Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFreeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Beckler River (Russian Camp)
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 47.80287, -121.29275
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Beckler River (Russian Camp) · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 6500000, 80 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as asphalt surface and maintenance level 5 – high degree of user comfort.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 6500000, 80 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 6500000: “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Beckler River (Russian Camp)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,344 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Beckler River (Russian Camp)NIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Beckler River (Russian Camp) · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- +Urgent care23 mi
- DDump23 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
- PPropane32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Beckler River (Russian Camp)
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
1,344 ft
Ground slope
5.9% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~6.3 mi · main line
State
WA
Coordinates
47.80287, -121.29275
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Beckler River (Russian Camp) · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRapid River · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial river
- Also mapped (OSM)Johnson Creek (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townSkykomish · ~7.2 mi
- Nearest rail line~6.3 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.5 mi
- FuelSky Gas · ~7.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~23.3 mi
- Groceriesder Baring Store · ~9.2 mi
- PharmacySultan Pharmacy · ~25.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicSky River Natural Health Center · ~23.2 mi
- HardwareGraceland Portable Buildings · ~6.5 mi
EV charging — from Beckler River (Russian Camp) · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.1 mi straight-line SW — WCEH Skykomish · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 144 within 50 · 371 within 100 · 452 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)25.8 mi — Leavenworth, WA - US-2 - Tesla Supercharger, Leavenworth
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.1 mi — WCEH Skykomish · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 65869 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Beckler River (Russian Camp) · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomEvergreen Mountain · ~2.7 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBeckler River · ~5.1 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJennifer Dunn (Beckler Peak) · ~5.6 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIron Goat/Martin Creek · ~6.5 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Beckler River (Russian Camp) · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Rapid River as a perennial river, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 5.9% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (10 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~6.3 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. The atlas also records Amtrak service on it. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Beckler River (Russian Camp) elsewhere
Other camps near Beckler River (Russian Camp)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Beckler River~5.1 mi · fee
- San Juan~6.9 mi · fee
- Money Creek~7.4 mi · fee
- Troublesome Creek~8.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Beckler River (Russian Camp)
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Beckler River (Russian Camp) are set by Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Beckler River (Russian Camp)
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Beckler River (Russian Camp)
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Beckler River (Russian Camp)
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →