well at least we're not close to the railroad tracks. That is all I can say. Cable channels are so fuzzy you would think we were back in the 1950s. also we only found 5 of the 20 channels they said we would get. For what we were charged they could at least spend some of that money and upgrade the cable. read more

Before anyone starts whining, there are trains traveling back and forth behind the park. Now to start off with, the park is amongst some beautiful trees, it is nice with a nice breeze blowing a lot of the time sometimes windy. The price is very comparable! The owners Kevin & Dawn and the staff lil Kev, Holly are all great. Very accommodating, we had several changes made while staying here and had no problems at all. You see some people complain about the tight roads in the park, but I would rather have tight roads rather than staying at another park with large roads like a city. All in all we will be staying here often while going from one place to another. The one thing that really seals the deal is the great staff read more

Nope. We would never stay here again. As soon as we pulled in we recognized that everyone is just on top of each other, there is no privacy, but we could deal with that, and then came the train, RIGHT next to the campsite. It was bloody loud, and they came often. Sleeping was impossible. So we stayed until the sun started to peak through, and booked it out of there. read more

This place is a disaster waiting to piss you off. If you are a train enthusiast, then by all means go and stay here. The trains come from the East and the West every hour on the hour. These reviews are all telling the truth. We will never stay here again! It was loud and very noisy all day and night long. We did not bring enough earplugs or pillows to bury our heads in order to get some sleep. Go sleep in a WalMart parking lot, it would be a lot quieter. read more

This was a clean spot. Nice showers. :) The employees were wonderful. We will definitely go back! The only thing wrong with this place is the trains. But if you go prepared with earplugs it really isn't an issue! read more

Let's start with I actually DO NOT want to give even 1 Star (that star could be for the 24 hour laundry). The manager Kevin is a total JERK! When I went into the office to see if there was another spot because it was next to impossible to get into the tiny spot that was NOT one of the spots that I requested on my reservation (yes I called them to reserve). He said, I can get you into the spot. Then he proceeded to try to boss-bully my husband yelling at him to turn the wheel this way and that (mind you my husband has been driving and parking our44ft toy hauler for YEARS!!! He huffed off after he kept telling my husband what to do and that he was clear of obstacles, he was angered because my husband got out of the truck to verify the clearance for himself. So after he huffed off, I went to the office to inquire why the attitude. He then lied and stated that I was yelling and my husband and he did not care if he damaged the property (lies- I was talking to my husband on my cell as he was trying to park- no need to yell- the supposed property damage was an electrical box that my husband knew he would clear-and he did). He proceeded to continue to yell at me and then he then told me that I could just drive up the road, actually he said yes why don't just just drive up the road. I said your attitude is appalling and I am done speaking with you, I will call corporate, he then laughed and said good luck! When I told my husband everything, he apologized to him, but not 1 word to me!!! Sexiest jerk! By the way trains are horrible, dirty and very tight spots! AVOID THIS PARK!!! read more

The best part of this campground was the HOT shower! Clean bathrooms are huge & this one had it! Large laundry room so no wait. Game room and playground could use some up dating. It's right next to railroad so you will hear it all night. Staff was friendly & helpful. read more

clean, friendly, quite and nice pool!!!!

We had standard cabin Father's Day weekend and it was great. The train sounds actually were kind of nice, not too close to be annoying. Overall the staff were super friendly and fun. The highlight had to be the pancakes Saturday morning. read more

Horrible place to stay. Poor management, loud, dirty ...Please pay attention to all reviews and stay somewhere else. There's lots of good KOAs around US but this is BAD! read more

This is a well organized campground. Apart from the trains, this is a fantastic place to stay. Everything was clean and neat, and the staff were really friendly. We met some nice people here, and the ability to buy stern wheeler tickets at the camp ground was very convenient. The pool and hot tub were nice too. read more

Trains all night !!!!!! and day. And they use the horn a lot - both directions. Trains run on both sides of the river. I don't think you can get away from it on the river. read more

Welcome to the camping trip from hell! First off, the Trains. This is the first thing we've noticed, checking in. The place actually borders a major railroad. The trains rattle and roar and honk their horns like crazy. Days and nights, weekdays and weekends. Our kids woke up terrified several times each night. Then there is the dirt. For some reason, unlike other KOAs we stayed at, the ground there is not grass or gravel - it's a thin, brownish-black staff that sticks to the hands, the face, the shoes and the food. I spent a major part of my time there trying to wash the dirt off my kids, only to have it sneak back on them. Speaking of washing, the bathrooms and restrooms are downright disgusting. Old, worn and squeaky, and quite dirty by the end of the day. Speaking of squeaky, they have a "playground" there, that looks as if it were taken straight from my 70th-era childhood in a third-world country. Hot and exposed sheets of metal standing on a derelict ground, waiting for children to come and turn themselves into human kabobs. Play at your own risk. And finally, there was the staff. All seniors, as lovely as a stale toast and about as helpful. Thanks, old guy giving directions in the reception desk, for sending us to a non-existent exit from the highway. We wandered back and forth for 12 miles, with some fed-out, sleep-deprived toddlers (remember the trains?) who thank you from the bottom of their hearts. To sum it up: This is our 5th KOA camping in the Pacific Northwest, and this campsite was, by far, the worst. As one of the previous yelpers put it: Avoid at all costs. Even the gorgeous views of the gorge don't justify spending time at that place. Ever. read more

Ok you know that saying, you never know until you try right? Now we know. First of all, the drive in was very nice, it is spectacular scenery, absolutely beautiful. We've camped at a lot of places now and you kind of know when you pull in what you're getting. And we did. To be fair, the people in the office are super friendly and very nice. They also provide a service of leading you to your site which is also very nice. The office has quite a bit of different items to sell, clothing, swim stuff, jewelry, etc. There is another room in the office that has food and other items to sell. It's minimal but if you need stuff for smores and random things, it might be here. Ok on to the site. We had a pull thru. The sites are long, we were able to fit our ram truck, our 32 footer and a Subaru. So that's a plus. The sites do not have a lot of privacy, our neighbor next door felt he needed to excuse himself every time he came on the side of his trailer that was facing us. The picnic tables are awful. Cheaply made and old and they were dirty. You were taking your chances sitting on them. The sites have complete hook ups and everything worked fine. These sites have minimal grass and are really super dusty. There is a fire pit of sorts. Basically it's a piece of cement with a grate over the top. Still it worked also. There is a play area for kids, it's not too big, a dog park for animals, again not too big. The pool is not large and neither is the hot tub. Both of these could be quite a big cleaner, the hot tub was not too hot, which is the first time I've experienced this. There is only one bathroom each for men and women. 3 stalls for showers. My daughter said that whatever they have lining the bottom of the shower stalls hurt her feet really bad. She said she had to put on her flip flops to take a shower. There is a pancake breakfast that happens on the weekends, all you can eat for 2.00. Extra for adding sausage. If you take to your campsite, you cannot go back to get more. Still it's a deal and the pancakes were not bad. They also have a food truck in place that sold lumpia, egg rolls and fried rice just to name a few things, which is a nice idea. This koa was jam packed with people and tons of animals. Here's the worst part of camping here: the trains. I could not even sleep most nights because the trains were so darn loud! My husband and i walked around and we both said we've never seen so many out of state campers in one place so apparently people do like this place. Many of the people who pulled in after us had some work to do to get into their spots. So you've got your pros and cons here. Again the people were super nice and if we were back up here, we'd probably stay again, though it wouldn't be my first choice. read more

I wouldn't recommend this specific KOA for many reasons. There were employees driving around in carts smoking, the playground is in a high traffic area, the restrooms and playground are not well kept up, the management seems angry most of the time, the employees go around yelling at children rather than respectfully making their requests (we're talking about all weekend long...not just one incident) and the owner refuses to hear feedback and is extremely disrespectful to guests overall. Lastly, the owner made me very uncomfortable while I was breastfeeding my infant - and I was completely covered. We won't be back to this KOA. I'd rather sleep with my family in our vehicle. read more

Gorgeous scenery all around. VERY tiny place. Spaces ok, people very nice, but "streets" are narrow and have sharp turns. No way would I want to try to navigate a large motor home, our 5th wheel was challenging enough. Not looking forward to negotiating the trip out of here tomorrow morning. And the TRAINS -- Holy Moly! Loud horns and right next to the campgrounds. Bring ear plugs! Glad we only booked one night. read more

Watch out for falling branches!! We stay one night June 2013. We were woken up in the night to a big crash! A branch had fallen on our roof. Our unit was covered with debris that during the night had fallen from the reward all over the site. I think the trees might be rotten. We asked the manager Kevin what we should do if we had damage to our roof and he told us to call our insurance company and make a claim cause its an act of God! No it's not, it's very poor maintence! I would not recommend this campsite! It is dirty, poorly maintained and bad attitude! read more

Very noisy with trains 24 hrs a day. Food truck advertised at bathrooms but they are "not cooking" so only offer two items. They should take down their food truck signs for sure. read more

This site is fine, it has a lot of trees that make it dark and it was drippey wet from the branches. It is next to a train track, but that isnt the camps fault. The one draw back is that their office hours are very limited so we never even saw anyone and came and went without contact. That is kind of weird, but it didnt keep us from staying there. However, the bathrooms have a code on them so if you didnt know the code because you arrived late you couldnt use them. They were propped open when we arrived luckily. I probably wouldnt stay there again because I would do more searching for a friendlier place, but it met our needs. read more

Train runs all night. Extremely loud. I imagine this is what camping in a busy train yard is like. If you would like to sleep, find another spot. read more

The communication lacks, they broke up our family reunion because of a hidden fee they did not want to inform us about, this is some of our elders last reunion and they came through and crushed it. Never will be coming back here again. The owner did nothing to help, his employees were much more helpful, the owner just needs to do his job and communicate to them the rules as well. read more

The dog park is a dust bowl. Stalls are extremely small. Won't honor the Veteran's military discount. On a positive, it's off the beaten path, There is train running behind the campground that went by twice in under a half hour blowing it's horn. Hard to sleep when that is happening. The office staff was extremely rude. Not worth the time to even park. read more

We stayed here for a week after Labor Day. Beautiful weather and close to all the fruit stands in Hood River. So many to stop and visit. Also not far from Mt. Hood. The trains required ear plugs but oh well. The rest of stay was peaceful and lovely. read more

Only four stars because of the trains which I realize is beyond their control. Sites are roomy and have beautiful trees. Grounds very well maintained and all staff was pleasant. We've stayed here before and would do so again. Oh, visit Bonneville fish hatchery while in the area; worth the time and it's free! read more

If you can take the train noise its not a bad place to stay. They average 40 trains a day 24/7 and yes the blow the whistle loud as they go by R v spots are bit close together for me. Clean and well taken care of. read more

When we pulled into this KOA, the line of RVs was long. So I and my mother got out to walk to the office. We began to walk down their sidewalk when mom caught the edge of a trip hazard with her sandal on the sidewalk. (Mom is 80-years-old.) She tried to catch herself but fell, face first on the sidewalk. 911 was called and she was transported to Hood River's emergency. She had to spend the night at the hospital. We found out that she had fractured bones in her face (and later found out that she had a fracture in her nose). When she was taken away in the ambulance, we went into the office to get our spots so that we could drop off our teardrop trailer first. Mom had made reservations - a cabin for her and a spot for us and our trailer. The staff didn't even give us a courtesy of a free night! After mom had tripped on their uneven sidewalk! They never walked over and asked how she was doing later that night. They never walked over in the morning to ask how she was! The next day as we were leaving, everything was exactly the same as far as how the sidewalk looked. They didn't place hazard tape or a cone or anything to indicate that there was a huge trip hazard in their sidewalk (and that someone had fallen and got badily injured just the day before. The only thing they changed was to hose off all the BLOOD that was there from mom's fall! The lack of compassion was just UNBELIEVABLE! We were travelling from California to Washington State and then back to California. So after a night in the hospital, we still had 2 days to travel home with mom suffering with fractured bones in her face, until we got back home to see a specialist. Since she lives in Arizona, her trip back to her house is delayed by at least a month because of the surgery and recovery time. So, besides the very loud train, the fact that mom was in the hospital, the audacity to charge us for two spots, even though we didn't even use our spot because we got back from the emergency room at 11 pm and stayed in the cabin since mom stayed in the hospital, I barely got any sleep. And, again, no one from the staff even bothered to stop by!!!!!!! Or to change anything about their trip hazard. Please, BE CAREFUL WALKING ON THEIR UNEVEN DANGEROUS SIDEWALK to the front door. THEY OBVIOUSLY DON'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE TRIPPING BUT I CARE. So, be careful. read more

Dawn was very helpful. Had a great stay. The pool needs a lot of work and if you like trains this is your place. Every hour on the hour the train lets you remember where you are. Cascade Locks is a fun place to visit and this KOA is just fine for a night or two. Thanks again for a fun stay Cascade Locks KOA! read more

Camping is camping and expectations of getting dirty and dealing with dust and dirt are always there. However, the lack of grass or even gravel at this place is an absolute joke. This place only would compare to the sand dunes. After walking the entire camp ground this was the case everywhere, a cement pad for your car and then dirt virtually no grass. We came here with a large group (3) different sites and a couple of dogs. When a lady walked thru 2 of our sites with her dog we didn't say anything, but the second time she walked thru we politely asked if she would please not walk thru our sites. She was extremely rude and told us this is a walkway (not marked at all not even on site map) and that our campsite is over there, and that she worked here. If you reside at the same place that you work no matter what you have to keep your cool and not be so rude to people whom are spending money to stay at your establishment. The picture on the Facebook page of this campground is an absolute joke not one place on this entire property looks like that. The playground is something out of the 80s and not kid friendly at all because they are afraid to touch the metal on all of the playground equipment in fear of getting burnt. The showers and restrooms are not clean and need to be addressed immediately. The broken tiles and lack of routine cleanings (meaning more than once per day) really pose a health and safety issue. A business as big as the KOA campgrounds should all be held to the same standards in order for the consumer to know what they are getting time after time. We frequently visit the Astoria/Warrenton KOA and all of our experiences there have always been great and enjoyable, unlike the Cascade Locks KOA which I found to be less than mediocre. My family and I will never come back to this place, it is falsely advertised on multiple sites and even on the KOA app. To have the name KOA associated with it is a disservice to the KOA brand and they should be ashamed of themselves! read more

I wouldn't listen to the negative reviews. We stayed there for a second time last weekend, and also brought the grandkids this time. Friends of ours stayed in a nearby site and it was their second time also. We had a great site, along the back with plenty of room. Look at the map to select a spot. If you don't want to be cramped don't select in the middle. The grounds were clean. The most memorial part about camping was the two gentlemen working there (Kevin and Kelly I believe). They are always so pleasant to work with, so nice and helpful. We reserved our spot over the phone with them. Upon arrival, Kevin had us follow him to our spot so he could watch to make sure we took the turns wide enough. I asked for ice and they brought us a bag and didn't charge us. On the last day we wanted to stay longer (depart at 3:00 pm) so we paid for another day. While checking out Kevin gave me a full refund for the day, didn't charge us for staying late. He also gave the kids an hour of free bike rentals. Yes, the train is a bit loud, we just tuned it out, not the fault of KOA. We will return to camp again, just sad that they close in the winter. read more

well as you know by now, there are trains, and they do go by frequently! what confuses me is why this campground holds the koa name. when they issued me earplugs , i seriously thought it was a joke. we stayed for a couple of hours and then decided to leave. this koa is run down and extremely small. when i explianed, that there was broken glass on my site, the owner told me that they usually dont rent these sites out. as i further complained, i could see a gentleman in the background, the one who helped us into our site. let me tell you, he was awesome, friendly and very helpful. so i felt badly for him, when i had to view the sad look on his face, while i was telling, who i could only assumed was his wife, that we were unhappy with our site; she continued ignoring me. i did email koa corporate to find out why they allow this campground to be a koa. please do not stay here, you will only be disappointed. thank you i read more