Fish Creek Campground — Hotel in Sandy

The campground was great, but we were treated rudely by the camp host if that is what she was. She had on a ranger type outfit. We arrived at noon to spend the afternoon with our daughters family. We parked our car in the space next to their campsite which was empty and not reserved. At 6:30 she came by and said we had to pay the $22 camping fee. We were leaving in 30 minutes and had no intentions of camping. Said she had been there all day and saw our car. She could have told us to move it elsewhere in the beginning. My husband ask for an envelope to put the cash in because she was not bending at all. Wouldn't accept $8 dollars for extra vehicle charge. She said putting the money in the box wouldn't work in this case. He didn't want to hand her the cash so she threatened to write him a ticket for refusing to pay. This is not how you treat people! As far as we know, she pocketed the money. It was a frustrating end to a fun day at the beautiful campground. We certainly weren't trying to get by...

The area is 5 stars, hands down. But I've been coming to this spot for several years now and your experience can vary depending on who's running the campground. Sometimes they're friendly and sometimes they're complete jerks. An extremely important note!!!!! Do not attempt to camp past the designated campground. I made this mistake a few years back and was nearly shot. People go into the hills and turn it into a warzone. We were up on a bluff and had bullets come within 5 feet of my head. We let the people know we were above them, they left but within 10 minutes someone else had taken their place and we had bullets whizzing...

Great place to Camp for the weekend. We went there last summer and it was cool, quiet and very nice. The host kept the bathrooms cleaned and the river access was just outside the campground entrance across the bridge. Make sure you have a clackamas County parking permit or you can get fined. Easy to obtain in Estacada or on clackamas county...