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Grouse Mountain Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 47.98833, -120.30999
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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 Grouse Mountain Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,500 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Grouse Mountain 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 Grouse Mountain Campground · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump2 mi
- GGrocery2 mi
- ShShower2 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- WWater10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- @Mail17 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 2 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Grouse Mountain Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,500 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
47.98833, -120.30999
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Grouse Mountain Campground · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTwentyfive Mile Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townHollywood Beach · ~6.2 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.4 mi
- FuelBill's Gas · ~17.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~2.3 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~2.3 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~25.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicLake Chelan Community Hospital Clinics · ~17.0 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~17.0 mi
EV charging — from Grouse Mountain Campground · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger19.4 mi straight-line E — WCEH City of Pateros · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 3 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 · 20 within 50 · 247 within 100 · 448 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)21.5 mi — Entiat, WA - Tesla Supercharger, Entiat
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.3 mi — Wapato Point Resort, Manson, WA · Blink Network · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Harmony Meadows Tennis & Event Center - Tesla Destination, Manson, 7.4 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Mountain View Lodge & Resort, Manson, 10.2 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only · AFDC lists it “Free” - 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 333271 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Grouse Mountain Campground · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGrouse Mountain · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPot Peak · ~2.2 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSnowberry Bowl · ~2.2 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDeer Point · ~2.6 mi N · USFS
Open Grouse Mountain Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Grouse Mountain Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Grouse Mountain Springs~0.1 mi
- Snowberry Bowl~2.2 mi · fee
- Deer Point~2.6 mi · fee
- Junior Point~4.2 mi
The unit that manages Grouse Mountain Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Grouse Mountain Campground are set by Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Grouse Mountain Campground
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)
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 Grouse Mountain 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 — Grouse Mountain Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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