Park Review- Mount Hood Village RV Resort (Welches, OR)

Thousand Trails  
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Address:   65000 E. Hwy 26, Welches, OR 97067
Phone:   (530) 622-4011
Website:  https://rvonthego.com/oregon/mt-hood-village-rv-resort/
# of sites:  382 (plus two new loops)
​Full hookup price:  From $82 per night
Open:  Year round
Rating:   4 out of 5 stars
​Warnings:  Many sites have no sewer hookups

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Mount Hood is a popular lone mountain that rises far above its surroundings.  There are several of these dormant volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest, including Mounts Rainier and Adams in Washington State and Jefferson, Three Sisters and Newberry in Oregon.  Mount Hood Village RV Resort sits about 15 miles from Government Camp at the base of Mount Hood, the view of which is spectacular from the highway.  The resort is also only 25 miles from Gresham, a suburb of Portland, where all the resources of a big city are available.

Pros:
This park opened in 1984 and has the reputation of being one of the foremost RV campgrounds in the Pacific Northwest.  Most of the camping loops are beneath a forest canopy and the new loops that just opened are wide spaces with a clear view of the sky.  These new loops have all full-hookup sites. The park is pet-friendly and well-maintained.

Developed for large family gatherings, they have all of the expected amenities of a top-notch resort, including a clubhouse, laundry, game and billiards room, on-site restaurant/bakery, indoor and outdoor pools with spa, and many more.  Most sites are spacious and the park is open year-round.  The people I met that are full-time residents tell me that there are few days of snow in the winter, and the temperatures are mild in the hot and cold seasons.  They also offer yurts and cabins for rent and the yurts nearby our site were full nearly every day we were there.

There are hiking trails around the resort, but it sits adjacent to the Wildwood Recreation Site and Nature Preserve.  Not only are campers encouraged to hike the 3/4-mile trail to Wildwood, but those that do are given free access the the state recreation area.

One of the advantages in this resort's location among several national forests in the Southern Cascade Mountains, and its proximity to Portland and the Columbia River, and with wineries and distilleries scattered around the region, there is simply no shortage of outdoor activities in any season of the year.  We drove to the Mighty Columbia at the town of Hood River and in some sections of State Route 35 you can simultaneously see Mount Hood to the south and Mount Adams in Washington to the north- another breathtaking view of each.

Cons:
Being as popular as this resort is, and with the number of camping loops that are reserved for long-term customers, finding availability can be a problem in the active summer season.  Two of the camping loops are mostly filled with sites with no sewer hookups, and Thousand Trails members cannot reserve a full-hookup site.  Like with many other Thousand Trails parks, even with reservations we must take our chances.  At least one of the new loops are available for TT members, but it remains to be seen if enough sites were added to lessen this problem of first-come first-served sewer hookups.

As with other campground with rain-forest climates, the very thing that keeps the area mild and green also inundates the resort with mud.  It appears that the maintenance crew does try to keep gravel on the unpaved driving paths, there's just too much dirt on the forest floor where most of the campsites are located.  As you would expect of such a climate, it rains as much as the Pacific Northwest's reputation.

Though touted as pet-friendly, there is no off-leash dog park in the resort.  The aforementioned mud was a continual problem when walking our dogs.  Those who know us know that not having a dog park is a pet peeve of ours, no pun intended.

Overall, this is one of the top two or three Thousand Trails resorts in their system and we highly recommend it.  Make sure you make reservations as early as possible.

​​Click here for an article I wrote about Thousand Trails.

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