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Cle Elum River Group Camp
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 47.35194, -121.10553
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Cle Elum River Group Camp · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA
No road within 1 mi of the pin in the national MVUM layer — and that layer carries no data at all for this forest (unit 0617), so this is the layer's silence, not the ground's. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
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 Cle Elum River Group Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,263 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cle Elum River Group CampNIFC · 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 Cle Elum River Group Camp · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- WWater7 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- AAir-up8 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- ShShower9 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- DDump13 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- PPropane47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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 — Cle Elum River Group Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,263 ft
Ground slope
1.7% · flat
Nearest rail line
~8.5 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~7.9 mi · Interstate 90
State
WA
Coordinates
47.35194, -121.10553
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Cle Elum River Group Camp · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCle Elum River · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial river
- Nearest townDriftwood Acres · ~5.7 mi
- Nearest rail line~8.5 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~7.9 mi · Interstate 90
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.4 mi
- FuelLast Resort · ~5.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationRV Sanitation Station · ~12.7 mi
- GroceriesR.V. Town · ~8.1 mi
- PharmacySafeway · ~12.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicCascade Medical Center · ~26.7 mi
- HardwareBryon's Firewood · ~23.1 mi
EV charging — from Cle Elum River Group Camp · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.7 mi straight-line S — WCEH Cle Elum · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 47 within 50 · 366 within 100 · 550 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)12.9 mi — Cle Elum, WA - West Davis Street - Tesla Supercharger, Cle Elum
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.7 mi — WCEH Cle Elum · 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 73431 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cle Elum River Group Camp · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCle Elum River · at this camp · USFS
- Portable toiletFrench Cabin · ~0.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRed Mountain Campground · ~1.0 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRed Mountain Day Use · ~1.0 mi N · USFS
Coming out here — Cle Elum River Group Camp · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Cle Elum River as a perennial river, ~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 1.7% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 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 ~8.5 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. 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.
- Interstate 90 is mapped ~7.9 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- 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 Cle Elum River Group Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Cle Elum River Group Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- French Cabin~0.4 mi
- Red Mountain Campground~1.0 mi · fee
- Little Salmon~1.7 mi
- Alevin~2.7 mi
The unit that manages Cle Elum River Group Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cle Elum River Group Camp are set by Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Cle Elum River Group Camp
Reserve
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233682
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Cle Elum River Group 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.
- 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 — Cle Elum River Group Camp
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →