Reviews of Brooks Memorial State Park (Park)

David Moore

Fabulous, except for the power lines buzzing all day and all night right above the park.

Ruby Jim

I love it here its nice and clean here also you can have a family picnic....

Brandon H

We camped here for a night. It's a pretty dry place, as expected for the region it's in. The traffic from the busy highway could be heard all night from our tent.

lee glidewell

We've been here several times for the blues music festival that used to be held next door to Brooks Memorial. Had a family reunion here 5 years ago. Great place for group gatherings. Decent showers

Joe Loveland

a beautiful place

Thayne Tuason

Nice place to camp with shady tent sites that is quieter than the Columbia River at least because of the trains along there, but its still close to the highway- which is good or bad depending on how you look at it.

Ken Donaldson

Quiet

Joe Marcotte

Went to a men's gathering here. It was great, everything from the kitchen to the bathrooms was just fine. Ate food and played bocci ball all day. Great place to kick back and have fun.

Keith Johnson

Not the nicest WA state park. HV power lines on one side and Hwy 97 on the other. It's ok for a night on your way somewhere.

Sandra Gonzales

My fiance and I love stopping here. Amazing scenery. God is good. We are blessed to live in WA. Love our 4 seasons.

Ginnie Toney

Great place to stop for a break.

Kurt Luther

A really nice place to stop on highway 97. It's attractive and there is a nice hiking trail behind the shelter.

Tyrone Phillips

Aside from no phone service this would be my favorite place in the mountains and cool at night

jim boynton

Quite , peaceful

dawn becker

Fun

Jonathan Zack

This is a great memorial to our vets and their families. Great place for picnics pictures and looks like stone henge. Clean definitely worth a stop.

Mike Shepherd

Nice park well kept, good size spaces and especially the camp host Jim was very helpful and keeps orderly Park.

Reno Black

Great place to do all your outdoor activities.

Kathi Thomas

Quiet peaceful

Chuck'N'Jo Bledsoe

Very crowded, not all campsites are level

Robert Donaldson

Very nice small, State Park. Very friendly.

Nils Janson

Clean and well maintained camp sites. We used one of the drive-in tent sites. That the site is so close to 97 makes it loud as trucks roll by all times of the day.

Charles Bird

Love this place

Kimberly Pritchard

Love it. 15minutes free parking without a pass.

Michael Pommer

Decent little park with camping at the top of Satus pass

Carl Fry

Nice place to stop and rest

K Mathison

Great camp ground and rest stop

Doug DeFord

Lovely quiet campground. $45 per night is outrageous.

David Casey

NA men's gathering was a very spiritual experience

Michelle Nicholson

This park is easy to find right off hwy 97. There is a tiny gate house that appears unused, we had to self register at a pay station. There was a park host right at the entrance to the campground with a small store that was closed. The full-service sites were side-by-side with no privacy. The non-service sites were located in the forest on twisty, narrow, rough dirt roads that do not accommodate anything bigger than a small tent trailer. There is additional tent camping very close to the hwy with lots of road noise. There are high power lines running directly over the full-service campsites. The air hums with electricity. The playground was an old set of swings hidden in the woods. The butterfly garden was an overgrown weed patch. There are lots of trees and a large field of green grass. There are lots of hiking trails, but the maps provided are poor quality and the trails heads do not provide any information. The restroom in the campground area is clean but the restroom in the day use area near the hwy stinks. Drive past this one.

Freddy Bautista

Nice place to hang out with the family

Solofemalehiker35

Visited here on 4/15/19, hiked 5.4 miles on the Brooks nature trail. It was on my way home from ancient lakes. I was checking out the camp and stopped to ask the camp host if there was any hiking trails in the area. The camp host was very friendly and gave great directions and a map. The hiking trails are across the street from the campground. They are mostly all old roads, so nice and wide. All the trails on the top are muddy, slippery and waterlogged right now. Hiked 5.4 miles. Very beautiful area.

shawnee aune

Nice place but to much freeway nice.....

Robert Shafer

Camping areas are clean and well kept with both tent and camper camping.

Faith Johnson

Beautiful

Deitrich Reiter

Lotta fun. Got hailed outta my tent though.

Jo Bledsoe

To crowded for us. Also tent spot was sloped. An improvement would be to take out every other tent spot and make additional spaces in a new area. Lots of birds!

C. Filsinger

Really wanted to like this place and was looking forward to exploring the area. Unfortunately the reservation website does not list enough details to make an educated choice about sites for your needs. I have a small tent trailer, and reserved spot 30, which is basically a walk in tent site (you cannot tell that from the website description or pictures ). For those thinking about camping here, if the reservation system says 1 tent, assume there is no place for your car. Because it was a Thursday night, we took an open unreserved spot, and then left on Friday to find a different location to camp (ended up at Mt. Adams). The traffic noise was really horrible and didn't quiet down until the wee hours. The park host volunteer was not able to answer any questions about reservations or spots that were open (he was nice, just no help). The cost for the site ($38 per night) and the extra fee for out of state campers means we won't return. On the upside the bathrooms were clean and the nearby St. John's Monastery bakery has fantastic food (best baklava I've ever had).

Kat Yauger

It was a beautiful place but we tried to eat a picnic lunch there and the yellow jackets were so bad we had to eat in the car.

Journako

Love it there

Thomas Johnson

Pretty much your typical State Park camping. We arrived late at night from our road trip, so we didn't really get an idea of what everything looked like in the dark. The first spot we chose turned out to be right next to a major road, with semi-trucks and cars flying past frequently. We moved to another spot, next to a small creek which fortunately helped mask the noise from the road. Apparently these spots cost an extra $5-10, don't recall exactly. The grounds were completely empty, except us. Not horrible, but the sites were a little too close to one another for my liking, and the major road noise.

Walt Griese

Love nature.....

Alicia Shoddy

Best place to camp it's worry and the kids love the field and toys hot showers make it a win win

Katie Burton

I wanted to like this place. The water in the shower got hot, the disc golf course was really fun. But if you have any issues or questions with your reservation, good luck! The host doesn't know anything and is quick to say so and offer nothing. The park rangers were pretty non existent and there is no "yellow phone" like at other state parks. The spot we were at (27, don't pick it!) had the road on 3 sides and was on a hill. We had to shim the picnic table because everything kept sliding off. Plus the road noise.... all night. Maybe if you're in a pinch stay there for one night but I wouldn't stay for longer.

Keith Jessie Steele

.We are on the cabin side with a large grassy area in front of the lodge the leads down to the little Klickitat river. It is beautiful here.

Tammy Broadie

Good place

Sara Luna

Loved coming here when I was a child, but sense the fire its not the same, it still is a great place to come through, always see wildlife

Annetta Strickland

Rest area

Dale Jones

The camp host was a hoot Fire ban in effect Had a good shower there

John Thomas

Lions Tigers and Bears

Rob Chipman

Nice campground. Decent sized spaces, full hookups, funny host.

John Andrews

$35 and pay showers. Oregon SP. Are $22 and no pay showers. Quite camp ground off hiway.

Mark Selle

Beautiful lunch stop. We also appreciated being able to use the dump station.

Coltchar3260 Be a beast

Really beautiful amd the disc golf course though Jimmy rigged was cool

Richard Lampert

My family and I enjoy the park. Good rv spaces.

Angela Johnson

Absolutely love attending retreats here! Thank you Brooks Memorial!

Adam Blagg

Love the simple sites and nice people

Philip Andrews

Nice park. Campground Host is very nice.

Airyn S.

Beautiful spot with some nice trails to take the family to relax unplugged.

Laura Costanzo

I forgot to pack my mattress and we got there too late to drive to the Dalles. The camp host was amazing and found me a sleeping pad to use. Sites were well kept, facilities clean and well stocked. Rangers were friendly as they did their rounds. We were on the back loop (40-45) so there was some road noise, but it was just white noise. There were bees, so I would bring something to help control them since they seen to be attracted to the meets vs sugars.

D. l. Zarb

Quick stop to stretch legs and cool off