Howonquet Village and Resort

This place has gone through an ownership change and is no longer the Salmon Harbor Resort. It’s now called Howonquet (Xaa-wan'-k'wvt) Village & Resort.

Some friends of ours stay here a couple of months each summer to fish and enjoy the ocean weather.

Despite new ownership supposedly going through a renovation process, this is a very old and tired looking rv park. You have to drive through permanent trailers and mobile homes to get to the over night areas. Spaces are tight and crowded when we were there. Bathrooms and showers however were surprisingly clean and well maintained.

The light at the end of the tunnel is about a half dozen still usable spots at the very end, away from the main rv area, and right along the mouth of Smith River. Rough. Ours was not level at all and was tricky to get ourselves situated even with our little 16’ travel trailer. No sewer hook ups on these sites but the electricity and water worked. Also lots of foot traffic as many people make their way down from the main rv sites (and mobile home park?) to enjoy fishing and walking on the beach. But camping right above the water was pretty damn nice. Fresh ocean air, river otters, seals, birds, and we grilled fresh salmon our buddy caught just a couple hundred away from our campsite. Turned out to be a nice 3 days and as long as we can get the spot on the water again, we would come back.

We stayed here one night on our way home from Oregon. The beach spots are absolutely gorgeous. You can only stay on them if you are under 28 feet as it is very tight to get down there. Water and electric only. But totally worth it. Would not stay here if not on the beach. The rest of the campground is a little run down. The staff was very friendly.

We'd made a reservation (sight unseen) to stay here for a week so we could enjoy the local sights. But when we arrived we saw that the park is completely run down; deep potholes, bad wiring, lots of run-down trailers and campers with full-timers. After walking through the park we told the front office that we changed our minds, thanked them, and kept on driving south. Really sad because the location is lovely. Normal fee is $36 per night, but it's $18 through PA.