Free camping in Washington

302 free and low-cost camps on public land in Washington, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest85 camps

• Alder Creek Horse Camp
• Alevin2,346 ft
• Antilon Lake2,333 ft
• Barton Creek3,418 ft
• Basin Lake5,821 ft
• Bean Creek Basin Backcountry Camping5,560 ft
• Cascade Creek Campground1,117 ft
• Cayuse Horse Camp2,412 ft
• Chatter Creek Campground2,691 ft
• Cle Elum River Group Camp2,263 ft
• Clear Lake North Campground2,987 ft
• Cottonwood Campground2,263 ft
• Cottonwood Campground3,077 ft
• Crow Creek Campground2,720 ft
• Crystal Springs2,402 ft
• Deer Camp3,062 ft
• Dispersed camp #2 — Chelan County, WA5,699 ft
• Dispersed camp — Chelan County, WA6,079 ft
• Dispersed camp — Kittitas County, WA3,334 ft
• Dispersed Camping2,502 ft
• Dispersed Camping2,565 ft
• Dispersed Camping2,649 ft
• Dispersed Camping2,614 ft
• Domke Lake Campground2,201 ft
• East Kachess Group Site2,313 ft
• Fish Lake3,343 ft
• Fish Lake Campground3,375 ft
• French Cabin2,255 ft
• Goose Egg2,594 ft
• Goose Egg / Tieton River Launch2,582 ft
• Granite Lake Camping Area5,051 ft
• Grasshopper Meadows Campground2,019 ft
• Grey Creek Dispersed Camping Area3,408 ft
• Grouse Mountain Campground4,500 ft
• Grouse Mountain Springs
• Halfway Springs Camping Area4,635 ft
• Handy Springs Campground6,418 ft
• Hatchery Campground2,205 ft
• Holden Ballpark Campground3,281 ft
• Honeymoon Campground3,278 ft
• Huckleberry5,353 ft
• Johnny Creek Campground (Lower)2,429 ft
• Junior Point6,564 ft
• Junior Point Campground6,622 ft
• Lake Creek2,263 ft
• Little Salmon2,303 ft
• Long Meadow Campground2,720 ft
• Lost Lake
• Lower Bakeoven Dispersed Camping Area3,294 ft
• Lower Snowy Lake6,752 ft
• Meadow Creek Campground2,245 ft
• Minnie Meadows Dispersed Camping Area3,547 ft
• Napeequa Crossing Campground1,936 ft
• North Fork2,685 ft
• North Fork Teanaway River Dispersed Camping2,850 ft
• Poison Creek5,601 ft
• Porcupine Creek6,144 ft
• Prince Creek Campground1,158 ft
• Rainy Creek2,139 ft
• Roads End3,720 ft
• Safety Harbor Campground1,110 ft
• Scatter Creek Camp3,341 ft
• Silver Falls Campground2,394 ft
• Snowshoe2,716 ft
• Soda Springs Campground2,196 ft
• South Fork Bay Campground2,993 ft
• South Navarre Campground6,440 ft
• Spruce Grove2,876 ft
• Stuart Campground2,246 ft
• Surprise Lake Camp6,154 ft
• Swallow Caves Dispersed Camping2,127 ft
• Taneum Junction Campground2,852 ft
• Theseus Creek2,252 ft
• Tumwater1,687 ft
• Upper Bakeoven Dispersed Camping Area3,339 ft
• Upper Snowy Lake6,843 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #2 — Chelan County, WA5,072 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #3 — Chelan County, WA5,082 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — Chelan County, WA6,817 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — Skagit County, WA6,218 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #183,901 ft
• White Pine2,748 ft
• White Rock Lakes Camp6,188 ft
• Windy Camp Campground5,786 ft
• Yang Yang Lakes Camp5,841 ft

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest45 camps

• Anderson Point Campsites736 ft
• Beckler River (Russian Camp)1,344 ft
• Bedal Campground1,246 ft
• Bridge Camp1,285 ft
• Bridge Creek
• Buck Creek Campground1,087 ft
• Carbon River Dispersed Roadside Camping1,736 ft
• Cathedral Camp5,138 ft
• Cayada Creek Road Dispersed Camping3,103 ft
• Clear Creek Campground619 ft
• Dispersed camp #6 — Snohomish County, WA1,552 ft
• Dispersed camp #7 — Snohomish County, WA6,327 ft
• Dispersed Camping1,970 ft
• Dispersed Car Campsite1,121 ft
• Excelsior1,335 ft
• French Creek566 ft
• Glacier Gap Camp7,285 ft
• Government Meadows Horse Camp4,819 ft
• Hannegan Camp4,663 ft
• Huckleberry Creek Dispersed Camping2,470 ft
• Huckleberry Creek Dispersed Camping2,348 ft
• Kool-Aid Lake Camp6,124 ft
• Little Park Creek4,381 ft
• Lower Sandy Campground741 ft
• Maple Grove Campsites727 ft
• Marble Creek Campground993 ft
• Marten Creek1,413 ft
• Mazama Camp4,729 ft
• Monte Cristo2,791 ft
• Monte Cristo2,858 ft
• Mountain Loop Dispersed Camping1,222 ft
• Noisy Creek Campsites734 ft
• Park Creek Dispersed767 ft
• Perry Creek1,791 ft
• Ranger Creek Campground2,562 ft
• Round Lake Camping Area5,090 ft
• Sandy Camp5,963 ft
• Summit Lake Camping Area5,384 ft
• Texas Pond
• Twin Lake Backcountry Camp4,793 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #2 — Whatcom County, WA4,892 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #3 — Whatcom County, WA5,528 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #4 — Whatcom County, WA4,409 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — Snohomish County, WA5,948 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — Whatcom County, WA4,838 ft

Colville National Forest44 camps

• Aeneas Springs Dispersed
• Beaver Lake2,713 ft
• Big Meadow Lake3,428 ft
• Cooks Lake3,075 ft
• Cottonwood - Ton2,700 ft
• Crescent Lake Campground2,582 ft
• Daisy4,897 ft
• Daisy Camp4,871 ft
• Davis Lake4,526 ft
• Deer Creek Campground4,613 ft
• Elbow Lake2,907 ft
• Johns Creek Campsite2,835 ft
• Jungle Hill4,374 ft
• Lambert Creek3,865 ft
• Little Twin3,729 ft
• Lyman Lake2,912 ft
• Moon Flats2,429 ft
• Mystic Lake3,076 ft
• No Name Lake2,844 ft
• North Fork Chewelah2,522 ft
• Phillips Lake
• Silver Creek Campground3,140 ft
• Sullivan Creek 12,642 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 102,807 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 122,859 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 132,932 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 143,036 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 153,044 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 163,318 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 174,011 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 184,133 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 32,685 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 42,693 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 42,711 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 52,743 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 72,756 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 82,779 ft
• Sullivan Creek Campground 92,789 ft
• Summit Lake2,571 ft
• Tiffany Springs Campground6,788 ft
• Trout Lake3,047 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #3 — Pend Oreille County, WA3,201 ft
• Wagon Camp3,791 ft
• Wapaloosie Campground4,999 ft

Gifford Pinchot National Forest34 camps

• Camp Howe1,121 ft
• Canyon Creek Cg1,147 ft
• Cat Creek Chimney Cg2,846 ft
• Climbers Bivouac3,739 ft
• Cold Spring Indian Cg3,887 ft
• Copper City Campsite1,221 ft
• Council Lake Cg4,287 ft
• Dispersed Camping1,148 ft
• Dispersed Camping1,114 ft
• Dispersed Camping1,202 ft
• Dispersed Camping1,301 ft
• Dispersed Camping1,348 ft
• Dispersed Camping1,123 ft
• Dispersed Camping1,594 ft
• Dispersed Camping1,430 ft
• Doughgob Camp3,251 ft
• Falls Creek Hc3,516 ft
• Fourth of July Camp3,344 ft
• Goat Lake6,373 ft
• Goat Ridge Trail Dispersed Camping5,831 ft
• Green River Hc2,865 ft
• Heart Lake5,690 ft
• Lookout Mountain Camp3,700 ft
• Lost Lake5,167 ft
• Lost Lake Horse Camp5,278 ft
• Morrison Creek Cg4,686 ft
• Mountain View Rec. Club3,608 ft
• Mowich Camp3,220 ft
• Snowgrass Flat5,980 ft
• Spring Camp3,336 ft
• Steamboat Lake Campground4,113 ft
• Summit Creek Cg2,369 ft
• Surprise Lakes
• Wicky Shelter3,548 ft

Idaho Panhandle National Forests31 camps

• Gleason-0015,287 ft
• Gleason-002
• Petit Lake Campground3,923 ft
• Sq___ Valley #22,608 ft
• Sq___ Valley 1
• Sq___ Valley 32,610 ft
• Sqaw Valley 082,567 ft
• Sqaw Valley 092,559 ft
• Sqaw Valley 42,589 ft
• Sqaw Valley 5
• Sqaw Valley 6
• Sqaw Valley 72,575 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #2 — Pend Oreille County, WA3,070 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — Pend Oreille County, WA3,076 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA3,242 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #103,091 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #113,172 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #124,033 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #133,401 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #143,933 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #154,016 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #163,606 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #173,627 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #23,232 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #3
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #4
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #5
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #6
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #7
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #83,217 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — WA #9

Olympic National Forest27 camps

• Backcountry Camping747 ft
• Beaver Creek Dispersed Camping502 ft
• Brothers Base Camp2,973 ft
• Brown Creek Horse Campground597 ft
• Camp Mystery5,431 ft
• Campbell Tree Grove1,090 ft
• Campbell Tree Grove Campground1,049 ft
• Church Creek Shelter867 ft
• Coho Campground847 ft
• Dispersed Camping Area838 ft
• Dispersed Camping Area847 ft
• Dispersed Camping Area850 ft
• Dispersed Camping Area822 ft
• Dispersed Camping Area950 ft
• Dispersed Camping Area596 ft
• Dungeness Forks Campground845 ft
• Elkhorn681 ft
• Elkhorn Dispersed Campground692 ft
• Harps Shelter963 ft
• Horse Camp2,959 ft
• Klahanie422 ft
• Laney Camp940 ft
• Lena Lake Campground1,781 ft
• Lena Lake Campground1,860 ft
• Pine Lake1,745 ft
• Shelter Rock Camp3,821 ft
• Spider Lake1,272 ft

Bureau of Land Management15 camps

• Big Pines Campground1,253 ft
• BLM dispersed camp — Lincoln County, WA1,890 ft
• BLM dispersed camp — Okanogan County, WA3,142 ft
• Boundary Reservoir Recreation Area2,002 ft
• Chopaka Lake And Chopaka Mountain Wilderness Study Area2,970 ft
• Fishtrap Recreation Area2,149 ft
• Folsom Farm Recreation Site2,193 ft
• Horse Heaven Hills840 ft
• Liberty Campground2,496 ft
• North Huckleberry Mountains2,854 ft
• Rock Creek Recreation Site Campground1,462 ft
• Saddle Mountains1,266 ft
• South Huckleberry Mountains4,336 ft
• Telford Recreation Area2,357 ft
• Yakima River Canyon1,349 ft

Umatilla National Forest9 camps

• Alder Thicket5,098 ft
• Big Springs5,075 ft
• Cabin Saddle5,493 ft
• Forest Boundary Campground4,502 ft
• Godman Campground5,771 ft
• Misery Spring6,137 ft
• Pataha Campground3,798 ft
• Teal Campground5,647 ft
• Wickiup5,977 ft

Other public land7 camps

• Dispersed camp #2 — Snohomish County, WA4,934 ft
• Dispersed camp #3 — Snohomish County, WA5,290 ft
• Dispersed camp #4 — Snohomish County, WA5,255 ft
• Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA5,589 ft
• Dispersed camp — Snohomish County, WA4,953 ft
• Dispersed Camping3,967 ft
• Dispersed Camping4,235 ft

U.S. Forest Service5 camps

• Dispersed Camping1,485 ft
• Olympus Ranger Station Camp942 ft
• Rangers49 ft
• Rangers Cabin124 ft
• Sunset Falls Campground1,007 ft