Pacific Northwest Camping Destinations: RV and Car Camping Destinations in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia

by Mike Church, Terri Church

Overview

The Pacific Northwest is a campers paradise. It offers everything that a vacation camper could desire: seashores, snow-capped mountains, old growth forests, visitor friendly cities, and national parks. In fact, the Pacific Northwest is one of the most popular RVing and tent camping destinations in North America. Pacific Northwest Camping Destinations is a travel guide for camping travelers, those traveling in an RV and those camping with a tent. It addresses the needs of the thousands of visitors to the Pacific Northwest who arrive in an RV or who vacation travel in their family car, spending the night inexpensively in campgrounds. It's also a great book for those residents of the Pacific Northwest who are looking for new places to visit on weekend trips and during summer vacations. The largest part of the book describes over 130 great camping destinations throughout Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. There are descriptions of the local attractions and visitor activities. A selection of good camping areas convenient to the destination area are described in detail. Whenever possible the book offers a choice of commercial or government campgrounds. A map for each destination shows the location of campgrounds and attractions. In addition to the destination section, the book also lays out exciting and interesting one-week itineraries from the Northwest gateway cities of Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. Maps and written descriptions guide you along these scenic easy to negotiate tours. So come and join us for a camping visit to the Pacific Northwest. Come for a week or spent the entire summer, the choice is yours.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780982310120
Publisher:	Rolling Homes Press
Publication date:	03/11/2012
Series:	Camping Destinations series
Edition description:	Third Edition, Third edition
Pages:	608
Sales rank:	1,163,448
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.74(h) x 1.56(d)

About the Author

Mike Church and Terri Church are the authors of the Traveler’s Guide series and RV Adventures in the Pacific Northwest. They spend most of the year traveling in their RV or car camping in Canada, Europe, Mexico, and the United States. They live in Benson, Arizona.

Table of Contents

Preface     9
Introduction     11
Suggested Touring Routes     18
The Oregon Coast     19
Central Oregon Loop     25
Eastern Oregon Loop     29
Washington's Olympic Peninsula Loop     33
Washington's North Cascade Loop     38
Washington's Southern Loop     43
British Columbia Mainland Loop     48
British Columbia's Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island Loop     54
How To Use The Destination Chapters     59
Oregon State     64
Regions and Their Campground Resources
Oregon Coast     65
Willamette Valley and Portland     66
Cascade Mountains     66
Columbia River     67
Bend Area     67
The East     67
Government Lands and Their Campgrounds
Oregon State Campgrounds     67
Federal Campgrounds     68
Destinations and Their Campgrounds
Interstate 5 Corridor     69
Ashland     79
Astoria, Seaside, and Cannon Beach     81
Baker City and Sumpter     87
Bandon     90
Bend and La Pine     93
Brookings     97
Camp Shermanand the Metolius River     101
Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway Loop     104
Charleston     112
Columbia Gorge     114
Crater Lake National Park     120
Eugene     122
Gold Beach     125
Grants Pass     128
Hells Canyon     130
Hells Canyon Scenic Byway     135
John Day Country     137
Klamath Falls     141
Lakeview and the Outback Scenic Byway     145
Lincoln City to Newport     146
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and Steens Mountain     152
Maryhill Region     155
Mt Hood     158
Nehalem Bay and Manzanita     164
Newberry National Volcanic Monument     166
Oregon Caves National Monument     168
Pendleton     171
Port Orford     173
Portland     176
Prineville     184
Redmond and Sisters     185
Reedsport and the Oregon Dunes     189
Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway     197
Roseburg and the Umpqua Valley     204
Salem     206
Tillamook and the Three Capes Loop     208
Waldport and Florence     213
Wallowa Lake Region     219
Warm Springs and Madras     223
West Cascades Scenic Byway     227
Willamette Pass Route     240
Information Resources     247
Washington State     252
Regions and Their Campground Resources
Olympic Peninsula     253
Pacific Coast     254
Puget Sound     254
Cascade Mountains     254
East of the Cascades     254
Northern Idaho     255
Government Lands and Their Campgrounds
Washington State Campgrounds     255
Federal Campgrounds     256
Destinations and Their Campgrounds
Interstate 5 Corridor     256
Bellingham     263
Chelan     266
Cle Elum and Roslyn     269
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho     273
Ellensburg     275
Forks and the Western Sections of Olympic National Park     277
Grand Coulee     284
Hood Canal     289
Ilwaco and Long Beach     295
Kitsap Peninsula and Bainbridge Island     297
Lake Easton and Lake Kachess     301
Lake Pateros Region     304
Lake Wenatchee and Fish Lake Recreation Area     306
Leavenworth     308
Lewiston and Clarkston     311
Moscow, ID, Pullman, WA, and the Palouse     313
Moses Lake and the Potholes     316
Mt Rainier National Park     319
Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument     325
North Cascades National Park     328
Ocean Shores and the North Beaches Area     333
Okanogan Valley     337
Olympia     344
Port Angeles and the North Olympic Park     346
Port Townsend     352
Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho     356
Seattle     360
Sequim     367
Skagit Valley     369
Snake River     373
Spokane     377
Tacoma     381
Tri-Cities (Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland)     383
Walla Walla     385
Wenatchee     387
Westport     389
Whidbey Island     391
Winthrop and the Methow Valley     395
Yakima and the Yakima Valley     399
Yakima River Canyon     403
Information Resources     405
British Columbia      410
Regions and Their Campground Resources
Vancouver Island     411
Sunshine Coast     412
Vancouver and the Lower Fraser Valley     412
Interior     412
Canadian Rockies     413
Government Lands and Their Campgrounds
Provincial Park Campgrounds     413
National Park Campgrounds     414
Forest Service Recreation Sites     415
Destinations and Their Campgrounds
Banff National Park     415
Barkerville and Wells     421
Boundary Country     423
Campbell River     429
Cape Scott     433
Chetwynd, Hudson's Hope, and Tumbler Ridge     435
Cowichan Valley: Chemainus, Duncan, and Cowichan Lake     440
Dawson Creek     443
Fernie     445
Fort St James     446
Glacier National Park     448
Harrison Hot Springs     449
Hope     452
Jasper National Park     455
Kamloops     461
Kootenay Lakes District     463
Kootenay National Park and Radium Hot Springs     472
Manning Provincial Park     475
Merritt and the Surrounding Plateau     477
Nanaimo      479
New Hazelton and Kitwanga     481
Oceanside     483
Okanagan Valley     485
Port Alberni     499
Port Hardy     502
Port McNeill and Telegraph Cove     503
Prince George     505
Prince Rupert     508
Quesnel     510
Revelstoke     512
Shuswap     514
Similkameen Valley     516
Smithers     520
South Cariboo Region     521
Sunshine Coast (Lower) - Gibsons, Sechelt, and the South     527
Sunshine Coast (Upper) - Powell River, Lund, and the North     529
Terrace     532
Thompson and Fraser River Canyons     534
Tofino, Ucluelet, and the Pacific Rim National Park     539
Valley of a Thousand Peaks (Cranbrook, Kimberley, Fort Stelle Triangle)     542
Vancouver     546
Victoria     553
Wells Gray Provincial Park (Clearwater River Corridor Section) and Clearwater     557
Whistler and the Sea to Sky Highway     560
Williams Lake     566
Yoho National Park and Golden     568
Information Resources     571
Text Index      577
Map Index     585
Campground Index     587

Editorial Reviews

Mike and Terri Church's Pacific Northwest Camping Destinations arrives in an improved, greatly expanded second edition. This 512-page version delineates all the essentials about more than 130 camping destinations in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. With its 110 maps, detailed driving directions, and write-ups, the paperback serves as both a camp directory and a sightseeing guide. A reader-endorsed wilderness camping guide.