Agency-listedUSFSFee
Panhandle
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 48.50937, -117.27064
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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 Panhandle
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,062 ft.
Fire & smoke — around PanhandleNIFC · 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 Panhandle · Colville National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- DDump22 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- WWater25 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- +Urgent care28 mi
- OOutfitter29 mi
- PPropane57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 25-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Panhandle
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,062 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
48.50937, -117.27064
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Panhandle · Colville National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCusick · ~12.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChevron · ~11.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~21.5 mi
- GroceriesKalispel Market · ~11.2 mi
- PharmacySeeber's Pharmacy & Gifts · ~25.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicFresenius Kidney Care · ~28.3 mi
- HardwareTamrak Hardware Store · ~15.6 mi
EV charging — from Panhandle · Colville National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.1 mi straight-line S — Kalispel Market and Casino, Cusick, WA · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 10 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 · 10 within 50 · 52 within 100 · 91 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)58.2 mi — Liberty Lake, WA - Tesla Supercharger, Liberty Lake
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.1 mi — Kalispel Market and Casino, Cusick, 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 434935 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Panhandle · Colville National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPanhandle · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPanhandle Day Use · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBrowns Lake · ~6.1 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBrowns · ~6.1 mi SE · USFS
Open Panhandle elsewhere
Other camps near Panhandle
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Browns Lake~6.1 mi · fee
- USFS dispersed camp #3 — Pend Oreille County, WA~8.4 mi
- South Skookum Lake~8.9 mi · fee
- Gleason-001~9.3 mi
The unit that manages Panhandle
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Panhandle are set by Colville National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Panhandle
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 2026-08-20: $31 per night, single site, plus $10 for an extra vehicle in overflow parking; day use is $10 and a season day pass good for the Colville and Idaho Panhandle forests is $52. recreation.gov's 2026 season (May 22 to Sep 7) lists the same $31. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/colville/recreation/panhandle-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233949.
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 Panhandle
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 — Panhandle
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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