Seventeen verified campground records from the Pacific coast and Hoh Rain Forest to Hood Canal and Port Townsend, compared by current status, setting, hookups, rig fit, and how you actually get a site.
Jefferson County gives RV travelers choices across the Pacific coast, Hoh Rain Forest, Hood Canal, and Port Townsend. You can reserve private hookups, use a first-come county or federal site, camp beside the ocean, explore a coastal fort, or choose a primitive Washington DNR river camp. This guide now reflects completed state, federal, DNR, county, city, port, private, and tribal inventory passes. It keeps current closures visible so an unavailable campground is not mistaken for a trip option.
Each page uses the same fields for rig length, hookups, facilities, access, and booking. County camps are first-come and limited to 30-foot vehicles. Private parks add reservable hookups, while National Park and National Forest choices range from reservable coastal sites to dry first-come camping. Check the current status shown on each record before travel.
A flexible choice for mixed groups because the current map shows standard, water-and-electric, and full-hookup areas. The official park maximum is 40 feet, while individual pads vary.
Full-hookup sites for RVs up to 40 feet, plus showers, laundry, Wi-Fi, a country store, and online booking between Quilcene and Brinnon.
The Port operates 46 full-hookup and two dry sites beside the marina. Showers and laundry are on site, but no single park-wide rig maximum is published.
More than 50 full-, partial-, electric-, and dry-site choices near Fort Worden. Full-hookup sites fit rigs up to 50 feet; reservations are required.
Wooded county camping above Oak Bay with electrical service, water, toilets, beach access, and a playground. Every vehicle must be 30 feet or shorter.
Dry camping on a shoreline spit with water, toilets, a nearby boat ramp, and a 30-foot vehicle maximum. The live site count conflicts with the county brochure.
Twenty-two dry sites near a fishing pier and boat ramp. The county publishes a 30-foot limit and explicitly warns that no potable water is available.
Nine wooded sites beside the community center, with water, toilets, a playground, and courts. It is first-come and limited to 30-foot vehicles.
The Lower Campground has standard, partial, and full-hookup choices near the water; the Upper Campground trades hookups for a more sheltered forest setting.
A year-round, wooded base with full hookups and pull-through choices near Ludlow Falls and the marina. Call directly and confirm the assigned pad for rigs approaching 40 feet.
Choose this when proximity to Port Townsend and Point Wilson matters most. It is the natural companion to Fort Flagler for travelers interested in the historic coastal forts.
The Forest Service currently labels this 41-site Hood Canal campground closed. Its published RV limit is 21 feet, correcting the older 40-foot figure previously shown here.
A dry, first-come campground directly off US 101 with a short waterfall loop. The current overview lists 11 sites, with selected older loop spaces documented for RVs up to 35 feet.
National Park camping beside the Hoh River with summer reservations and selected sites for RVs up to 35 feet. It is the closest public campground to the Hall of Mosses.
A large National Park campground above the Pacific with summer reservations, drinking water, a dump station, and selected campsites for RVs up to 35 feet.
First-come summer camping on an ocean bluff. It has no potable water or hookups, and the NPS lists mostly 21-foot sites with a few spaces up to 35 feet.
A small seasonal campground on Upper Hoh Road with water and electric service, hot showers, and a cafe. The operator recommends early or evening national-park entry in peak season.
Eight first-come dry sites beside a Hoh River oxbow, directly off US 101. DNR allows trailers to 30 feet and has scheduled a full closure September 14–October 13, 2026.
Nine primitive creekside sites on Upper Hoh Road. It is first-come, dry, and best suited to compact rigs even though DNR publishes a 30-foot trailer maximum.
Wooded first-come camping reached from Oil City Road. DNR allows trailers to 30 feet, but does not publish a current site count and turning room varies.
Primitive river camping for self-contained rigs, reached by a long gravel forest-road approach. DNR allows trailers to 30 feet; current site-count reports conflict.
The most remote choice in this guide, with roughly 14 miles of forest-road access after US 101. Use a smaller self-contained rig and check road conditions before towing.
The campground pages use stable no-ferry planning estimates: about one hour and 45 minutes to Port Ludlow, two hours to Quilcene, Falls View, Lake Leland, and Oak Bay, two hours and 15 minutes to Cove and Seal Rock, two and a half hours to Port Townsend, a little over three hours to Kalaloch and South Beach, and three hours 45 minutes to four hours 15 minutes for the DNR and Hoh corridor sites. The DNR estimates add towing margin for gravel or primitive access roads. Google often shows a shorter ferry route or moving time that omits the wait that matters when towing.
Pair one Hood Canal or lake campground with one northern or western base. Dosewallips, Cove, Falls View, Quilcene, and Lake Leland cover the southern half of the county; Seal Rock returns to that group after reopening. Port Ludlow, Fort Flagler, and the two Oak Bay campgrounds work well around the Hood Canal Bridge and Marrowstone Island. Fort Worden, Point Hudson, and the Fairgrounds cover Port Townsend. Treat Hoh and Hard Rain as rain-forest bases, and Kalaloch or South Beach as a separate coastal stop.
How this guide was reviewed: Federal facts were checked against current NPS, Forest Service, and Recreation.gov records. DNR facts were checked against the current Washington DNR campsite inventory, Olympic Peninsula recreation page, and official recreation guide. Local facts were checked against Jefferson County, Port of Port Townsend, fairgrounds, and current operator sources. Conditions and individual site limits can change; confirm current status and the exact site before travel.