Cottonwood Campground - Entiat Ranger District
3Heads up3 fires, nearest 9 mi
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:40 UTC
- A night
- $15When it reopens, per site
- Sites
- 25In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Cottonwood Campground is located 38 miles up Entiat River Road from Highway 97A on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Entiat Ranger District in central Washington's Entiat Valley, on the banks of the Entiat River at an elevation of 3,100 feet. There are 25 first come, first served campsites along the Entiat River. Vault toilets and garbage service are on site. Maximum trailer length of 25' is recommended. The road can be rough in spots and access difficult depending on the time of year and road conditions. Keep reading
Recreation
Guests at Cottonwood Campground will find that the surrounding area offers opportunities to hike, fish, mountain bike and enjoy a long list of outdoor recreational activities throughout the year. Anglers will enjoy casting a line into the Entiat River above Entiat Falls. The campground is located four miles above the falls. Carving through a wide, U-shaped valley, the river is dominated by relatively shallow riffles interspersed with pools, plunge pools and glides where the trout fishing is quite good. Populations of rainbow trout, Cutthroat trout, and Eastern brook trout are found in this tributary. Selective gear rules apply to fishing in the Entiat River. See Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for fishing rules and regulations.
Facilities
There are 25 basic campsites that are first come, first served along the Entiat River. Vault toilets, garbage service, and water are available on site. Maximum trailer length 25 feet.
Natural Features
The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest offers stunning scenic vistas, with high, glaciated alpine peaks, valleys of old growth forest and rugged shrub-steppe country making up the diverse landscape. Elevations range from below 1,000 feet to more than 9,000 feet. The surrounding forest provides excellent habitat for a wide range of wildlife. Visitors can expect many days of warm, sunny weather in the summer, and winters with clear skies and plenty of snow. Nestled in a young lodge pole pine and spruce forest, the area surrounding the campground is home to abundant wildlife, including mule deer, cougars, native fish, black bears, pine marten, moose, bald and golden eagles and a variety of woodpeckers and owls.
Nearby Attractions
The Silver Falls National Recreation Trail is a 1.8 mile hike beneath towering cedar and pines, along Silver Creek to the base of Silver Falls. Along the way, hikers are treated to views of the 141-foot cascade, as well as the Entiat valley below, and the mountains above. Beautiful stone staircases and bridges along the trail offer many stopping points to take the perfect photograph. At Entiat River Road mile marker 27.8 is Box Canyon. This geological formation is about 65 million years in the making and the chasm spans a run of about 500 feet and ranges from 75-150 ft. deep. Fish Tail Falls can be observed from the view point running over, under and through a pile of large boulders, cascading another 15 feet. At times you can see salmon in this pool. At mile marker 32.2 on Entiat River Road is Entiat Falls. This broad 25 foot cascading natural waterfall makes quite a rejuvenating impression. Bring a picnic lunch or just stretch your legs and enjoy. Take precaution as river rocks can be very slick. Cooper's Store and Cafe in Ardenvoir is approximately 28 miles down valley and is the nearest source of gasoline, groceries, miscellaneous camping supplies and telephone services.
What the agency tells you
Cottonwood Cabin is adjacent to the campground. Cabin is available for reservation through recreation.gov.
Keep the grounds clean to deter squirrel, mice, rats, bears, and other wildlife from the area.
Please do not let pets roam freely, as they may endanger the wildlife and native plants.
Everything else this campground posts · 6
Use of ATVs/quad type vehicles are prohibited in this area.
There are no utility hookups in the campground.
There is garbage service at this campground. Take to the dumpster on the main road or pack out all garbage.
Campsites must be occupied within 24 hours of setting up camp.
Campfires may not be permitted during periods of high fire danger. Please check current fire information and conditions before you go.
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.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 25
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…served campsites along the Entiat River. Vault toilets and garbage service are on site. Maximum trailer…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, River, Creek
- Backpacking
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Mountain biking
- Mushroom Picking
- Off Highway Vehicle Trails
- Water access
- Wildlife viewing
- Fall color · reported 14 days ago, 30 km away
- Peak color
Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:40 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 10
What you actually pay
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 · 4
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Cottonwood Campground - Entiat Ranger District closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 60 miles · 4
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
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- Purple Point CampgroundLake Chelan National Recreation Area · 20 mi · walk-up · 6 sites
- Gorge Lake CampgroundNorth Cascades National Park · 53 mi · 8 sites
- Goodell Creek CampgroundRoss Lake National Recreation Area · 53 mi · 19 sites
recreation.gov availability, read 15:40 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
25 sites
All 25 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 25 of the 25 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Cottonwood | 01 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 02 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 03 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 04 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 05 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 06 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 07 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 08 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 09 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 10 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 11 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 12 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 13 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 14 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 15 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 16 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 17 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 18 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 19 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 20 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 21 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 22 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 23 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 24 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| Cottonwood | 25 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Cottonwood CabinWenatchee National Forest · 0.1 mi
Three Creek Group Site - Okanogan-Wenatchee NFWenatchee National Forest · 1.8 miSpruce Grove CampgroundWenatchee National Forest · 3.0 miNorth Fork CampgroundWenatchee National Forest · 3.8 mi
Silver Falls Group SiteWenatchee National Forest · 6.5 mi
Finner Creek CampgroundWenatchee National Forest · 7.6 miFrom Wenatchee take State Route 97A north 17 miles along the west bank of the Columbia River. Turn left on to Entiat River Road (Chelan County Route 19). Continue on Entiat River Road (which becomes Forest Road 51) past the end of the pavement to mile post 38 where you will see Cottonwood Campground on the left. From Chelan travel south on US-97A (west side of Columbia River) for 19.3 miles to Entiat. Turn right on to Entiat River Road (Chelan County Road 19). Continue on Entiat River Road (which becomes Forest Road 51) past the end of the pavement to mile post 38 where you will see Cottonwood Campground on the left.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Manson, WA
Typical weather
Typical October night 32°F, day 51°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 17°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 Julys are colder than the July 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
Cottonwood Campground - Entiat Ranger District 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 →