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Reservations

Booking individual campsites

Online Reservations ImageReserve online. You can book only one site at a time.

Call 1-888-CAMPOUT (226-7688) between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. every day except Christmas and New Year’s days to make, change or cancel your reservation. Reserving more than one site? Tell us at the beginning of the call.

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New camping fees for 2008

Alder Lake Park

  • $26 Water/electric/sewer hookups

  • $25 Water/electric hookups

  • $19 Tent sites

Mayfield Lake Park

  • $25 Water/electric hookups

  • $27 Waterfront, water/electric hookups (Sites 42-55)

  • $150 Primitive group camp (Entire area - 12 sites)

Mossyrock Park

  • $25 Water/electric hookups

  • $23 Electric hookup (Only in group sites)

  • $19 No hookups

  • $14 Walk-in and S’mores Loop sites

  • $150 Primitive group camp (Entire area - 10 sites)

Taidnapam Park

  • $26 Water/electric/sewer hookups

  • $25 Water/electric hookups

  • $14 Walk-in sites

  • $180 Primitive group camp (Entire area - 12 sites)

The fee to change or cancel your reservation will be $7 beginning November 1, 2007.

Plan ahead

You may make reservations up to 9 months in advance of your planned arrival date.

Individual sites are open for reservations between May 15 and September 15. Sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis the rest of the year.

Download our Rules, Reservations and Fees brochure.

Change of plans?

Call 1-888-CAMPOUT. The sooner we know, the better we can serve you, and it may cost you less money.

Fees for date changes:

  • More than seven days before you’re scheduled to arrive, you’ll pay a $7 fee.

  • Seven days or fewer before you’re scheduled to arrive, the fee is one night’s stay.

  • At the park, you won’t pay a fee for extending your departure date if we have space available.

Site not quite right? If you change sites less than seven days before you’re scheduled to arrive you’ll pay a $7 fee. At the park, choose another available site for free.

Want to call the whole thing off?

Call 1-888-CAMPOUT to cancel your reservations. If you made online reservations, you may cancel them online.

Cancellation fees:

  • More than seven days before you’re scheduled to arrive - $7

  • Seven or fewer days before you’re schedule to arrive - Up to two nights’ use fees.

Planning ahead is good, but we can’t cancel sites more than eight months ahead of your scheduled arrival date.

High-demand holiday weekends

You must reserve and pay for two consecutive nights on Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day weekends.

Let us know if you won’t show

If we don’t see or hear from you by 1 p.m. the day after you’re scheduled to arrive, we will consider you a no-show and will charge up to three nights’ camping fees.

Reservation fees

We charge an administration fee in addition to your campsite costs:

  • Individual campsites - $7 per reservation

  • Group campsites - $15 per group

Bringing more than one vehicle?

One vehicle is included in the camping fee. Additional or unattended vehicles, unless towed, cost $10 each per night.

Eight is enough

We allow up to eight people to occupy each campsite.

Day use and boat launching

  • $5 Day-use parking - Weekends and holidays between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends


Ways to pay

To confirm specific campsites, you must pay in full when you make your reservations. Your payment options:

  • Check or money order – You must reserve at least 21 days before your arrival date, and we must receive your payment no more than seven days after you reserve the site.

  • Credit or check card – It’s the fastest way to confirm your site.


Discounts

We offer $5 per night discounts to people who:

  • Are 62 years old or more

  • Have a disability parking placard

  • Have a Washington State Parks disability or disabled veteran pass

  • You must occupy the campsite and show proof of eligibility to receive the discount.


Refunds

If you paid with a:

  • Credit card, we will ask for your card number to credit the same account.

  • Check or money order, we will mail you a check from the City of Tacoma.


Time to play

Campground check-in begins at 2:30 p.m. Check out is at 1 p.m.

Day-use visitors may use the boat launch and picnic areas between 8 a.m. and dusk.

Parks are closed between December 20 and January 1.


Registration

Please register at the park when you arrive to secure your site, pay extra vehicle fees or confirm discounts.

Bring your confirmation letter to speed up the registration process.

If we’ve closed the gate for the day, please open the gate and then close it after you have entered the park. You may register the next morning.

 

Play all day. Stay all night.

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