Promontory Park Campground — Hotel in Sandy

Campsites are very small and close together. If you are camping with others this is great, if you like privacy & space I'd suggest staying elsewhere. Our group stayed in a Yome (15) & a cabin (14). The cabin has electricity & very tall ceilings, 2 bunkbeds ( twin/twin & twin/queen) a small table w/2 chairs. The cabin was in great shape and very nice. The space around the campsite was very small and sloped, which could be tricky for having many people around the firepit, however, it was away from other sites so there was decent privacy. The Yome also had electricity (a power strip and a small light) The yome is like a smaller version of a yurt, basically like a tent on a platform. It had 2 bunkbeds as well (twin/twin & twin/queen) this site was also very sloped & uneven. The firepit and picnic table sat very close to the neighboring sites firepit and picnic table with no trees or bushes, etc to separate them...if we had known the neighbors it would have been a great set up, however with it being strangers it just meant we didn't spend much time there as it was uncomfortable to be in each other's space quite so much. There was no water access for the kids to swim directly at the campground. We were able to go down to the marina and rent a boat for the day which gave the kids access to water that way instead. The marina gets very, very, busy expect a lot of people there on a warm day. The staff/camp hosts were all very kind and said hello anytime they passed by. They do have flush toilets and showers available. The bathrooms were well supplied and clean each time we went to them. My kids enjoyed riding their bikes thru the campground as it has lots of fun hills to coast down. We ended up hearing a lot of noise from the main road, also, having the campsites so small and close together there was a lot of "people" noise as well. This is not a "relax with peace and quiet"...

This campground is in great shape and all sites seemed clean and well organized. The bathrooms were clean and equipped with power plugs and all the other essentials. The cooking stations are clean and the two burner cook top very nice condition and not rusty or scary looking. I give this score of 3 because of no direct water access and the main sticking point for us was the Noise….semi trucks driving on the highway (224) at all hours of the night , they start early morning (7am) emptying the small dumpsters pulling them with a gator ATV which you hear throughout the campground. Then there’s that one group who doesn’t realize it’s 6am in the morning and talking /laughing loud probably woke up from the truck traffic so thought everyone should be up at that time . The last grip was at 4am we heard something right behind our tent wrestling around banging into stuff… I got up and looked around and flashed the light on a poor skunk with a Dixie cup stuck on its head walking blindly stumbling around and trying to get that cup of its head …felt so sorry for the little guy …. Anyway this was what we observed at...

Our last camping trip if the season. Mixed review.

Pros-lots of trees that shaded the campground, clean and kept nice. Cool outdoor sinks and electrical ranges through out campground. Our Yome was clean, but 1 bed not too comfortable. The office hands out activity backpacks (to borrow ) for kids and a printed story. Cons-campground has no close easy access to the water. Definitely not for mobility challenged. Near the office their are trails to a dock (the camp host was not forthcoming with this information and did not give helpful directions). The website does not elude to this lack of easy water access. There is no place to lock up water toys remotely close to the water. There are nice walking paths from campsite, to day use area (they might continue to Marina). Enter @ site 43. Grounds staff were nice but the person that checked us in provided the bare minimum information.

Note: the North Fork Marina is clean with nice staff. You can launch your boat, canoe and paddle boards but there is no place...