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Willaby Campground, WA - Latest Reviews, Photos & Campground Map

Willaby Campground is located in the Pacific Ranger District/Quinault, Olympic National Forest (1 hr 39 min northwest of Olympia, WA) with an elevation of 1,827 feet. There are a total of 20 campsites including 12 tent-only sites. The campground is normally open from the end of April to the end of October. 8 sites can accommodate RVs and trailers up to 16 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. Each site includes a picnic table and fire ring with grill. Prices start at $25.00 per night. Some amenities include drinking water, boat ramp, picnic table, restroom, flush toilets. Activities include boating, fishing, hiking trails, water skiing, floating sports.
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Willaby

89 reviews
Total sites: 20
Available Today: 8 FF*
Available this Weekend: 4 FF*
Booking Window: 6 months

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@JudyB6641446 · Camped on Aug 25, 2025 at Campsite #9
Beautiful campground. Campsite was nicely private, could hear but barely see nearby camp sites. The beach was a short walk away & water was warm enough for a swim. Rainforest trails & trail along lake to lodge were very nice.
@MartinLA07E29F · Camped on Aug 24, 2025 at Campsite #11
There are five gigantic trees advertised in the area on posters. Unfortunately, we only found one (the World's Largest Spruce), so it's best not to look. The information posters seem to be outdated.
@JillH9395170 · Camped on Aug 10, 2025 at Campsite #11
A beautiful area where I have camped for the last ten years.
@SandraJ5432772 · Camped on Aug 6, 2025 at Campsite #7
Beautiful trees and views. But on one night, the double site next to the beach was full of loud neighbors that drank and shouted well past the quiet hours. Unfortunately, the camp host was off duty so there was no one to ask them to stop disturbing the rest of us.
@BenM3451919 · Camped on Aug 5, 2025 at Campsite #3
Fantastic campground. One of the most quiet and relaxing places Ive been to. Theres a little noise from the road on occasion but that dies down in the evening. My criticisms are few. The tent pads and my site were both small. Ive got a 2 person Nemo Porch 2p tent, and I had to sort of rig it together to fit. When they say the tent pads are 10X10 they arent kidding. Lastly the water worked for the toilets, but not the sinks? I dont get that. These small criticisms aside, go and enjoy this amazing campground.
@BarbaraH643159 · Camped on Aug 1, 2025 at Campsite #3
The campsites were really noce but very small. The view and lake was gorgeous. Bathrooms need a little attention.
@JaniceD5908110 · Camped on Jul 30, 2025 at Campsite #18
Intimate campground, our site #18 was away from the lake but we enjoyed it's privacy, even with hiking down steps to get to the site. We are in our 70's and tent campers. Nearest bathroom had no hot water but did have a flush toilet, and was a short hill to get to. Main bathroom had a soap dispenser. Lake was warm enough to cool off in. Tiny mosquitoes in August, but not as bad as we're had elsewhere. Great little 1/2 mile nature walk right from the campground, in the most pristine, gorgeous area of the Olympic Rain Forest. Near enough to the coast to go for a picnic for the day. We will be back!
@RolandaLC7646A · Camped on Jul 14, 2025 at Campsite #6
Beautiful and clean camping spot! Easy access to hiking trail. Very quiet.
@SarahK3888645 · Camped on Jul 10, 2025 at Campsite #3
Stayed at site #3. Had a nice tent pad that was level. Couldn't see the lake from our campsite but had a nice parking lot you could drive down to it. Bathrooms were very nice near our campsite, had regular flush toilets and sinks. Would love to stay here again.
@MeredithG43675 · Camped on Jul 10, 2025 at Campsite #20
One of the best campsites Ive been to! So much privacy and great facilities! Juliana, our ranger, was incredibly helpful and kind! I hope to come back soon!
@KatieM6062957 · Camped on Jul 5, 2025 at Campsite #6
Like most campgrounds, other campers make or break your experience. While this one is not crowded, if you are at any of the sites along the water the sites behind you are on hill and everything they do is clearly heard (ie, music until 1am). Really stinky bathroom, kind of gross but not the worst I've seen. The positives outweighed those things though! Views of the lake are pretty and you are close to both trails and the Lodge's facilities (ie, bathroom if you need it) and gift shop. The loons on the lake were really cool to hear at night. We were at 006 and the lakeside trail ends at the site, which means lots of foot traffic ten feet away, but also close to the trail, so that's both good and bad. If you wanted a similar lakefront site, I'd choose 007 for more quiet.
@LauraK9305494 · Camped on Jun 29, 2025 at Campsite #21
Willaby is a nice campground with reasonably separated campsites, a small - but decent- beach, and some nice trails right there. It is also a good jumping-off spot to other activities in the area.Con: Willaby can be a challenging campground for less than fully able bodied people. Pay attention to the site information!
@LauraK9305494 · Camped on Jun 29, 2025 at Campsite #19
The Willaby Campground in general is pretty nice. Each site is far enough apart that you can only kind of see a neighbor. The beach isn't gigantic, but nice enough. We had bad boat noise one day, but the rest were fine. There a couple of trails you can access right from the campground, and the maps are very good.The 3 stars is specifically for site 19, and more specifically for Recreation.gov not providing adequate information about the site in the site details. It says "hike in distance: 25". It doesn't say that it is 25 mostly steep steps down to the tent pad and then another 13 steps to the picnic table and fire pit. On the plus side... the bathrooms on this side of camp are much nicer than the ones by the beach. The parking for this site is also reasonably long. We could easily fit our full-size truck. It could fit 2 smaller vehicles.
@AprilD2851713 · Camped on Jun 25, 2025 at Campsite #17
I loved hiking the trails. The site was wonderful and the facilities were well-maintained. Thank you!
@EarlC92E374125 · Camped on Jun 22, 2025 at Campsite #18
Easy to find campground, overlooking lake, campsite is level, just minites to gas station and store, clean restroom, onsite trails, can swim on the lake after a long day hikes, sites have privacy
@GaneshPB5E9975 · Camped on Jun 22, 2025 at Campsite #10
Location was good. Olympic National Park pass was not needed and no one to verify. No ranger available for any assistance nor any contacts incase of emergency
@NicoleT6425693 · Camped on Jun 15, 2025 at Campsite #15
Lake Quinault is so beautiful, it obviously makes the experience. As for the campground, the bathrooms were a bit run down. I think they're well-maintained in the sense that they're clean, so local staff does their job well. But they really need to be renovated.
@JillH9395170 · Camped on Jun 15, 2025 at Campsite #12
Beautiful view of the lake. There was no phone service, about which was I was very happy.
@HIldegard68DBD · Camped on Jun 10, 2025 at Campsite #11
Fabulous campground, fabulous campsite (#11), fabulous hiking, beautiful water and forests and just everything perfect!
@SarahW4027937 · Camped on Jun 8, 2025 at Campsite #10
Campsites are near the water with beautiful sunset views well distributed for privacy and generally quiet. So many short and long hikes in the area. The lodge is worth a walk through. I just love the peaceful lake front.
@Christina28186 · Camped on Jun 2, 2025 at Campsite #15
Right on the lake, quiet, beautiful. Will stay again
@JoshJ6535511 · Camped on May 30, 2025 at Campsite #19
This was our first time camping at Willaby, we reserved site #19. There were about 30 steps down to the campsite itself, which helped seclude it a bit. Take note of the tent pad size. Our tent was too big for the space so we had to set it up as best we could (our fault). However, the boat(?) noises from the lake. Exceptionally loud, sounded as if they were racing or something. Very difficult to disconnect with a surrounding environment such as that. Probably wont return to this campground. Lake was great though!
@SomerW1871871 · Camped on May 9, 2025 at Campsite #15
Stayed in site #15 which was nice and spacious compared to the other sites near by. It is right next to the day use area which can be disturbing with people launching the boats into the lake bright and early in the morning. The camp host wasnt very friendly and didnt seem to inforce rules. Site 13 had at least 10 people with 3 vehicles, 1 was parked on the road the entire weekend, and several other sites had multiple vehicles. The hand dryer was broken in the bathroom closet to our site and the 2nd bathroom was out of order. Overall it is a nice campground with walking trails and waterfalls.
@JUANAA88E8F963 · Camped on May 9, 2025 at Campsite #9
I bit of a long drive, but great campsite. Really quiet, with lots of hikes.
@BeverlyG522709 · Camped on Sep 24, 2024 at Campsite #13
The campground was easy to get to and our tent site was very pleasant. No complaints except the bathroom was a bit gross tho not really dirty and the hand dryer was broken. A short trek to the lakeside and the view was pretty. We didn't see the 'beach' for swimming until we were on our way out. We hadn't seen any signs to direct us there.We knew it was going to rain but the predicted light rain turned into a downpour so we left early and lost our reservation money-oh well. We definitely plan to go again when good weather returns.

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