![]() One of our group found a nice place for a tent up by the table/fire pit area. The picnic table and fire pit are uphill a little from the driveway, but it was all shade and very pleasant in the hot weather. The camp hosts this summer are very nice and helpful. It was tight but it worked! The extra vehicles checked in and paid the "Extra Vehicle" fee of $9 per night. This campsite is a pull through and we were able to fit a truck/camper (with the camper removed), our camper van and a BMW sedan on the pavement. We camped here at the Cold Water Cover Campground (a forest service campground, ) in campsite #6 in mid-July 2023. I’d definitely stop in again for another explore next time I’m around! Lots to explore and I feel like one visit definitely wasn’t enough to take it all in. Tickets are very reasonably priced, it’s easy to find, and there’s plenty of parking and clean bathrooms. There’s a lot to see before you even get inside - there are several displays on the grounds of giant anchors and propellers- and there’s an active Coast Guard ship docked out back. And they even have an awesome exhibit on the locally famous Peter Iredale shipwreck- complete with pictures of the ruins from over the years, all the way back to the early 1900s! They even have a life-size display of one of those Coast Guard ships doing one of their crazy rescues! You can also explore the Columbia Lightship on the water behind the museum - a floating lighthouse. It’s crazy how many shipwrecks there are along the Columbia River bar. So much fascinating history and info - and very nicely organized and displayed. I learned about it from a show on the weather channel many years ago about the harrowing Coast Guard rescues on this most treacherous stretch of water. I’ve long been fascinated by the Columbia River bar - ever since I first heard its nickname “Graveyard of the Pacific”.
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