Agency-listedUSFSFree
Cooks Lake
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 48.34356, -117.16856
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Cooks Lake
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,075 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cooks LakeNIFC · 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 Cooks Lake · Colville National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- EVEV fast charger6 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- WWater13 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- DDump24 mi
- +Urgent care27 mi
- OOutfitter29 mi
- PPropane45 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 — Cooks Lake
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,075 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
48.34356, -117.16856
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Cooks Lake · Colville National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCooks Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townUsk · ~5.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSafeway Fuel Station · ~12.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~24.5 mi
- GroceriesKalispel Market · ~6.2 mi
- PharmacySeeber's Pharmacy & Gifts · ~12.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicNewport Hospital & Health Services · ~12.4 mi
EV charging — from Cooks Lake · Colville National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.2 mi straight-line W — Kalispel Market and Casino, Cusick, WA · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 10 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 38 within 50 · 53 within 100 · 92 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)46.4 mi — Liberty Lake, WA - Tesla Supercharger, Liberty Lake
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.8 mi — Kalispel Tribe - Camas Center, Cusick, WA · OpConnect · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 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 434935 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cooks Lake · Colville National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCooks Lake · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMystic Lake · ~1.6 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletKings Lake Sno-Park · ~3.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSouth Skookum · ~3.5 mi N · USFS
Open Cooks Lake elsewhere
Other camps near Cooks Lake
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Mystic Lake~1.6 mi
- South Skookum Lake~3.6 mi · fee
- No Name Lake~3.6 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #532~6.1 mi
The unit that manages Cooks Lake
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cooks Lake are set by Colville National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Cooks Lake
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Cooks Lake
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 — Cooks Lake
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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