HistoryHidden gem
Horsethief Lake State Park
Dallesport, Washington
A Columbia River park with ancient petroglyphs on guided tours and a camp beside the water.
- Price
- Discover Pass; camping per night
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
The park sits on the river with a swimming beach, a campground and a rock-art site tied to Indigenous communities that fished here for thousands of years. Petroglyph tours are guided and limited, so book ahead. Windy here, which makes it popular with kiteboarders.
Good to know
- Petroglyph tours run on set days, check the park page
- Camping is tucked against the lake
- Strong winds off the Gorge
- Open
- Camping mainly spring to autumn
- Getting there
- Sealed road off SR 14, easy for campervans
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Showers
- Toilets
- Drinking water
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