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Steamboat Lake Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 46.13248, -121.71467
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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 Steamboat Lake Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,113 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Steamboat Lake 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 Steamboat Lake Campground · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater8 mi
- DDump13 mi
- MMechanic13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- HHardware15 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- LLaundry15 mi
- PPropane22 mi
- ShShower27 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- EVEV fast charger30 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
- OOutfitter46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 13 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 30-mi run (and back).
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 — Steamboat Lake Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,113 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
46.13248, -121.71467
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Steamboat Lake Campground · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSteamboat Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townGuler · ~12.4 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.0 mi
- FuelAndy's Valley Services · ~13.0 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~15.4 mi
- Dump station~12.8 mi
- GroceriesWind River Market · ~27.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicRandle Medical Clinic · ~29.6 mi
EV charging — from Steamboat Lake Campground · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger30.2 mi straight-line NW — ESD RANDLE DCFC · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 30 within 50 · 345 within 100 · 653 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)30.5 mi — Hood River, OR - Anchor Way - Tesla Supercharger, Hood River
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)28.7 mi — Lakeside 24 Hour Fuel, Cougar, WA (at a gas station) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-06-06 · hours: 6am-7pm daily; summer, 7am-6pm daily; winter
- 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 313024 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Steamboat Lake Campground · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTillicum Cg · ~3.1 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBerry Fields Interp · ~3.9 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCultus Creek Cg · ~6.2 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTwin Falls Group Cg · ~6.2 mi N · USFS
Open Steamboat Lake Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Steamboat Lake Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Tillicum Cg~3.1 mi · fee
- Surprise Lakes~3.7 mi
- Cold Spring Indian Cg~4.0 mi
- Cultus Creek Cg~6.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Steamboat Lake Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Steamboat Lake Campground are set by Gifford Pinchot National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Steamboat Lake 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.
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 Steamboat Lake 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 — Steamboat Lake Campground
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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