Mora Campground

We have all three cell carriers and a pricey antenna system for cell service; usually, if a signal exists, we find it. Couldn't get out a text, and we did walk the campground thinking perhaps it was just our spot. No evidence of the reported strong Verizon LTE. We eventually had to go into Forks if we wanted to check email. Perhaps carrier towers can change? Don't go in counting on getting a cell signal, in spite of the reviews. La Push is still closed due to Covid. Loved the campground itself, clean restrooms, great old-growth forest. We barely squeezed in our site as a 35' fiver so be prepared if you are a larger rig, it may not work for you - there are a few sites in loop D that can handle the larger rigs. Nice and close to the beach but it was jammed packed with people compared to my last visit in 2014.

Stayed 4/30/16.  Located within Olympic National Park.  We discovered this campground was near where Twilight was filmed as well as Rialto Beach which is a sight to see.  There are very few sites that can accommodate larger rigs.  We were there in the shoulder season and all sites were first come first served.  Mid-June through Mid-September the campground is on a reservation system.  It was a nice place to stay and explore the west side of the park. 

Sites can be reserved at recreation.gov (recommended) or first come first serve if you wait at the ranger station hoping for a vacant site. Seniors pay half rate with Golden or Access card. CG was full when we were there. We stayed in site 7 which appeared to be a pull through on the reservation site map with our 25' trailer; got in OK but had to back out due to trees on either side to the site exit so would not recommend for other than something like an R-pod, small pop-ups or tent camping. Site was clean with fire ring and picnic table. There are upgraded flush toilets for each loop. Water was only available at the toilet sites. No electricity or sewer but there is a dump station, fee was $10 or $5 for seniors - not included in the site fee. There was a lot of car traffic through the CG, kids riding bikes and campers walking on roads. Little road noise from the roadway outside the CG. Overall a nice CG for exploring the area and access to the Olympic NP. Although the CG is close to Forks there were no vampires spotted (Twilight series). Due to Covid-19 some tourist sites were closed. We would stay there again.

Our site was surrounded by nature with little sight of our neighbor off to the right. There was street noise during the day but it wasn’t bad. The mosquitoes were bad at sunset but disappeared after the sun set. We loved this campground after staying at Sol Duc for a couple of days this campground was great. At 9 pm every night it became totally quiet. If you are a nature lover and love to tent camp or dry camp I would highly recommend this campground.

Cell phone radiation and sunbeams compete for the most abundant particles to fill the mossy gaps between some pretty substantial Sitka spruce. Rare creatures like bathroom faucets that don’t automatically shut off and firewood bundles for sale out of nearly every private residence just outside the park make their first appearance here, finally, after the long migration through more remote parts of the Olympics further east. Driftwood thick as an elephant and stretching for literal miles, some logs 100’ long on their very own, give the nearby beach the distinguished look of a wise old gentleman while sea stacks behind the waves play a tune reminiscent of Peter and his Lost Boys. By early Autumn the campground is empty well into the evening, never quite filling up unless you’re referring to the abundance of vine and big leaf maples glowing bright red or dull yellow. Five flat loops make for excellent campground bike rides. Back in Forks, the Pizza place next to the Thriftway was the best I’d ever had, a significantly amazing pie which has somehow managed to stay off of the Triple D circuit, a bonus in my book. 9 out of 10 tragedies in this world were caused by Guy Fierri, his hamburger joint in the Cancun airport responsible for more bankruptcies per day than the Great Depression and Mercedes Sprinter payments combined. But, I digress. Just watch out for vampires and know that Sasquatch lives and you should be fine.

Stayed Aug 1-4 over a weekend. During my time there the camp was not “quiet”as other reviewers have noted, but it was...uh, festive, and it did quiet right down at night- which is what counts. And there was a little road noise as well. My site was lovely, in the D section, and the site was very clean, too. the flush bathrooms in the D section were clean inside but not new by any stretch of the imagination. It was the height of summer so there were people all around, which is to be expected. Rialto beach is fantastic, glad I went! One note, the chipmunks and birds are relentless about wanting your food, so heed the camp rules about keeping food in an enclosed vehicle😎

Arrived early afternoon on a Friday, only a handful of sites still available. Within 30 minutes the CG hosts notified the ranger the CG was full. Surprisingly, there were some sites open on Saturday night. Many pull-through sites, loops E and D had the largest but C loop sites were the most private. Very quiet campground. Most sites are pretty level. CG is in a forest of large Sitka spruce and Hemlock. Well maintained. Town of Forks is less than 30 minutes away. Rialto beach is a 1.5 mile drive; walking there not recommended as there is no trail and the road is narrow. Also access to the trails leading to Second and Third Beach is 15 minutes away as well as LaPush.

We loved this campground! Our site allowed us to pull through. It’s a level site close to the bathrooms. The bathrooms were really nice & appeared to be newly renovated. We arrived on a Tuesday afternoon and the campground filled up rather quickly. There were still a few sites available each day though. We bought firewood on the way in. Rialto beach is close by and we took our dog (on leash) to the beach.