Potlatch State Park — Attraction in Shelton

This campground is directly on highway 101 - esp sites 1-6 or 8 so noise a big problem. Good place to stay if you’re in a pinch or desperate but I would definitely avoid the first 8 spots. Also, the sites are like sardines so your neighbors are pretty much your family and totally in your face.

Across the busy highway is the hood canal which is beautiful. We were able to run our dog in the water and have long walk. It’s really nice.

The campground itself was very clean- 1 star. I thought the bathrooms were impeccable. The shower also very nice. One dollar for two tokens and six minutes of hot shower. The camp host found my hubs phone and called mine which saved us a nightmare. For this, 2 stars.

The fees for this campground were out of control. For four nights it was $173 for various taxes and fees. In addition, there was no mention of a fire ban on the website, however, when we got there there was no fire or charcoal allowed. I found this interesting when a group next to the camp host was sitting around a hot fire on the day we departed early to stay at Big Creek. I didn’t bother to ask why…

In retrospect, it was a holiday weekend and I felt I had to book something. It was disappointing and expensive. We drove up to big Creek and there were plenty of openings. And also, no fire ban. If you’re in this neck of the woods, make sure to check out hama hama oyster bar. Great oysters, wine and music. We will definitely be back to big...

First time camping here and it's not bad. Our site (#83) is spacious and relatively secluded, there are some small trails to hike here in the campground (about a mile or so long) and it's not far from the hood canal; about a 6/7 minute walk or a couple minutes driving. However, this camp is also odd because there are random trailer homes just sporadically placed here and there. Like, not RVs or motorhomes, but permanent trailer homes. Some are lived-in and some have caution tape up around them because they are abandoned and condemned. Having usually camped at Oregon State campgrounds, this is strange to me, having homes intermixed between campsites. Maybe it's the norm in WA? I don't know. Anyway, one other concern would be the lack of availability of people in the office. A couple times when we stopped by, no one was there, even though it was during their open hours, and we've seen someone roll by to check on the sites or sell firewood only twice in the last 24 hrs. And while some of the sites are pretty cool, many others are right on top of the next and have zero privacy. Some of them are even right next to the highway. Like, the highway guard rail is the back of the site. Kind of odd. Other than...

This would be a great campground if their volunteers were not harassing campers and kids having fun.

Dave a volunteer needs to retire to do something else other than harass kids and their mothers having a good time.

I've been to many different campgrounds and this has been the worst experience for my wife and myself for harassing (6yr old kids) picking up little twigs to learn how to light a campfire. It's not like large sticks we are talking about very small twigs around the tent site where you'd lay a tent. He explained that you don't touch the sticks and leave them on the ground and sleep on top of them. Zero common sense and zero adventure for the kids here. No fun zone.

The tent sites here have a great spot near a creek. There are full trailer hookups but it can get very tight and hard to navigate in some areas that are 20' or longer.

It's right off hwy101 so lots of hwy noise right off the highway. Still a nice campground minus the volunteer.

The park ranger was super friendly the two interactions I had with her.

Will not be coming back here. To many other state campgrounds with people who respect you and...