Smithfield Campground

This place is a hidden gem. I didn’t realize how much tree cover his place has. Most all of the campsites are right next to the river. I’m sure it’s busy on the weekends, but go during the day and you will have the mountain to yourself. The official campsite will cost you $20 which gives you a concrete pad with a table and access to all toilets. Not worth it to me. Just head across the river and Drive East. The furthest campsite is only 2 miles of equating to about a 15 minute drive. Most campsites have fire pits dug out with Rock and some have rings. Best of all it is free. Bring your water filter and you will never run out of water. The dirt road is accessible via any 2 Wheel Dr. vehicle.

The campground was closed. We took the side road up to the trial. Colors were awesome.

We don’t recommend this place. It’s horrible access to the trail for hiking, you have to be prepared to interrupt privacy or be interrupted on, the trail is by the last site so all hikers were going through our site in the middle of the picnic table and fire ring and the our tent (0 privacy) we payed $25 for it and not water for kitchen use, space just for 1 tent, dirty toilets and you have to take a 5 minutes in the middle of the night to get the restroom, pack it in and pack it out (not garbage), $10 for extra car. Expensive and nothing accurate on this campground!!!

Beautiful campground situated close enough to town to resupply if needed but just out of cell phone range. Creek runs nearby and was gentle enough for the kids to play in this time of year. Plan your trip here carefully. No drinking water and it was nearly as hot as the valley so you'll want to visit earlier or later in the year to avoid sitting around miserably in the heat. Will accommodate smaller trailers but anything larger than 32' in length will have issues turning around the loop. There is a nice group use area that looked fine for an afternoon outing but didn't look to have accommodations for spending the night. Vault toilets available.

Its a good place. Only problem was site #5 there is a trail and people were literally walking right through the middle of my campsite to walk the trail. Very rude and inconsiderate people. A sign needs to place specifically at this site that if someone is camping here the trail is closed.