Agency-listedUSFSFee
Canyon Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 48.57709, -118.24101
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Canyon Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,241 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Canyon CreekNIFC · AirNow
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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 Canyon Creek · Colville National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- +Urgent care9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- OOutfitter9 mi
- ShShower9 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- DDump22 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- WWater54 mi
- PPropane56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 54-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Canyon Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,241 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
48.57709, -118.24101
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Canyon Creek · Colville National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townBarney's Junction · ~5.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelColville Fuels · ~6.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~21.5 mi
- GroceriesColville Fuels · ~6.4 mi
- PharmacyRepublic Drug Store · ~23.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicNorthEast Washington Medical Group Kettle Falls · ~8.7 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~8.7 mi
EV charging — from Canyon Creek · Colville National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.5 mi straight-line E — Avista - Kettle Falls DCFC · FLO · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 57 within 100 · 90 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)74.3 mi — Jackson Store 249, Spokane
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO14.7 mi — Colville Retail Center, Colville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.5 mi — Avista - Kettle Falls ACL2 · FLO · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 466507 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Canyon Creek · Colville National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCanyon Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLog Flume Heritage Site · ~0.8 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGrowden Heritage Site · ~2.9 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTrout Lake · ~3.3 mi N · USFS
Open Canyon Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Canyon Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Trout Lake~3.3 mi
- Lake Ellen~5.2 mi · fee
- Lake Ellen West~5.7 mi · fee
- Sherman Overlook~10.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Canyon Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Canyon Creek are set by Colville National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Canyon Creek
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-23: the forest page contradicts itself and you should carry the lower figure with care. Its fee block says $10 per night for a single site plus $2 per vehicle per night for an additional vehicle, with day use free; but the Current Conditions notice at the top of the same page reads *FEE UPDATE*: overnight camping $8/night. The update is the newer statement. Both were on the page when it was read. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/colville/recreation/canyon-creek-campground.
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 Canyon Creek
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.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- 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 — Canyon Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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