Camping at Lake Kachess. Best camping in Washington State!
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- This video is about our trip to lake Kachess & our kayaking trip at Lake Kachess in July 2020.
Are you looking for the best RV camping in Washington State? You will like Lake Kachess day use.
Kachess Lake in Washington State. Kachess Lake is a lake and reservoir along the course of the Kachess River in Washington state, US. The upper part of the lake, north of a narrows, is called Little Kachess Lake. The Kachess River flows into the lake from the north, and out from the south.
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I camped at the waterfalls on the north end of the lake solo for 3 nights. Very cool lake.
HA! FAST FORWARD to August 2022. "IF" I'm correct...there are 3 camping sites in the park itself. There are 150 dispersed sites around the lake (some of which are beautiful).
We actually had a pleasant 1.5 drive from N. Seattle on a Friday evening during rush hour traffic.
The campground was full, despite there looking like way more than 3 camp sites (I guess this could have been day-use parking.)
Great boat launch & beautiful Lake.
Most disappointing was the fact that we spent another 5 hours of drive time trying to access a flat camping spot on the lake (without having to hike our gear down a steep cliff to the beach.)
Now...if there was a way down we would have found it because we did some "gnarly" off-roading through a tiny trail that wouldn't welcome a dirt bike let alone a 4WD Toyota Tacoma.
Trust-Me, we had the truck sideways between two trees and my partner was making guttural noises & I had accepted our fate that we were going to roll the truck & be stuck 🙃 or dead or both😑!
We made our way back to the best camp site in the dispersed area that we checked out in the daylight hours before but...it was taken.
Luckily for us there was one last spot that nobody was in because it was "Just Dirt" (that's a nod to a Seattle band years ago with the same name!"
We camped next to some young polite gentlemen who were quiet Friday night.
There was a 30° Temperature Drop & we woke to heavy rain the next day. Some very nice Forest service guys came & distinguished our camp fire for us as "there's a big fine & the sheriff will be driving through & handing out tickets & we want to save you the hassle"
We found out the next day there's a burn ban & $5,000 fine. FIVE GRAND Y'All!
Saturday "Singing Sorority Sisters" showed up. They matched the "cat-calls & Coyote-Boys" howling across the river & it was a cackle-fest.
Our polite young campers had friends join them & it was a $hit-Show with Mr. Loud & his repetitive ridiculous words uttered over & over until 3am when my partner sat up & said "That's-IT, I'm going to tell them" I cut him off & said "Nothing, You're not going to tell them anything, there's one of you & a bunch of them.
Sunday we woke to Sun & drove to Lk. Cle Elum & hung out in Cle Elum beforehand & had a nice lunch.
Our camping trip was a lot of hard work to spend on a sunny flat area around Lk. Kachess because most of the "influencers" posting a delightful scene on a Lake Oasis did it during the pandemic lock-down.
You're not going to find a serene camp site on a weekend in the summer
unless you reserve one months in advance or get there way early OR own a house on the Lake.
The stars & milky way on a clear night was worth the trip.
Good luck & Be Nice to EVERYONE!
Sorry for your experience, and it's true- it's very difficult to find a spot there unless booked 6 months in advance. Usually, we do booking in advance. We went twice this year. Book a campsite by the lake- takes an afford to plan 6 months ahead minimum. The best sites are 123, 126, 128, and134. Also, we spend many nights on Island and the area called- Little Lake Kachess. It's not a camping side there, just wilderness. I'm not sure if is it possible now, but a few years ago- we were able to tell the ranger, as we going to leave our SUV in a parking lot for a few days and paid $10/ night. Then we use our double Kayak to load all our tents, grill, and coolers and we peddle up a Little Katchess area and pick the available shore or side of the Island where no people. We like privacy, and only possible if you stay away from the campground and people. We were able to stay outside of the campground, at least 10 times, and enjoy empty shores, clean water, and only our friend's company. Someone told me as the park was sold, and they were not allowed to do this recently (but I'm not sure), but a few years ago was totally fine! You have to talk to the ranger if is it still possible. It takes an afford to camp without people nowadays.
@@TheOlegGroup No worries! It was a memorable camping weekend & even though we were prepared bringing everything but the kitchen sink...we forgot to bring oars for the Kyaks & (most importantly) a map.
Even though we're from the area we don't know the ins & outs of Lk. Kachess.
Next time we'll be more prepared & we'll go during the week!
Great video & Thanks for replying!
Снимаете красивую природу. Спасибо
Спасибо!
Very nice Oleg !!
Thank you, Mike!
Lovely photos. Where did you camp?
We camp on Island
Where do you over night park?
@@SeanNay they have an actual campground by the lake
@@SeanNay We told the ranger as we going to the Islan overnight and paid $10/ night to park our vehicle in a campground.
Where is a good place to over night park? While paddling to camp.
They have a campground ⛺️ by the lake
Campground is very large but you need to do reservation ahead, literally 4-5 months ahead as very popular. Another option is to camp on Island, only you have to park overnight your car nearby. Before we was able to arrange with park workers to pay for one car for overnight parking and keep car on a parking lot by the ramp.
Thank you for info