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Silver Creek Campground
OHV / 4×4 · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 48.90562, -117.51826
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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 Silver Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,140 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Silver Creek 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 Silver Creek Campground · Colville National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- +Urgent care30 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- OOutfitter31 mi
- ShShower31 mi
- DDump37 mi
- WWater52 mi
- RxPharmacy55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 52-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Silver Creek Campground
Access
OHV / 4×4
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,140 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
48.90562, -117.51826
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Silver Creek Campground · Colville National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~6.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMetaline Mini Mart · ~6.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicDaVita Dialysis · ~30.3 mi
- HardwareNorthport Hardware · ~11.8 mi
EV charging — from Silver Creek Campground · Colville National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.1 mi straight-line S — Tiger Historical Museum, Cusick, WA (at a public site) · RED_E · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 47 within 100 · 73 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)86.6 mi — The Hive, Spokane
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.4 mi — Metaline Falls Visitor Center · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 456457 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Silver Creek Campground · Colville National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSilver Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPit Toilet Structure - Grandview · ~7.0 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletPit Toilet Structure - Ledbetter Cove · ~8.3 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletPit Toilet Structure - Everett Slough · ~8.9 mi E · BLM
Open Silver Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Silver Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Boundary Reservoir Recreation Area~8.9 mi
- Forebay Recreation Area (Boundary Dam)~9.3 mi
- Moon Flats~9.7 mi
- Campbell Park (Box Canyon Dam)~9.8 mi
The unit that manages Silver Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Silver Creek Campground are set by Colville National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Silver Creek 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
likely OHV (only a rough 4wd track in) — confirm
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 Silver Creek 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 — Silver Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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