. If you're a tent camper, the sites are beautiful.