Maple Creek Campground

Site 1

Maple Creek Campground is located approximately 1 mile west of the Steven's Creek Crossing.  The campground contains 4 sites, 1 group site and toilet facilities.  Water is available at the stream and bear poles are provided for hanging food.

It is a backcountry campground, so each site is little more than a cleared area in the forest.  There's plenty of shade, but no amenities such as a picnic table or fire pit.  (Open fires are specifically banned in backcountry campgrounds, taking a bit off the traditional camping experience.)

Toilet w/ Privacy Screen

Composting Toilet

I was pleasantly surprised at the toilet facilities.  Most back country toilets are little more than boxes out in the middle of the forest.  This was actually a composting toilet with a privacy screen!  I was a bit confused by the sign on the toilet, though.  It read "Women, please do not urinate in the composter.  Please urinate in the woods.  Place the TP in the composter."  Does that mean men can pee in the composter, or do they assume that men are just going to pee anywhere they want? I'm assuming that they only want #2 in the toilet.  Bring your own paper! 

Bear Pole

Another key requirement in the back country is food storage.  Storing food in the tent is not smart for bears don't care if you're in there or not.  The campground had a Bear Pole; a metal tube in the ground to hoist food up on.  It was not nearly as strong as I had thought, but I guess it does the job.