Spring Canyon Campground — Hotel in Grand Coulee

Date of Tent Camping: 27/28Aug2024 Tuesday and Wednesday.

I stayed at Lower Loop #13. Water Spigot in the Men's Restroom Leaking, seems like it's been leaking for a while.

There is no Campground Host, maybe provide better amenities or services for them to make it appealing for them to host the place. There are trees, but might not be over your tent site, so you might get sun exposure. Bring an awning to put over the picnic table. It can get hot during the summer days.

No privacy, sites are pretty close to each other. This place is good if you need a place to stay while visiting the Grand Coulee Dam. The restrooms were clean and well stocked.

The upper loops is like parking your car or tent under apartment covered carports. I would not stay at the upper loop and if you have an RV or a trailer, your rig might not fit under the car ports. Make sure you're certain of your RV size and length.

The beach and swimming areas are very nice. The swim platform was 4 feet exposed from the water since the river is low. But you can still enjoy the beach. Good for family and kids. They have nice walking trails.

The sign at the front says campground FULL but there are MANY open spots. Please remove the sign to give campers a chance to look for availability instead of giving that we're full impression. If you want the campground occupied, remove that FULL sign before someone else remove it for you.

The views from the lower loop of the river is awesome. This place is nice for the views. The whole area is nice, just be ready to be next to your neighbor.

Go visit Grand Coulee Visitor Center, go on a power plant tour and go watch the laser show at night.

I will be back to stay if I am ever...

We reserved a spot for one night to rest after our 5 hour drive. We arrived around 7pm ish and everything was fine until quiet time. 10pm all the way to at least 3am there was a large group of people shouting and having loud, drunken conversations while people were trying to sleep. I tried white noise to drown out the obnoxious people and was still kept awake for 5hrs straight. We left at 3am completely defeated, exhausted, and sleep deprived. There was a loud diesel truck that was driving through the campsite making loops for no reason and revving very loud. The park rangers didn't do a single thing to quiet the noise for the QUIET HOURS. We were forced to drive in the dark, completely exhausted for 1.5hr until our next destination. These obnoxious, disrespectful, selfish group of people ruined this trip for us and we spent a lot of money on. The campsite itself can barely qualify as a campsite. More like a parking lot with covered parking and you can't even set up a tent and camp properly. I've already requested a refund and hope this review helps bring attention to the lack of responsibility on the park rangers end to maintain quiet hours and let people get the sleep they deserve. Zero stars. Also dogs were barking ALL NIGHT any time a car went by or someone shouted (which was constant). Camping is supposed to be relaxing and be able to immerse into nature. Not be surrounded by concrete and bird shit all over from people...

The good: million-dollar view...sites in the lower loop were a reasonable distance apart...couple trees here & there...inexpensive...peaceful.

The bad: very little shade. April 21st & the water still isn't on though there is a pit toilet. No campground host my 3 days here, so no one to ask where to get a shower, no one to hang a tag saying my site was reserved via recreation.gov - so I put a fold-out chair by my picnic table while I did a little sightseeing...I came back & someone had swiped my chair...10-year old nylon chair worth next-to-nothing, but still. Graffiti all over the rocks marking my site. No recycle bins anywhere. Picnic table was utterly filthy - bird droppings, jam, ketchup, & every kind of food stain imaginable...I scrubbed it for 10 minutes & it all came up. Nearby visitor center closed & no rangers anywhere. Many sites were quite sloped.

Frankly I wouldn't hesitate to come back here & I REALLY enjoyed Lake Roosevelt NRA but I myself didn't have the greatest campground experience. Safe travels,...