“The rustic charm of an old mining camp”
Lake Sylvia State Park is a quiet, 233-acre camping park with 15,000 feet of freshwater shoreline. The park is an old logging camp in a wooded area halfway between Olympia and the Pacific shore. Aside from the interesting displays of old logging gear and curiosities, the lake is good for fishing, and the rustic charm of the park makes for excellent day outings and group camping trips.
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Verizon 4G
Confirmed by 2 users | Last reported on December 28, 2021AT&T 4G
Confirmed by 2 users | Last reported on December 28, 2021Late April 2016. Be prepared to dry camp here. There are only 4 partial hookups and according to the nice ranger, they are always booked. We were here for a quick place to park the trailer and overnight. We were doing a day trip to the Olympic Peninsula and didn't want to take the trailer. Small campground in the trees on a small lake. Some sites lakeside. One bath/shower which required tokens. Get the tokens before you depart the ranger hut, they aren't available at the bath house. Seemed to be a popular local fishing spot. Very close to town.
Nightly Rate: $28.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 4
This is one of our favorite places we have ever stayed. About half of the sites are right on the lake, with lots of great shade trees.
The site was plenty big enough for us to park the 5th wheel and for my brother and friend to set up a tent with tons of room left over, heck you could put 6 tents on that site :)
While site 23 is rated as "XL Trailer/Motorhome 32ft +" it is right on a turn. It was pretty tricky to get our 35 ft fifth wheel in there and just as tricky to get it out. I am sure some people were unhappy with me as we blocked the road for about 5 minutes while getting ourselves in and out. The pad is 38ft, so even though we rolled the tires back as far as we could there really wasn't room for the truck to park and I had to park it in the overflow parking about 1/4 mile away.
I thought WA's out of state fishing licenses were priced ridiculously so we didn't do any fishing, though I can't think of a better place to cast a line.
This spot was a dry spot, as most were. Since we were there for only two days and the weather was fantastic we stayed outside most of the time and thus didn't even need to run the generator even though the solar didn't get us a full charge. Had we stayed longer I would have had to run the generator for an hour or two to top off batteries.
Verizon was very useable if boosted, AT&T wasn't good at all.
[Actual stay was 6/9/15]
Nightly Rate: $46.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 23
Cell Coverage Rating
AT&T 4G
Loved the location of the campground and the lake itself was beautiful. Easy to walk trails. But there isn’t a lot of privacy between sites.
Nightly Rate: -
Days Stayed: 2
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The wonderful ranger Nick held a spot for us but when we arrived, we decided to check out the bathrooms and showers before nestling in. We were disappointed to find them to be quite dirty and so we moved on to Ocean Shores State Park, just a little bit further on down the road. The other thing we did not like about this park is that you have to go through the town and through a residential neighborhood to get to it; it did not feel like a real getaway
Nightly Rate: $35.00
Days Stayed: -
Site Number: -
It’s true that you have to drive through town and a residential neighborhood to get to this campground, but it is worth it! The Ranger was so nice and helpful and suggested sites that I might like. I picked site seven because it was on the lake. The lake is not the most beautiful that I’ve ever seen but there are geese and ducks on it. I also heard frogs croaking and an owl hooting at night. The park is surrounded by beautiful trees and it has a very secluded feeling and honestly feels like you’re deep in a forest not close to a town. There is a lovely little trail that goes all the way around the lake and is very easy to walk around. It is 1.5 miles the entire trip around. The bathrooms were old but clean. I did not take a shower. You do need to get tokens at the ranger station in front for the shower. I am a solo female traveler and felt very safe here. Cell service was excellent!
Nightly Rate: $25.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 7
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
Nice spots next to lake for fishing. Trail goes around lake and is an easy hike. Bathrooms were clean and was able to dry camp the weekend with my solar helping recharge batteries. Water fill is next to dump station and spots are all well maintained.
Nightly Rate: $30.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: Site next to lake
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
AT&T 4G
Lakeside park that offers about 30 sites with many able to accommodate RVs up to 30 feet. Amenities include a dump station, picnic tables, a boat ramp and restrooms with a couple of trails around to explore.
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Pets Allowed
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Restrooms
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Wifi
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Wheelchair Accessible
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Credit Cards Accepted
- Max Stay
- 10
- Max Length
- 30 ft
- Affiliation
- State park or forest
- Sites Count
- 4
- Last Nightly Rate
- 28.0
- Lowest Nightly Rate
- 25.0
- Back In RV Sites Count
- 20
- Longest Vehicle Length Reported
- 35.0
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Laundry
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Propane
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Showers
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Big Rigs
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Boondock
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Firewood
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Fifty Amp
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Tent Sites
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Cabin Sites
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Full Hookup
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Paved Sites
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Dump Station
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Mobile Homes
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Public Water
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Pull Through
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Reservations
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Sewer Hookup
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Water Hookup
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Potable Water
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Age Restricted
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Rec Facilities
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Dispersed Sites
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Open Seasonally
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Permit Required
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Back In RV Sites
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Group Tent Sites
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Fulltime Residents
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Standard Tent Sites
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Pull Through RV Sites
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Vehicle Wash Permitted
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