U.S. Forest Service · Olympic National Park · WA

Collins Campground

ReservableBooking 6 months out; today unlocks April 16. Season not published.
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Right now
Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night
$14From, per site
Sites
16All of them booked ahead
4,290 ftElevation
53 ftWater · an unnamed streamEstuary · 24.7 mi · to Hood Canal
27.9 miS of Port Angeles, WA
83%Tree cover
Bortle 3Night sky · 227th darkest of 400 in WA

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there

In the agency’s own words

Collins is a quiet campground located along the shore of the Duckabush River. Several of the campsites are near the river. There are 16 campsites, 10 that will accommodate tents, trailers, and RVs up to 21 feet in length. Six of the campsites are tent sites with spurs for parking. Campsites at this location is available on a first-come, first-served basis, and visitors are required to physically arrive at the campground to purchase and claim a site. Once on-site, you are able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Scan & Pay feature on the Recreation.gov mobile app. Please download the free Recreation.gov mobile app prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or no cellular service. Adding a payment method to the app before arrival is recommended as well. Keep reading

Recreation

Hiking, fishing, hunting, waterfall viewing and river walks are possible in the area. The Duckabush trailhead is located one mile west of Collins Campground. Murhut Falls Trail #828 is 1.3 miles up # 2530 road. Interrorem Historic Cabin, Ranger Hole Trailhead (a trail to a popular fishing area), and Interrorem Interpretive Nature Trail are located 1.5 miles east of the campground. WARNING: River contains swift water, rapids, and waterfalls. River is not floatable . Use extreme caution in or near the water.

Facilities

There are 16 campsites, 10 that will accommodate tents, trailers, and RVs up to 21 feet in length. Six of the campsites are tent sites with spurs for parking. Tables, fire rings, and vault toilets are available within the camp- ground. Potable water is provided east of the campground 1.5 miles, from a hand pump well at the trailhead near Interrorem Cabin. Please pack out your garbage and leave a clean campsite.

Natural Features

The campground sits along the shore of the Duckabush River.

Tents and rigs

Sites
16 · 6 tent-only
Hookups
None
Accessible sites
None listed
Pets
Allowed
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Vault Toilets
“…for parking. Tables, fire rings, and vault toilets are available within the camp- ground. Potable…”
Drinking water
Yes
“…are available within the camp- ground. Potable water is provided east of the campground 1.5 miles, from…”

Around the campground

On the water
Waterfall, River
Birding
Fishing
Hiking
Hunting
Water access
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

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.

Booking window6 months outBooking opens 6 months ahead; today unlocks arrivals through April 16, 2027. The agency publishes no reservable season in the record we hold, so the window may close earlier than that.recreation.gov
A night$14plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$36DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itU.S. Forest ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
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What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
A night$14
Standard Site$14
Tent Only Site$14
These are next season’s rates, May 9, 2027 to Sep 15, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.
The regular $14.00 camping fee will cover two licensed passenger vehicles and a maximum of eight persons.
Golden Age/Access & Interagency Senior/Access cards are accepted for 50% reduced fee.
The two-vehicle rule may consist of any combination of the following: Two passenger cars, trucks, and/or recreation vehicles (NOTE: boat trailers and recreation trailers are not considered passenger vehicles).
An additional $5.00 fee is charged for each passenger vehicle over the two-vehicle rule.
The 8-person maximum capacity per campsite still applies.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
What a stay costs
One nightDerived$22
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$36

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $14 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.

If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

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 · 5

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

16 sites

All 16 sites

SleepsUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 16 of the 16 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Collins Camp1standard nonelectric$14
Collins Camp10standard nonelectric$14
Collins Camp11standard nonelectric$14
Collins Camp12standard nonelectric$14
Collins Camp13standard nonelectric$14
Collins Camp14standard nonelectric$14
Collins Camp15standard nonelectric$14
Collins Camp16standard nonelectric$14
Collins Camp2standard nonelectric$14
Collins Camp3standard nonelectric$14
Collins Camp4tent only nonelectric$14
Collins Camp5tent only nonelectric$14
Collins Camp6tent only nonelectric$14
Collins Camp7tent only nonelectric$14
Collins Camp8tent only nonelectric$14
Collins Camp9tent only nonelectric$14

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate47.68447, -123.54150
The phone360-956-2402
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

Travel US Highway 101 to the Duckabush Recreation Area, approximately 15 miles south of Quilcene.  Turn west onto F.S. Road #2510 (Duckabush River Road) and drive 6 miles to the entrance of Collins Campground, which is located on the left side of the road.

The agency publishes this point for 6 campgrounds; it’s likely a district office, not the campground. Use the agency’s own page for directions.

The weather

the next four days

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight40°Rain90% rain
Saturday46°Chance Light Rain then Mostly Sunny32% rain
Saturday Night32°Mostly Clear
Sunday44°Partly Sunny

NWS forecast for Amanda Park, WA

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Emily Randall, official portrait

Collins Campground is in Washington’s 6th congressional district. Its representative, Emily Randall (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A. See every public-lands vote →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: U.S. Forest Service publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.
Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: Amanda Park, WA, 22 mi NE (a census designated place). Straight line.