Riverside State Park

Riverside is one of my favourite places to camp. Close to town yet you feel so far away.

I am at the Bowl and Pitcher campground. It’s great, bathrooms clean, staff friendly, people quiet, and the campsites are large enough to be comfortable with plenty of level spots for tents. There are only a normal amount of bees. I can hear the River all the time. It sounds so nice. I would definitely return.

Gorgeous park for a hike, picnic and just wander around! You can bring your dogs on leash. Discovery pass is required. Feels like you are miles away from the city without actually living the city. The walks inside the forest is beautiful and the sounds from the river is peaceful.

We arrived at Bowl & Pitcher Campground around 8 PM on a Friday, not having a reservation and were able to get the last tent spot. It cost $ 27. The staff was pleasant. The bathroom was clean & from the time we arrived & smelled freshly cleaned by the time we got up in the morning. The CCC-​style suspension bridge was pretty cool and we did a short easy hike before breaking camp and taken off.

Now that we’ve been here for a few days we have found that things are even worse than what we thought in the beginning. There is a large problem with the rules not being enforced at all. There was a dog fight between large dogs because the leash laws were not enforced. When something was said to the people in charge they said they can only say something to the offenders one time or it’s considered harassment. They would have to wait for the Ranger to come through and nobody has seen him yet. We couldn’t even take our dogs outside to let them go to the bathroom because there were three huge dogs running around off leash.
We finally went to take a shower and sound the facilities absolutely revolting. Not only were they filthy even to the point where there was mold growing around the caulking There was every kind of insect you could possibly think of. We had to choose between one that had Beatles your wigs spiders and ants or the ones that only had a bunch of spiders. There was no one around to ask to take care of these so we did it ourselves. I don’t think I have ever showered so fast in my whole life.
There really is nothing to do here unless you want to swim in the freezing water, unless you have a boat. Or go shopping in town. I can honestly say if I could give this place 0 stars I would .
The positives are the camp host is extremely nice and the view is beautiful.

Spaces too close together and no barriers to separate camp sites. In fact, we are so close that we can hear our neighbor «pass gas» (a.k.a. Fart). So if you enjoy connubial camping and want to get up close and personal with your fellow campers you’ll love thus park. It’s a real gas.

I live in the area, so although I haven’t used the camping facilities, I do ride on horseback through this park a few times a week. The trails range from easy to difficult. If you run into a trail a bit to difficult for you or your horse, just take a different route. Riverside has a 25 mile trail that runs through the entire park, along with miles and miles and miles of trails that branch off from it. Bikes, horses, hikers are all welcome, and they even have a separate off road vehicle (ORV) park.
The bicyclist have all been great with approaching the horses, as we on horseback try to bump off the trail and give them room to pass by safely.
This is not a park to miss.

I stayed at Riverside Nine Mile State Park — this place was really beautiful! It has a nice boat launch and if you get the lower spaces your practically next to the water. It has a full grass area, only water and electrical hook up (no sewer). Great fire pits next to the water and pretty secluded. I’ll be back next year!

Wow! What a wonderful place to camp! We stayed in the Bowl and Pitcher lower campground, right next to the river. Our site was big, with a large landing pad for the RV — good thing since it was my first solo back up spot! Also good that it was quiet (weekday) so I didn’t have spectators for the ol’ back and forth and try, try again.
There is a group camping area at the end, which is set apart from the rest of the camp sites. If it’s empty, it is a fabulous place to sneak in a bit of off-​leash romping for your dog.
If you can avoid views of the water treatment plant, it feels like you’re hundreds of miles from town instead of right in the middle of things.
The only reason I’m docking it a point is the showers — the temperature kept going up and down (mostly down). Since you pay with tokens, you want to try to finish up your shower before you run out. So, there was some definite uncomfortable showering happening.
Still, I’d definitely come back if I was in the area.

Great natural environment. For the resources allocated to the park you would expect more programming and involvement in the community.

Close to the city but some of the best trails in the area. Tons of easy parking, I prefer turning down seven mile road, just after the bridge there is a left turn, it says the road is closed and stuff but it leads to a parking lot with a ton of trails going every direction from it. Great start point for mountain biking, gotta watch for horses on the trails though. Can be as challenging or easy as you want. I go hear at least once a week to get a solid ride in without having to drive to the mountains.

Wow, only one other Unilocal for this place — that’s a crime. Riverside State Park is a jewel of the Lilac City. I mean it’s just a right there close to town. There are tons of cool trails for hiking, running, biking, and dog walking. We parked at the Bowl & Pitcher parking area, and crossed the mighty Spokane on a rope bridge — very cool.
There are also campgrounds, disc golf, regular golf, and even a sewage disposal facility — -I kid about the latter — well, it is nearby, but you don’t really notice it.
This place made me wish I had a mountain bike so I could just rocket up and down the trails. As it was, my friend and our dogs had an awesome time here.

This park is gorgeous. I just went to Bowl and Pitcher over the weekend and it was amazing. There are tons of places to explore, climb and relax.
And if you are a geocacher… there are a ton in this park!
Check it out!