Agency-listedUSFSFree
Sullivan Creek Campground 18
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 48.90058, -117.08217
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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 Sullivan Creek Campground 18
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,133 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sullivan Creek Campground 18NIFC · 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 Sullivan Creek Campground 18 · Colville National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- EVEV fast charger21 mi
- DDump23 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
- WWater33 mi
- +Urgent care44 mi
- MMechanic45 mi
- OOutfitter45 mi
- RxPharmacy49 mi
- ShShower49 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 33-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 13 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 — Sullivan Creek Campground 18
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,133 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
48.90058, -117.08217
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Sullivan Creek Campground 18 · Colville National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLeola Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townNelway · ~12.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~14.4 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~31.0 mi
- Dump station~22.7 mi
- GroceriesThe Falls Market · ~13.4 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~27.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicCreston Valley Hospital & Health Centre · ~29.4 mi
EV charging — from Sullivan Creek Campground 18 · Colville National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger21.0 mi straight-line SW — 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 · 8 within 50 · 47 within 100 · 77 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)83.4 mi — Coeur d'Alene, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Coeur d'Alene
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.3 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 Sullivan Creek Campground 18 · Colville National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomThunder Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSalmo · ~3.8 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSullivan Creek · ~8.0 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGranite Falls · ~9.3 mi S · USFS
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Other camps near Sullivan Creek Campground 18
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Sullivan Creek Campground 17~1.0 mi
- Sullivan Creek Campground 16~3.5 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #643~4.9 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #680~5.0 mi
The unit that manages Sullivan Creek Campground 18
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sullivan Creek Campground 18 are set by Colville National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Hidden Lake at 5,000 ft, about 15 miles away. It sits about 867 ft higher than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this — Sullivan Creek Campground 18
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 Sullivan Creek Campground 18
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 — Sullivan Creek Campground 18
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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