Keenig Creek Campground — Hotel in Tillamook

My stay at A5 site was bad. The highway is RIGHT there, and it's got very consistant semi traffic, where the trucks are coming down a grade and J-brakeing through out the night, think 3AM alternating periods of dead silence and: BAAAAABABABABABABABABA, followed by the string of traffic stuck behind the semi. While the highway is getting you on one side, there's a gravel road on the NW side with heavy logging trucks gassing it up the hill.

I managed to get a flat tire off the short gravel road to the site, passenger car. It's loose big chunky sharp gravel, not compacted or dirt road, (all the 4x4s and trucks were doing fine, so zero worries if thats you)

The site had the MOST trash I've ever cleaned out of a campsite, I spent 25 minutes trash-picking all the toilet paper, sanitary wipes, a bra, and a set of discarded stringlights out of the perimiter.

THE GOOD: Vegetation between sites/privacy is solid, native plant restoration at the campground is great. Swimming hole is top notch (but thoroughly occupied by screaming kids who's parents are trying in vain to tire them out, which may or may not detract from your experience...) The guy that sell's wood and ice down the road is incredibly helpful, friendly, and absolutely worth a visit. The campground's proximity to other stuff to do is full of potential, site could be a great base for all the trails, fishing, hiking, etc etc the area has to offer.

Consider this a day use spot, or a back-up back-up spot. If planning on actually sleeping here, add ear plugs to the kit, or enough booze etc to reallllly knock...

Our sites were great, there is a nice selection of spots with plenty of shade, privacy, and a couple with plenty of sun at mid-day too. The restroom at the K sites check-in location was nice and clean.

The fire pits are pretty nice however it would be great if the grates on top of the fire pit had bars that were either closer together and/or in a cross-pattern so that food could be cooked easier on top of a fire. Some of the sites hear US-26 more than others, if you are closer down to the stream then you'll probably have a better chance at hearing water at night as opposed to trucks on the highway.

Access to the stream itself is not fantastic, you have to go up and down some pretty narrow and steep dirt paths in order to get down to the water. The trails are well marked and easy to traverse.

Access to Portland and Tillamook are not bad at all, I think it was about a 20 mile drive to get into Tillamook to get some shopping done.

The cost for a walk-up site is $10 and $5 for an additional car per night so realistically it is a pretty inexpensive weekend for some beautiful scenery and...

Stopped here on impulse on my way home to portland from Tunnel beach- and so glad I did! There are area where paid camping is available but you can also use the day use area for non campers to park your car. The creek is mostly shallow and you can look down to the bottom through the crystal clear waters but certain areas appear deep. There are several trails from the parking that lead to the creek and along the trail you can find wild raspberries, and a few really cool plants and flowers. Tia creek would be great for floating. The water was very soothing and cool to the touch. It’s a quiet area with very...