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Crater Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 48.22026, -120.26735
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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 Crater Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,718 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Crater Creek CampgroundNIFC · 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 Crater Creek Campground · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- DDump16 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- WWater18 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- PPropane51 mi
- AAir-up52 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 — Crater Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,718 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
48.22026, -120.26735
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Crater Creek Campground · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townTwisp · ~11.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~7.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~15.7 mi
- GroceriesCarlton General Store · ~7.2 mi
- PharmacyUlrich's Pharmacy · ~11.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicLake Chelan Community Hospital Clinics · ~28.7 mi
- HardwareValley Hardware · ~11.8 mi
EV charging — from Crater Creek Campground · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.9 mi straight-line NE — Twisp Works · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 2 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 · 11 within 50 · 156 within 100 · 438 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)37.1 mi — Entiat, WA - Tesla Supercharger, Entiat
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.9 mi — TwispWorks (at an office building) · 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 352607 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Crater Creek Campground · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCrater Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCrater Creek Trailhead · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFoggy Dew Trailhead · ~2.9 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFoggy Dew Campground · ~3.4 mi E · USFS
Open Crater Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Crater Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Foggy Dew Campground~3.4 mi · fee
- Blackpine Lake Campground~6.5 mi · fee
- Okanogan County~6.8 mi
- Surprise Lake Camp~8.3 mi
The unit that manages Crater Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Crater Creek Campground are set by Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Crater Creek Campground
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 2026-08-24: $10 per night, single site; Scan & Pay. One trap to avoid: there is a separate Crater Creek Trailhead page 0.035 mi away that prices day use at $5 per vehicle per day or $30 per year -- that is the trailhead's fee, not the campground's. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/okanogan-wenatchee/recreation/crater-creek-campground; the trailhead page is https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/okanogan-wenatchee/recreation/crater-creek-trailhead.
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 Crater Creek Campground
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 — Crater Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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