Goodell Creek Campground + Group Sites

We had an annual multi-family camping (5 families - 12 kids) trip at the Lower Goodell Group campsite B. At $50/night I consider this place a steal! The individual campsites were pretty large, private and have tent pads approx 10'x10' which wasn't quite big enough for our ginormous 10 person tent. Each campsite has a fire pit. There is a very nice shelter and group fire pit. Site B is at the end of the road and has a very spacious common area that the campsites are situated around the perimeter of and which the kids were able to ride there bikes in. There is no potable water at the site, so you will have to bring in all drinking water. There is a vault toilet that was quite clean and well maintained. Goodell Creek was flowing very well and was a bit noisy, but quickly became white noise. There is not good access to the creek for swimming for the kiddos, but I imagine adults could manage assuming that they can take the cold water.

There is no designated hiking directly from the campsite, but it is very close to the North Cascades Visitor Center and the town of Newhalem which have nice, easy kid friendly trails. It is about a 20 min drive to Colonial Creek Campground and the trail heads for Thunder Creek and Thunder Knob.

Overall I thought it was a great site for our group!