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Cottonwood - Ton
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 48.58711, -119.76341
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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 Cottonwood - Ton
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,700 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cottonwood - TonNIFC · 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 Cottonwood - Ton · Colville National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery2 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- FFuel16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- PPropane17 mi
- @Mail17 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- DDump19 mi
- WWater21 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- ShShower34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Cottonwood - Ton
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,700 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
48.58711, -119.76341
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Cottonwood - Ton · Colville National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRay Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townConconully · ~2.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~16.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~18.9 mi
- GroceriesStampede Mini Market · ~16.1 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~16.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicMid Valley Hospital · ~16.5 mi
- HardwareMidway Building Supply · ~15.9 mi
EV charging — from Cottonwood - Ton · Colville National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.6 mi straight-line SE — Okanogan IGA Market, South Okanogan, WA (at a public site) · RED_E · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 29 within 100 · 350 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)65.6 mi — Entiat, WA - Tesla Supercharger, Entiat
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.5 mi — Omak Inn (at an inn) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-01-09 · 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 456461 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cottonwood - Ton · Colville National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletOriole · ~0.7 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletKerr · ~2.1 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomConconully Lake Campground-Precast Restroom (A26623) Building · ~2.1 mi SE · BoR
- Vault / pit toiletKerr · ~2.1 mi NW · USFS
Open Cottonwood - Ton elsewhere
Other camps near Cottonwood - Ton
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Oriole~0.7 mi · fee
- Kerr~2.1 mi · fee
- Sugarloaf~3.1 mi · fee
- Wagon Camp~6.1 mi
The unit that manages Cottonwood - Ton
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cottonwood - Ton are set by Colville National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Cottonwood - Ton
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 Cottonwood - Ton
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 — Cottonwood - Ton
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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