Forest Road 29 Dispersed Camping

As of 8/30/22, to get there you'll need to take Mary Clark rd which is about 7 miles east of where the GPS takes you. They are doing some sort of construction which is blocking the direct path to get there.
We ended up staying at bear creek which is just down the road, need to have a smaller sized rig though (probably under 25 ft trailer)

We were never alone, but there were much fewer campers during the week. There was a mix of tent campers and all kinds of RVs, as there's room for any size rig. There is a mix of shade and sun, but it it's too shady for your solar, you can continue on Forest Road 29 for a few nights and there is another clearing with much more sun.

It is a great spot to explore the northern and western side of the Olympic Peninsula. We also enjoyed taking our bikes just down the road to the Olympic Discovery Trail - highly recommended. You can fill water jugs at the campground across the highway, just a3 minute drive, at no cost.

Also, don't be deterred by the road closed sign at the entrance - if you read the small print it says that it's closed 18 miles in, so access is no problem.

we came here for a couple days of boondocking after leaving the Forks elks lodge.

when you turn off Hwy 101 and come down past the Trail head sign on the left you turn onto a nice mostly single lane paved road..

you will go appz 1 mile up NF-29 (national forest) road to the camping area on the right.. (there is another turn off before it look for the opening just back from NF road).

When we got here there was a Tenter in the back left area of the opening, a smaller RV in the front left area and during the afternoon a 36ft 5th wheel came in a well.

I estimated there could be some 6 or more units in here is needed..

this put you about 20 mins to Lake Crescent area and the trail heads and a nice bike, Tracks to trails area, as well. The lake and Lodge were very nice and there is a nice hike to some falls.

We did drive on the forest road 29 up a good ways in a 2 wd truck, it goes to the left and turns gravel and in some area a bit narrow with "growth" close to the path. there are some mud holes but for the most part a good road.. we did about 5 miles and turned around as the going in SLOW.. and you are going uphill most of the way.

ATT service NNNNOOOO... nota, zilch, bunpkins, zip..

T-mobile was very good.. getting 1.3 hotspotting off my phone samsung galx 8. so able to stream TV, netflix, amazon prime video etc. with no problem.

Good free camping spot on the peninsula, close to the discovery trail and crescent lake.

There were just a couple of other tent/car campers here when we were Since it was mid week and raining, so it was quiet and secluded. Access was super easy with good paved roads And easy corners and grades the whole way to the field. Leveling our trailer was easy.

It makes a good base for exploring. I wouldn’t camp here just to camp, the trees are pretty, but there are no views beyond this small clearing.

Cell service was strong on Verizon so we could work, including video calls, and stream movies at night. There’s a pay dump station at the boat ramp on the west side of Cresent lake If you need it.

Our main negative other than the Pnw weather was the dog poop everywhere. We tried to clean up our site area as best we could but still managed to track it into the car which was a hassle to clean up.

Please be responsible and clean up after your canines :)

We arrived July 1, 2020. No one here. Secluded but muddy and tore up by 4 wheelers. July 2nd the locals started showing up with high performance Razors. Drunk, loud and obnoxious until all hours of the night. By Saturday July 4th there was not enough room to even park. I counted 12 Razors and almost got run over by 1 during the day. They went out on daytime and nighttime runs honking the horns on the way out and back in. This is a once a month event for some of them. We are never going back there. Don't bring the kids because they'll learn new swear words and possibly get run over.