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Halfway Springs Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 47.96565, -120.51210
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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 Halfway Springs Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,635 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Halfway Springs Camping AreaNIFC · 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 Springs Camping Area · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower12 mi
- DDump12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- WWater14 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- @Mail20 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- +Urgent care25 mi
- RxPharmacy26 mi
- AAir-up35 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Halfway Springs Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,635 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
47.96565, -120.51210
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Halfway Springs Camping Area · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSilver Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townBrief · ~6.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~13.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~11.8 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~11.8 mi
- PharmacySafeway · ~26.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicLake Chelan Community Hospital Clinics · ~24.6 mi
- HardwareMarson & Marson Lumber · ~26.2 mi
EV charging — from Halfway Springs Camping Area · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.0 mi straight-line SW — Leavenworth, WA - US-2 - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 21 within 50 · 278 within 100 · 451 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS26.2 mi — Albertsons Safeway 1589 (Leavenworth, WA), Leavenworth
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO26.5 mi — WCEH Leavenworth, Leavenworth
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)17.5 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 — Mountain Springs Lodge - Tesla Destination, Leavenworth, 15.2 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Mountain View Lodge & Resort, Manson, 17.5 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 316903 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Halfway Springs Camping Area · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSilver Falls · ~1.2 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSilver Falls · ~1.3 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLake Creek · ~2.0 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLake Creek · ~2.1 mi S · USFS
Open Halfway Springs Camping Area elsewhere
Other camps near Halfway Springs Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Silver Falls Campground~1.3 mi
- Lake Creek~2.1 mi · fee
- Fox Creek~2.8 mi · fee
- Snowshoe~3.4 mi
The unit that manages Halfway Springs Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Halfway Springs Camping Area are set by Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Halfway Springs Camping Area
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 Halfway Springs Camping Area
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 Springs Camping Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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