Lewis and Clark State Park — Attraction in Chehalis

The campsites for RV's are on the east side of the highway, while the tent camping (dry) is on the west.

The tent camping area is pretty standard for a state park. This section has a camp host and bathrooms/showers.

The campground check-in is on the RV side and has it's own camp host. There is also equestrian camp sites to the east of the RV sites, with its own entrance.

The east side is weirdly configured. Just to the north of the RV entrance is a small maintainance building. There is a gravel parking lot on the building's west side. The campground check-in (and the only trashcan) is on the building's south side. The camp host is on the east side if the building.

Saying that the camp facilities are simplistic is being generous.

The RV section has 4 small dirt/gravel sites next to the highway, with an additional 4 slightly larger sites ($5 more expensive) on the east side of the drive. Each of the 8 sites are full hookup with 20/30/50 amp electric, water, and sewer. The sites are generally level, but mostly dirt and some gravel. Each site has a fire pit and picnic table and are mostly shaded.

The 2 southern sites would be difficult for many people using a travel trailer or 5th wheel because the drive is a dead end. Even the 2 sites north of those could be challanging if the 2 southern sites are in use. At the end of the drive is a large porta-potty.

To the east and north of the sites is a large field, perhaps 10 acres in size. It is kept mowed. At the northeast corner of the field is horseshoe pits, but I'm not sure if they loan out horseshoes.

Its amazing that the sites aren't larger and spread out more considering that they could have utilized half of the field.

There are nice trails to use and the "highway" has little traffic which made camping quiet.

The equestrian campground was also weird. The entrance to it and a community center is a nice paved driveway just south of the RV park's porta-potty. There is a nice paved parking lot for horse trailers, which is needed because the 6 or so equarian sites are "dry", small and designed for tents. There is little parking at the sites. There is a graveled area that could fit several 1 ton dually's, but its marked "no parking". There seems to be areas at the sites for at least a couple of horses tied up. Apparently it is park of the "experience" to park your truck and trailer up to a couple hundred yards, then put the horse tack on the horses and walk them to the site. Then pull your truck to the site to offload your tent, supplies and hay and water. I didn't notice any water troughs, but that never crossed my mind.

I believe that there was a 3rd camp host next to the community center.

Why the state felt it right to build a community center with a paved drive and paved parking lot but then did so little for the RV campers who pay $40-45/night should be a crime.

Note that my 5th wheel is 25 foot long and the truck is a shortbed. There were branches against my roof. I couldn't move away from the tree because my RV wouldn't have been level.

There are 2 more sites on this east side of the drive between my site and the dead end and porta-potty.

I had to use an extender to use the sewer.

if you have a 35+ RV with slideouts, you may only be able to use the site to my north where the 2 cars where parked, but you will have to park your truck or towed vehicle in front of the maintanance building.

The western sites are best for small motorhomes, class B's, or small trailers. During my stay I saw a lady with a 1970-1980s travel trailer about 16 foot long, a gentleman had a teardrop trailer and full sized truck. My guess is a truck and 20 foot trailer is about all...

This is a really pretty park. We were there over the 4th of July and it was really quiet. Surprisingly quiet. We had a trailer and tent (with permission from the ranger) in rv spot T8. The rv area spots are super close to each other and the T5-T8 side has no real way to separate yourself from your neighbor. They are next to a big grassy area which was nice but no shade so we were lucky that it wasn’t very hot. The opposite side of the rv area is T1-T4. Those spots are much shorter so probably no room to add a tent, they are shaded though. I would pick T3 out of all of them because it faces T4 which didn’t look like it was reservable. There is no post or anything to put a reservation on for that spot. The play equipment for kids is just the rocking horses and an old swing set but still in a very lovely park next to a creek. The old growth trail is really nice. I recommend that. There is a yellow phone at the booth in the main park section that you use to check in. It took me a while to figure that out. Lol. They don’t have a lot of staff and they’re driving around occasionally but not super easy to find. Tbh. You will see signs everywhere saying you need the discover pass but the volunteer camp hosts said that if you have a camping reservation then you don’t need it. And anyone with you with extra vehicles only needs the white envelope $10 daily for overnight but covers the day as well. Discover pass is for daytime parking in WA state parks and will work if your not staying the night. Lots of people use the equestrian trail. The equestrian section is behind the rv section which is across the road from the main park. All the horse folks were awesome and happy to talk to my granddaughter about their horses. The town of Toledo is about 5 miles away. They have a market, a few restaurants and an auto parts store. The auto parts store is more like a small town hardware store. They had tons of stuff including the discover pass to purchase. There is a boat ramp in Toledo but no where to hang at the river that we could find. We ended up going to Ike something state park, there is a lake with a nice beach area. Mt St Helens is close and we visited that one day. The Johnson rim area is worth the drive up. I think it’s Johnson. It’s something like that. We will probably not stay at this park again but if your looking for a quiet place with pretty trees and not much activity then this would be great for you. We had a...

Stayed at group camp #1 Difficult to find it, because no one was ever at the front entrance booth so good luck finding someone to help. And when we read the printed map that's posted, campsite numbers are not even labeled on the map so you have to find the correct map online before coming. When you find group camp #1... the signage makes you question if that is actually "group camp #1" because it's only labeled as "group camp" and the reservation was printed on an index card and posted to a board at the entrance of group camp site so that's the only way we knew it was the correct site I loved how far away the group camp was from other campsites because we were able to be loud and play laser tag past quiet hour Great camp site for tents Lots of picnic tables Two water faucets No sink, so we used the faucet as a sink, so remember to pack hand soap if you're staying at the group camp #1 Downside would be the bathroom by group camp #1 because it is essentially a porta-potty We drove down to the nicer bathrooms whenever we had to go to the restroom

Bathroom by kitchen shelter #2 (near the wooden horse and swings) -had parking for several cars to fit and large round about -women's bathroom: had one sink and 3 flushing toilets -stalls are small though so it was hard to maneuver getting in and out

Bathroom by the camp host site -no official parking spots so we just parked near the firewood hut, across from where the bathroom trail was (note: you can buy firewood from the camp host) -gravel trail to the bathroom -much nicer bathroom than kitchen shelter #2 -women's bathroom: two sinks and 3 flushing toilets -stalls that was easy to get in and out -large shower at the back wall with free hot water

For a mom with littles, knowing what the bathroom situation looks like before camping is a must, so hope my...