Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Middle Fork
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 47.55361, -121.53672
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Middle Fork · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 5600000 (Middle Fork/Goldmeyer), 10 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 5600000 (Middle Fork/Goldmeyer), 10 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 5600000 (Middle Fork/Goldmeyer): “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Middle Fork
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,075 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Middle ForkNIFC · 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 Middle Fork · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- AAir-up10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- ShShower19 mi
- DDump24 mi
- PPropane28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Middle Fork
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,075 ft
Ground slope
4.4% · gentle
Nearest highway
~9.3 mi · Interstate 90
State
WA
Coordinates
47.55361, -121.53672
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Middle Fork · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMiddle Fork Snoqualmie River · ~0.5 mi · USGS: perennial river
- Nearest townRiverpoint · ~9.7 mi
- Nearest rail linenone mapped within 10 mi
- Nearest highway~9.3 mi · Interstate 90
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.2 mi
- FuelPacific Pride · ~10.2 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~28.3 mi
- Dump station~23.8 mi
- GroceriesGull Gas & Grocery · ~10.2 mi
- PharmacyThe Falls Compounding Pharmacy · ~13.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicSnoqualmie Valley Clinic · ~13.6 mi
- HardwareChinook Lumber · ~11.5 mi
EV charging — from Middle Fork · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.3 mi straight-line SW — TA SE North Bend Way, North Bend, WA · BP_PULSE · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach21 within 25 mi · 228 within 50 · 383 within 100 · 519 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO10.7 mi — WCEH Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie Pass
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.7 mi — WCEH Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie Pass, WA · 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 462440 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Middle Fork · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMiddle Fork · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGarfield Ledges · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMiddle Fork Snoqualmie · ~0.4 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSnoqualmie Lake · ~0.6 mi NE · USFS
Coming out here — Middle Fork · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Middle Fork Snoqualmie River as a perennial river, ~0.5 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 4.4% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) — abandoned, lifted and out-of-service track excluded, so a rail-trail does not count as one.
- Interstate 90 is mapped ~9.3 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Middle Fork elsewhere
Other camps near Middle Fork
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dispersed Car Campsite~0.3 mi
- Tinkham~10.5 mi · fee
- Denny Creek~10.8 mi · fee
- Miller River~11.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Middle Fork
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Middle Fork are set by Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Middle Fork
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: $32 per night, standard single site (2026 season, May 15 - Sep 12); double site $64, group site $96. The forest page prints no camping amount and sends you to its recreation.gov listing. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mbs/recreation/middle-fork-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234501.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Middle Fork
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Middle Fork
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →All field notes →