One of the first things visitors see when entering the campground is this warning sign. The campground sits at the base of the dam holding back Georgetown Lake which is almost 1000 feet above the campground. If the dam broke we would have been doomed because there's no way that we could have scaled the steep hills on either side of the campground. We decided not to worry about it, however, I just looked it up and the dam was built in 1885! According to the internet dams can last for 50-100 years. Yikes! In blissful ignorance we camped at Flint Creek for several days and didn't drown.
The campground has ten widely spaced sites with a turn around loop at the end of the road. None are designated as accessible but most can be used. I think we were in site 1. The table and fire ring are down a slight slope. There are a couple of paths to Flint Creek behind the site that are not accessible.
The campground road is hard packed and makes a good walking/rolling trail. The road continues past the turn around loop. There's a no trespassing sign but one of our fellow campers said that a gate had been removed and he had walked along it on previous trips so we decided walking would be okay. It's a beautiful half mile walk that ends at the fencing around the dam power plant.
The very welcoming campground host brought me a wild flower bouquet. :)
The campground road has big potholes in the beginning but gets better farther in. The website says maximum trailer length is 22' but some of the sites seemed longer than that to me.
Campground 46.23631, -113.30466
Yikes! Glad you guys didn't drown! I might've had the nervous nellies camping with an OLD dam looming high above me! As you said, you decided to not worry about it. Good idea!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that I didn't look up the life span of dams before we camped there. I might have had the nervous nellies too!
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