Reviews of Schafer State Park (Park)

Brad Hall

Love the outdoors

Donna Benn

Great place to camp bring swimsuits lifejackets by the river don't take reservations

Jacob Dean

The area is beautiful but the bathrooms are not really taking care of.

Grays Harbor Digger

Love this park for day trips

Steven Walton

Nice little park.

Volk Revel

Great place to take small children and play in the water. It's usually pretty cool but the water is shallow in most places

Chris West Burdine

This place is great super clean quiet and so much to explore

Jennifer Calahan

A beautiful place to walk to and swim or fish

Terri Jerome

We go thete every labor day for a family reunion

Kathi Gillespie

Schafer Park is a nice,neat and well organized park. The maintenance is very evident. I don't think that tent campers and RV campers should be charged basically the same price for spaces. Tent camping doesn't utilize electricity or water at the rate or volume an RV rig does. The bathroom facility was adequate, certainly not outstanding. The actual distance between sites is small and affords little to no privacy for tent campers.

M Tote

Nice little campsite, fun swimming and hiking trails

Nick Salzwedel

Great river to venture and fish in

Dave Shafer

Very nice park. You can walk a trail to the river, sit in a lawn chair and soak your feet!

george seery jr

A nice little park. Be sure to check out the dedication at the entrance.

William White

It is a beautiful place can't wait to go camping there

Katie DeGregg

Schafer state park is absolutely beautiful. It is a very nice place to stay

roger n linda elmandolar

Peaceful

TruNameless42

Very nice spot. That's it. Just one spot. But it is very pretty.

Robert Archer

During my very short stay, the park looked quite nice, nothing out of the ordinary

K2gd

Good campground, great trails, good privacy for some spots. Restrooms are a bit rough.

Radio Santidad USA

(Translated by Google) The water is very clean (Original) El agua está muy limpia

Louis Dassow

Great place to go fishing or maybe a walk

Tom Isenhart

Absolute serenity at it's finest. Had a perfect three days, then some drunks moved in two sites down from ours. Nobody on staff at 03:00 to report this to, so got little sleep. Wish the parks were like they used to be.

Judith Barton

Very quiet (Tuesday - Wednesday). Older bath facilities but clean. Close to river. Sites are good size

gijoew1

Great time! Nice park. River was nice.

Shelby Stanford

Nice place for lunch

JB Karls

Beautiful park. Nice camping area, easy fishing and play access to river. Nice little hidden gem

Maria L Perez

Close quarters but the beauty makes it worth it.

Jon Pulicicchio

Pay to park there

Joe A

Very expensive for what it offers.

Dawn Appelberg

Our secret hideaway! No I won't tell you the campsite...it's amazing.

Mark Revel

Nice place

Edward Iosbaker

Peaceful and serene, with plenty to do and friendly staffing!

Monica Nerney

My pups first swimming day! Had a blast.

Daniel Ayres

Great place for a picnic, camping, or just a nice walk through the forest.

Anton Vetter

Great camp grounds

Jarrod Landsberger

Loved it... Beautiful area... Not to far off the beaten path.

Enlightened Living RV Adventures

Great half mile loops over the bridge from the park. My kids learned that they love throwing rocks in water there.

Michael Johnson

Great quick get away from Tacoma with good sites and facilities. The river is great to lounge in as well

Will Le' Vering

Great place to swim and camp.

Jason Hale

This place rocks spots are pretty private great river to fish almost all yr the trees are amazing in the park bring a Camara to capture it

Kristy Southard

Nice campground! Have several first come first serve camp spots!

Kyle Wiley

Wish they could make more camping spots

Michael Luper

Great park, very nice camping sites.

Joe Malek

Love it

Daniel Dose

Have all sorts of family outings here.

Matt Sexsmith

Beautiful park!

pastora hernanadez Barbee

This is a very good spot to go camping. The campsites are huge and shaded. My favorite part were the bathrooms they have a hot shower! I had to shower after a 2 hours hike around the area. All you need is a token that you buy at the entrance. My family and I had a great time! Plus the creek that runs around...it was wonderful

Jenny Smith-Ferrin

There are some great tent sites located all around this campsite. If you have a larger camper or RV, you are limited to the front/main area with water and electric hook up’s in a more open space. There is only one bathroom/shower for the entire park which can get quite busy. Nice 1 mile walking loop across the street and fishing seems popular here. Overall, had a fun time and the area is beautiful with thick trees. Elma is only 20 minutes away if you need any groceries and Aberdeen is another 15 minute drive. There is no cell reception! We did drive into Elma once a day to make phone calls to teen kids who stayed home because of summer jobs.

Shan Phone

Facility need to be improved need to have drainage for a hookup

Christian Ferrin

Nice park, my dog and I loved hanging in the river.

Cassandra Martinez

I love the staff!

Sherry Rocks

Beautiful relaxing i suggest

Shawn Quorp

Nice place to camp, and fish, good place for gatherings or picnics.

Michael Chappell

Awesome vamp site. I took my boys about half a mile up the river and we put our tubes in the water and floated down about 3 miles. Took about 2 hours. Not for little kids though.

Darcie Turner

Always a great place to camp.

Barry Lovato

Nice quiet small camp ground, clean, I would recommend Schafer state park

rhonda froehlich

Quiet and beautiful great fishing.

rick dean

Cub scout camp out Great place

Charlotte Coryell

Had a great time at our cubscout camping trip we stayed in thee group site it was awesome. Only problem is the bathrooms were locked the entire fiirst day so we had to walk across the park to get to bathrooms we could use.

Star Shine

Great park for day trips or overnight camping... Beautiful area secluded where the wifi and cell phones dont work! Great way to get back to spending time with ppl in real life instead of staring at our electronic devices;)

Patrick Yates

This is a great state park that can get a little crowded. It's beautiful, with a camp store that usually had almost anything you need. People bring their dogs, and tend to forget state law about leashes. I'd stay here again, but you have to book your spot wicked early in the year, it's popular!

zhiguo li

Went there for a group camping. Site is ok for group camping, individual camping site seems much better. Quiet place for a good sleep. One hour's drive to the shore. Restroom is not very clean though, but it's camping site, so.

Creighton Chaney

Beautiful setting

Rick Cross

Best for hunting and fishing, pretty rough, needs a lot of work, to be clean place for a family .

Pamela Tetreault

Went fishing with my husband. Beautiful views. There was some climbing involves to get down to the area of the river we were fishing at.

J Miller

Beautiful

james moore

Nice place to picnic hike fish swim

Rhonda Elvin

One of my favorite places...we were almost the only people there.

Michael Kipp

We are rebuilding two Historical structures. Two kitchen shelters. Great little park!

Teri Thompson

We stayed here last night of a 10 day camping trip. We reserved a site on-line the week before so the selection of sites were some what limited. We selected #19 which was a large site with lots of shade and a trial that lead to the rivers bank, not really anywhere to sit along the bank or play in the water from this trail, but it was still nice to walk to the river from the campsite. The main campground in the parking lot area has an area to sit by the river, the only problem is that you feel like you are intruding on someones camp area even though these sites are about 20ft back. We opted to walk across the street to the park area where you can sit on a nice sandy beach and wade in the river, it would even be a great place to put a small raft in and float back down to the campground. We don't have little ones anymore so I am not sure if there was a playground or not. We have a camper so no need for a tent, but there would be plenty of room in this site to put one up and then some. the ground is pretty rocky so a blow up mattress would be good if tenting. this site was a little more secluded than the others seem to be and with only one other campsite next to us, it was pretty private. The other sites in the front of the campground are all pretty much open space, no tree or shrubs for privacy. I think the best sites for privacy are 19, 20, 21 and 22 The restroom was small with one bathroom and one shower (.50 for 3 or 5 min ? ) not sure if there was electrical plug-ins for drying you hair or not, but they seems to be clean for a public bathroom. The host at the time we stayed here was one of the best camp host I think we have ever encountered, friendly and very helpful with information, meet us just as we drove in to the campground to welcome us, VERY FRIENDLY!!! We would stay here again.

austin anderson

Very rocky

Donna Homan

Awesome park

Pamela Cooper

Nice river walks and camping area.

Mike Ferreira

Hidden jem ..

Arnold Hampton

Grass not mowed, leaves from last fall still in sites. Campstore not open. Friends said they have been camping there said nobody checked them in they just pulled into the site. Another friend stated they pulled in and the park staff just came up and was worried about extra vehicles and did not check them in. Screws sticking through stall walls a major safety issue.

beverly dunlap

Love this place ,off season good quiet

Tony council

Nice and peaceful. The wilderness sounds awesome!

north star adventures

Run down and unattended

Thomas Hammond

We love Schafer! We keep coming back year after year. One of the oldest parks in the state. It's off the beaten path, but it's well loved.

Matt Wilson

Nice place to play in the river on a hot summer day.

Yvette Roberge

My favorite camp ground for 25 years.

Kris Bailey

Love this place! Summer is noisy with lots of kids and barking dogs, but it’s beautiful and fun. Going off season is best!

Adam Parent

Booked a reservation online to find the park was actually closed. Drove 150 miles to a locked gate. Not happy at all.

Dave Mclendon

Nice place. Small but nice

SherryLu McMahon

Friendly, right on the river

D. l. Zarb

Quick stop for the pup to sniff around. Campground closed for season. Construction on kitchen areas.. Hiking trails and tables.

Joe Gibson

Beautiful place to visit in the fall. If you go please keep it clean.

Jack LaFountain

Can hardly wait to go back

Garnet Sprehe

We were hoping for a spot to easily get to the river and found only a couple of areas like that. Both already had the areas basically full. Needs more easy river access. Campsites are close to each other, although we didn't stay. It is quaint and at least has flushing toilets.