Marine Park Campground — Hotel in Cascade Locks

The camp host is awful. If she doesn't like or want you there, she will make your time there hell.

When we got there, the camp host seemed pleasant enough until it came time to park our trailer. I was directing my husband back into the spot. She came over and was behind the trailer attempting to help. I had it. When my husband didn't follow her directions because I was helping him, she commented on how "he doesn't listen very well apparently." He listens just fine TO ME! I let that go, and she left.

About 2 hours later, my brother, who lives in town, came down to see us. I haven't seen him in years. As soon as he hot there, she came over. I saw her coming, and I walked over to greet her. As soon as she saw me she started screaming, "Which site are you with? You need to leave! You can't park here! You need to leave! What site are you with?!" I had no time to respond. I am a quiet person, and I don't like being yelled at. I go into panic attacks and get physically ill. I shut down with her yelling at me. My brother came around the trick to see what was going on, and she continued to scream at him. She did eventually yell and tell my brother where to park. He parked where she said, and she proceeded to follow him. When he got out of the truck, she continued to yell at him about some permit. He said he had it, but she kept screaming. My brother got mad, and rightfully so, and he left.

The next evening, my brother came over to celebrate my 4 year old's birthday with us. He parked where she had yelled at him to park the night before. When he arrived, she drove over to his truck and started taking pictures of it. He went over to show her his parking permit and tell her to stop. Before he even made it to his truck, we could hear here yelling at him from our camp site. So could everyone else in the park. It's extremely embarrassing. Apparently, he had the wrong permit. I don't know. He or I would have bought the right permit for him to park had I known about it. Rather than explain how to get the permit, she just screamed, "You need to leave. What site are you with?" Over and over. Then she threatened to call the police and my brother said to do it. By this time, my son is so upset as am I, my brother left. My husband, who is quiet as well, walked over to talk to the camp host, and she waved him off and drove away.

My brother wanted to come back down to celebrate my son's birthday a while later. My husband left to go pick him up. I was sitting at the picnic table next to our trailer. As soon as my husband left, she came and stood in our parking spot. I didn't say anything because I was having a major anxiety attack because of everything. She stood there until my husband got back with my brother. He was trying to back in, but she wouldn't move. I asked her if she needed something, and she said, "No, just checking everything out." She started to walk towards me, and I asked her if she was going to yell at us again? She stopped and said, "No," long pause, "I never yelled." Our camp neighbors laughed at that. And she walked away. We celebrated my son's birthday with my brother. I was sick and couldn't stop shaking. My son, thankfully, won't remember it, but I will.

The next day, we were packing up to leave. She watched us the whole time. When we were almost done packing, I walked over towards her because I wanted to talk to her and kind of resolve the situation. When she saw me coming, she went into her trailer and didn't come back out.

We camp a lot. I have camped in many campgrounds throughout my life. I have never on my 37 years been treated so badly by a camp host. My husband saidis the same. We will never go back there. It is sad because Thunder Island and the Port were always where my Dad and I spent most of our time when I would visit him. I have many positive memories there with him. I am sad now that this memory is there too.

If you are thinking of staying there and have people who want to visit you, look elsewhere to camp. The place is beautiful, but the host ruins it. We stayed July...

My daughters and I stayed here back in March after hiking the waterfalls. We searched for places to park for the night to sleep. We didn’t need electrical hookups, we just wanted water and a bathroom. The information we found online said full hook ups, bathrooms and WiFi for $25, so we proceeded to this campground. My college student daughter paid $40 for the site, since I was driving she booked it. Had I known that was the cost for not having any hookups or a bathroom we would’ve found another place to park. By the time we got there it was dark so we couldn’t see what it actually looked like but we just wanted to park and sleep and be on our way in the morning. We did notice the bathrooms were closed. I tried to get on WiFi and was unsuccessful. Emailed the host and they responded immediately with the password that I was already trying so I just went to sleep. We woke in the morning and tried to access the water and wifi again and neither were working. I emailed the host again and they said they were just sitting in for the person that is usually there and would forward my concerns onto them. Needless to say, I never heard anything until a week ago (over a month later) and it was a generic email that was sent to all customers that have recently stayed asking for a review. I emailed my concerns, again and never got a response….again. So here is my review. Host were not helpful in anyway at all and information online is...

My experience was tent camping. There are four tent sites with electric at the sites, and potable water nearby. The campground was immaculately kept, the host, who is new as of July 2020, was very kind and helpful. It was easy to make reservations and easy to pay contact-free (for Covid). Thunder Island is a short walk from the campground over a foot bridge and is stunning from every angle. Marine Park has a beautiful walking path and large playground (which is currently closed due to Covid). My only reason for not giving five stars is the train that is just a stone's throw behind the campground. With ear plugs I had no issues sleeping. But it is definitely something to be aware of and plan accordingly with fan, white noise, ear plugs or something especially if you camp with kids. I would definitely...