Cascade Locks-Portland East KOA

Cascade locks is a cute town! We stayed here 1 night as we were passing through. We had a clean site, good space, bathrooms, showers and laundry. There is a fish market in the town and 2 breweries. We would stay here again! We were not KOA members and we paid $50 for 1 night. The tall trees were beautiful and they also had small cabins there to stay in as well. Cute little store at the camp site where you check in for souvenirs and had a few grocery items as well. There is a store in town there too. It was beautiful here and we would stay again. The train others talked about is not bad at all and wouldn’t keep us from staying there again. They have a small dog area to take them off leash and a small play ground if you have kids.

The large trees gives you the appearance that your camping in the forest, until the train comes by. The sites are more spacious than other KOA campgrounds. About every hour or two a freight train makes a visit at all hours of the day and night. Our usual campground in the gorge away from the train tracks and highway was full so we ended up here. For one to two nights we would stay here again in a pull thru site and lose a little sleep.

- Site was a pull through full hookup. Grass/dirt site but some sites are paved. Fairly level. Feels woodsy and peaceful.
- Clean and well-maintained.
- Staff were very nice and accommodating.
- Wifi: Really good for KOA wifi. Good for light computer work.
- AT&T and Verizon coverage was good enough for us to work (heavy digital/data job needed)
- Laundry facilities were clean and in good condition.
- We did not use the pool or jacuzzi but folks seem to have lots of good things to say about them.
- Campground store had lots of helpful stuff and small RV maintenance needs.

We stayed at Cascade Locks KOA from June 25-28, 2021 We were late booking so had to camp in a 30 amp pull-thru site. The site we stayed in was not very level so be sure to bring your legos to assist in leveling. The park is older but is run very well. There is a large selection of sites including pull-thru, back-in, tents, and cabins. Our site had cable hookup for tv. We did not have much luck with the WiFi, however. There is also a nice pool and a great gift shop which we used to pick up a few supplies and ice cream 😬. There is a train that runs along the back of the campground which can be loud if your site is close by. The train noise did not bother us in the center of the park where we were. All in all, a nice Oregon park off interstate 84 by the Columbia Gorge. If you have kids they will have a ball.

Nice little wooded campground in a mixed maple/pine grove. Mostly dirt outside of the poured pads. Decent sized sites for a KOA. Unfortunately it is only separated from the train tracks by a blackberry briar. Be prepared for the trains to come through 6-7x a night and every hour during the day. They will honk the horn the entire way past the campground. You will not sleep!!

Price reflects FHU, 30 amp back-in site with KOA points discount. Nice, large shaded site. Quiet and pleasant until the 'weekend warriors' rolled in. Excessive dog barking, kids running through sites, everyone's rig lit up...and the trains. (We don't mind trains too much but you should be aware the track runs right behind the campground.) Laundry was large and clean. Cable TV was great but wi-fi was pretty much worthless. AT&T was poor but glad we had redundancy with Verizon at 4 bars. Might stay again some day but in the off season.

Have a 32 foot bumper pull and no issues navigating through to our spot. It is a couple of miles from the freeway and I found that to be a great thing. Less noise I hoped. The trains go by every couple of hours so if your into freight trains you will love this place. The rest of us will grow tired of the train whistles going off about every 2 hours. Just bring ear plugs. It is a nice park with lots of trees.

I little more off the road than I hoped, as we were just looking for a spot to stay on our way home. it worked well for our needs... seems like a nice campground. Didn't realize we were so close to the tracks, and these are busy tracks with trains coming by multiple times per day/night. I didn't notice them much and wife didn't hear them at all once we were asleep... but I would avoid the back rows if possible, as they are closest to the tracks... it appears to me, they fill the campground from furthest to closest first anyways as that end had hardly anyone.

Running the AC Fan all night helps, can't hear the trains from our spot.

Real campfire spots is nice. We stayed the night, and moved on... does show having a pool and hot tub. Everything was closed when we were here due to COVID-19.

Cable was currently out (listed on their info sheet at checkin)

Wi-Fi didn't work... I was able to connect, but couldn't get any where once connected..