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Salt Creek Recreation Area: Traveller Reviews

3506 Camp Hayden Road, Port Angeles, WA 98363
360-928-3441
4.5 of 5 stars 24 Reviews
Type: State Parks
Activities: Camping, Hiking
Description: This popular coastal area was converted from an old military fort after World War II.
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Vancouver, Canada
1 review
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“A beautiful clean friendly campsite”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 September 2010
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Our family used this site for the first time last weekend . We found it to be a wonderful place with breath taking scenery of the Juan De Fuca strait . A great family campground ,
great for kids of all ages. We hiked to the Tonque Point with it's tide pools also hiked around the wonderful treed forest . Upon returning to our site , we just sat and watched
the many great cruise ships going in and out of the strait . We recommend this for any family , easy to get to and inexpensive.

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redmond
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“Incredible setting, clean and neat campground”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 April 2010
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Visited tidepools on a day trip several years ago, and came back to camp and do more exploring. Were in a travel van on a cold, rainy night, and used electrical hook-up. Campsites are close together in this section of the campground, but in April, most were empty, so privacy was not an issue. Restrooms are warm, clean showers, great value. Morning brought a very low, negative tide, so tidepools were plentiful with some of the most diverse sea life in the area. Informative displays at viewpoints on the bluff.

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Vancouver, Washington
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“A gem of a park right by the water”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 November 2009
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We had a great time camping at Salt Creek with our kids. We camped in a tent in the wooded part of the campground. The views of the Strait of Juan De Fuca and Vancouver Island from this park can't be beat. The sunsets were fabulous and it was fun to watch the ships go by. If you have kids, you should know that they have a large playground at Salt Creek, as well as some old forts to explore. We also had fun exploring the tide pools, which are some of the best we have ever seen. This is a great place to take a family camping.

While camping at Salt Creek, we drove to Port Angeles and took the ferry to Victoria, BC, which was a great adventure. We also looked around Crescent Lake and drove out to Ozette, where we hiked to Cape Alava, the westernmost point in the lower 48.

We also liked the fact that the park has a gate which they close at nite to keep traffic out of the campground. We were disappointed, however, that they didn't do more to enforce quiet hours on weekends, when groups of young people wandered the campground after 10pm making all kinds of noise. The other drawback to this campground is the cool temperatures due to the proximity of all that cold water. We were getting pretty bundled up, even in mid-July.

Salt Creek is one of those best-kept secrets that not many people know about, but which is a really cool place to go. Check it out, you'll be glad you did.

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Seattle, WA
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“We'll go back”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 August 2009

We just stopped by here to see the tidepools on a day trip, next time we'll stay for a few days. The campsites in the second loop looked beautiful, there was a huge playfield and a playground if the kids got antsy. The tidepools are really incredible.

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“Beautiful Setting”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 August 2009

Great campsites, wonderful views, tidepools and deer eating in the park. They have showers which is important to me.

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