Park Creek Camp

Definitely fun place once you drive through the dirt road potholes city country road for days. Once we finally made it here. There’s two places to go. To the left is the creek and to the right is the hot springs. We walked about half way to the creek. It started to rain bad on us. There is absolutely no reception once you turn off the main road, then takes like 30 minutes to drive uphill and roads... Definitely fun place once you drive through the dirt road potholes city country road for days. Once we finally made it here. There’s two places to go. To the left is the creek and to the right is the hot springs. We walked about half way to the creek. It started to rain bad on us. There is absolutely no reception once you turn off the main road, then takes like 30 minutes to drive uphill and roads are sketchy so a car will definitely have issue with the potholes. The area is absolutely gorgeous. Very peaceful and lots of parking. There is trails to take back down to get to the creek and trails upwards to get to the hot springs. Here you can also find gems in the rocks or along the creek according to my rock hunting book. They’re scattered all around the creek. Just need a sifter, pick ax, and hammer to get them out the rocks. We found a few just walking along to the creek.

If the CG had been full, we would have felt a lack of privacy because there isn't much cover between the sites, but we were there on a September weeknight with only one other site occupied, so we were nearly alone, which was great. The sites are level and generously sized. There are some large trees overhead so there's dappled shade here and there, but not a lot. Nearly all sites have access to th... If the CG had been full, we would have felt a lack of privacy because there isn't much cover between the sites, but we were there on a September weeknight with only one other site occupied, so we were nearly alone, which was great. The sites are level and generously sized. There are some large trees overhead so there's dappled shade here and there, but not a lot. Nearly all sites have access to the creek, but only a couple have a gradual decline with "stepping stones" that allow you to get down to the stream level without getting wet. The restroom near our site (10) was only a year old, and was immaculately clean and odor free. (Lots of flies buzzing around the high window, but that's to be expected.) A huge bonus for us was the nice hiking trail (formerly FR1144, now blocked off to vehicles) that you can access from the far end of the campground. You can apparently hike up to Baker Hot Springs on this trail (~3.5 miles one way I believe), but we hiked only a mile.