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Halfway Flat Campground (Main)
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 46.98091, -121.09602
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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 Halfway Flat Campground (Main)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,531 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Halfway Flat Campground (Main)NIFC · 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 Halfway Flat Campground (Main) · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- LLaundry5 mi
- WWater6 mi
- DDump13 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- AAir-up16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- @Mail17 mi
- PPropane25 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Halfway Flat Campground (Main)
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,531 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
46.98091, -121.09602
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Halfway Flat Campground (Main) · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCliffdell · ~4.8 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~6.1 mi
- Fuel76 · ~3.1 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~25.3 mi
- Dump station~12.6 mi
- GroceriesWhistlin' Jack · ~3.1 mi
- PharmacySafeway · ~16.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicCle Elum Medical Center · ~16.3 mi
- HardwareCle Elum Hardware · ~16.2 mi
EV charging — from Halfway Flat Campground (Main) · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.1 mi straight-line N — 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 reach5 within 25 mi · 45 within 50 · 371 within 100 · 619 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)16.2 mi — Cle Elum, WA - West Davis Street - Tesla Supercharger, Cle Elum
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.1 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 Halfway Flat Campground (Main) · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHalfway Flat Campground (Main) · at this camp · USFS
- Portable toiletMilk Creek Sno-Park · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHalfway Flat Campground (North) · ~0.2 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMather Memorial · ~0.4 mi S · USFS
Open Halfway Flat Campground (Main) elsewhere
Other camps near Halfway Flat Campground (Main)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Halfway Flat Campground (North)~0.2 mi · fee
- Sawmill Flat~0.4 mi · fee
- Little Naches~0.6 mi · fee
- Halfway Flat Campground (South)~0.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Halfway Flat Campground (Main)
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Halfway Flat Campground (Main) are set by Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Halfway Flat Campground (Main)
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 2026-08-21: $10 per night for a standard single site and $18 for a premium single site, plus $5 per additional vehicle per night. The campground's recreation.gov listing prices the 2026 season (May 15 to Sep 9) at the same $10 standard and $18 premium. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/okanogan-wenatchee/recreation/halfway-flat-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/256348.
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 Halfway Flat Campground (Main)
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 — Halfway Flat Campground (Main)
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