Hideaway Lake Campground — Hotel in Sandy

Great campground. A little spendy at $19 a night for such a remote area, so I knocked a star for it. That said, the site is well maintained and the pit toilet was not too bad and was clean. Not even one bite from out of the lake. We did land a nice brown up at Shellrock however. Great trails. Skeeters weren't horrible, only two bites from two and a half days and two nights of camping and fishing. Lots of yellow jackets though. No trash receptacles, so you have to pack it out. Plan accordingly. Lots of awesome old growth trees. The place is truly beautiful. The roads to get rough in places due to the log trucks, so take that in to account....

Such a lovely little lake. There are some great spots in the campground which are still available to be used even though the Forest Service considers the site to be closed due to lack of maintenance funding. Bathroom is closed for example. So no reservations right now, just first come first served. If recommend arriving early in the day to ensure you find a spot though there was at least one spot that remained open the entire weekend...

Beautiful lake, but messed up my Subaru bad getting there. Mosquitoes were crazy so the kids stayed in tent. On the second night some guys in trucks came through and shot targets with guns and then left. Zero cell reception. Oh, and the bathrooms...