We stayed at Mt Hood RV & Camping Resort in Welches, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)
Our third visit to this nice Thousand Trails Encore park; we stayed here last year in September, and the previous year in late July.
Dates:
- Check in: 2024-08-25
- Check out: 2024-08-31
- 6 nights
Weather:
- Mostly sunny
- High temps ranging between 64-88°F, lows around 43-61°F
- Only a little wind (fairly sheltered); gusts to 20 MPH
Noise:
- No road noise
- No train noise
- Negligible neighbor noise
Site:
- Hemlock Meadows #94, back in, gravel
- Needed to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach (on gravel)
- A little unlevel; high on passenger side and front; used hydraulic leveling
- Gravel driveway about 50 feet long by about 22 feet wide, plus about 20 feet wide
- 15 feet to neighbor on driver side
- 18 feet to road on passenger side
- Picnic table & fire pit
- Somewhat clean
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 70 PSI water, conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, a little inconveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 20-35 Mbps down, 15 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
- Verizon: 1-5 Mbps down, 1-3 Mbps up, 100 ms ping
- AT&T: 2-6 Mbps down, 0.05 Mbps up, 300-2,500 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
- Campground Wi-Fi: none
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpsters
- Indoor pool
- Unfortunately the onsite restaurant has closed
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Same as it ever was, minus the restaurant
We stay here every year to do errands in the Portland Metro area. We requested a site in the newer Hemlock Meadows area so we could use our Starlink, but our original assignment was in the trees in a site that would’ve been too short for us as well. Since we’ve been here several times, we knew we needed to confirm these things at check-in, and they were able to move us to a more appropriate site. The newer Hemlock Meadows sites are more open than some of the other areas of the park, so there’s no separation between you and your neighbors…but if they keep letting the weeds grow unabated, they may eventually give you some privacy between sites. The biggest disappointment was that the onsite restaurant closed, and I had been looking forward to their eggs benedict. Alas. We camped at Mt Hood Village RV Resort in a Motorhome.
The campground map:
Interactive map:
Our site:
Utilities:
We were disappointed to discover that the Dragonfly Cafe & Bakery was closed down, having enjoyed their food during previous stays:
Tiny homes:
Other sites:
See our previous visit and the one before that for lots more pictures.
We enjoyed our stay here, and would definitely stay again in the future.
