Nason Creek Campground

We love this campground. There is a little noise from the highway and state park road but there are plenty of shady spots and a 10ish minute walk to the lake via the state park.

Site 46 is wonderful. Large open area (enough trees for shade) is great if you have a dog or children. It is adjacent to a creek access point. Close to bathroom, dumpster, and water. The state park road does run along it but if you don't mind a little car noise I'd definitely recommend this site.

This campground is split across Nason Creek with 2 loops south of it, and 2 loops north of it. Much of it is by reservation, but a few sites are kept as first come-first serve. The sites must be vacated by noon, so if you are looking to drive by and pick one up without a reservation, it would be best to show up in the morning to see which sites are opening up, and be ready to swoop in when the campsite is vacated.

Once taking a first come-first serve site, you have 30 minutes to register at the entrance with an envelope and check or cash, leaving it in a drop box. There were no pencils here so bring your own.

The sites have toilets stocked with toilet paper, and a sink with a hand dryer. Ours did not have any soap in it, so bring your own. The restrooms I saw were more or less single occupancy, but no locks on the doors. The toilet is in a stall for privacy, but the sink is available for someone else to use.

On the northern most loop, there is a nice little hiking trail that splits off several times, leading to different areas of Lake Wenatchee State Park, including a trail following the Wenatchee River to the boat launch, or towards the lake, or to a nearby horse riding stable (http://www.icicleoutfitters.com/daytrips.html). The trail is shaded by trees, but they are sparse enough to give good visibility in all directions and to let enough sunlight in.

If hiking isn't your thing, you can drive to Lake Wenatchee State Park instead. Parking requires a Discover Pass, and is limited so don't expect to get a parking spot in the middle of the day.

How quiet a campground is often depends on your neighbors, and that is mostly luck of the draw. However some campgrounds are built near noisy things, or don't have enough tree barrier to insulate. The northern-most loop is right on Cedar Brae road. For the most part, I didn't notice the cars going by - it was background noise - and the traffic was much lower during the night. There were a few big rig trucks driving by, seemingly intentionally, causing as much noise as possible, as well as some motorcycle riders also not being respectful with their noise.

Compared to Lake Wenatchee State Park, I got better cell reception here. On TMobile with an iPhone X, I would consistently get 1 bar of LTE which was enough to stay in touch, upload photos, and browse websites, albeit a little slowly. In LWSP, I could only get 1 bar 4G and occasionally no reception.

This is a great spot with some really pretty scenery at the campground and a short walk away. Leavenworth is about 18 miles away and the wonderful hiking in the Icicle River Valley is less than half an hour away. Closer to home, the park is walking distance to Lake Wenatchee State Park.

There are several loops, one is for tents only, the loop on the left as you turn off the main road is most suitable for RVs. We snagged a beautiful site that backed up to the creek. My only complaint is that in a lot of cases they have two sites next to each other. A double spot is fine is you are traveling in pairs, but for people like us on our own, it could get a little cozy! Fortunately our neighbor site was empty for most of our stay and our seating area was huge that we didn't feel crowded, but if a family had rolled in there I think we would have felt differently.

There is fresh water here, trash and aluminum recycling. No dump station but there is one a couple of miles away on highway 2. We did have good Verizon service here, without boosting.

We are suckers for a European style town and we loved the cheesy touristy feel of Leavenworth. Although the weekday visit was much more preferable to the quick stop we made on Saturday.