Clear Creek Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 35 mi
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $32–$34Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 12All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices
In the agency’s own words
Clear Creek Campground is located just off the Mountain Loop Highway in the stunning Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Nestled in a towering canopy of fir trees, this campground offers plenty of open spaces, making it perfect for small groups and family excursions. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest sits on the west side of the Cascades in Washington, showcasing glacier-covered peaks, wide mountain meadows and old-growth forests, rich in history and outdoor opportunities. Keep reading
Recreation
The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest boasts 1,500 miles of trails. From smooth paths meandering through deep quiet forests to challenging ascents up boulder-studded mountains, opportunities abound for every skill level. Access to biking, rafting and fishing is also readily available. The nearby Frog Lake Trail is a short nature hike, climbing steadily up the side of the hill, with views of Clear Creek far below. The trail comes out at the road after nearly a mile, then makes a sharp turn back toward the lake, passing through dense forest, and eventually ending at the 1.5-acre Frog Lake. Old Sauk Trail winds along the banks of the Sauk River, providing a pleasant hike amongst the wildlife and waterfowl that frequent the area.
Facilities
Clear Creek Campground offers 12 standard sites. Picnic tables, tent pads, campfire rings, and vault toilets are provided for guests. Visitors can access the Sauk River from the campground.
Natural Features
Along the banks of the Sauk River an outstanding show of wildflowers in July and August includes paintbrush, phlox, tiger lilies, aster, columbine and lupine. During the summer salmon and steelhead appear in abundance as they head up the river to spawn. The surrounding undeveloped wilderness, clean streams and diverse forests support an abundance of wildlife. In addition to being home to a multitude of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, the area sustains more rare species such as lynx, moose, wolves and wolverine.
Nearby Attractions
Visitors enjoy the North Cascades and Mt. Rainer National Parks, where interpretive programs and exhibits offer education about the diverse landscape and history of the area. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (530) 932-0242.
Charges & Cancellations
Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
What the agency tells you
This is a NO WATER facility so campers will need to bring their own supply.
Extra Vehicles: One RV with tow vehicle per single site or one vehicle per single tent site. Two RVs with tow vehicle per double site or two vehicles per double tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. A fee of $12/extra vehicle per night must be paid for upon arrival by cash or check only.
Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed.
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Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site may be forfeited and released to other guests.
Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
Click here for more information about Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Don't Move Firewood: Please protect Pacific Northwest forests by preventing the spread of invasive species. Firewood can carry insects and diseases that can threaten the health of our western forests. You can make a difference by obtaining and burning your firewood near your camping destination. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest has a Food Storage Order in effect. All food and refuse must be acceptably stored (in a hard sided vehicle or trailer, food storage locker, or certified bear resistant container) or acceptably possessed (attended to by a person who is physically present).
Clear Creek Campground is located three miles south of Darrington, Washington on the Mountain Loop Highway.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 12
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 50 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…tables, tent pads, campfire rings, and vault toilets are provided for guests. Visitors can access the…”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek, Meadow
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Swimming
- Water sports
- Night sky · 345th darkest of 400 in WA
- Bortle 4
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
“A fee of $12/extra vehicle per night must be paid for upon arrival by cash or check only.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $32–$34 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.” · this campground’s own terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 7
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
13 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 12 mapped sitesAll 13 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 12 of the 13 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 001 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 89 ft | 239 ft | $32–$34 |
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 002 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 89 ft | 325 ft | $32–$34 |
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 003 HOST | host pad | 40 ft | 375 ftSauk River | ||
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 004 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 91 ft | 332 ftSauk River | $32–$34 |
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 005 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 85 ft | 303 ftSauk River | $32–$34 |
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 006 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 85 ft | 261 ftSauk River | $32–$34 |
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 007 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 91 ft | 423 ftSauk River | $32–$34 |
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 008 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 111 ft | 223 ftSauk River | $32–$34 |
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 009 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 98 ft | 352 ftSauk River | $32–$34 |
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 010 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 117 ft | 178 ftSauk River | $32–$34 |
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 011 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 93 ft | 222 ftSauk River | $32–$34 |
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 012 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 93 ft | 130 ftSauk River | $32–$34 |
| AREA CLEAR CREEK | 013 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 110 ft | 71 ftSauk River | $32–$34 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It names it a host pad. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Coal Creek Group CampgroundMt. Baker National Forest · 9.4 mi
Coal Creek Group CampMt. Baker National Forest · 9.5 miBeaver Creek Group CampgroundMt. Baker National Forest · 10 mi
Red Bridge CampgroundMt. Baker National Forest · 11 mi
Tulalip Mill Site Group CampgroundMt. Baker National Forest · 11 mi
Boardman Group CampMt. Baker National Forest · 11 miFrom Seattle, take I-5 north to the Arlington exit. Turn east on Highway 30 to the town of Darrington, then turn south on Mt. Loop Highway and continue 3 miles to Clear Creek Campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Darrington, WA
Typical weather
Typical October night 41°F, day 58°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical February night 32°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Clear Creek Campground is in Washington’s 8th congressional district. Its representative, Kim Schrier (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A. See every public-lands vote →