U.S. Forest Service · Wenatchee National Forest · WA

Domke Falls Campground

2Heads up2 fires, nearest 17 mi
Wildfire
Little Giant fire · 17 mi away · 172,912 acres · 95% contained · updated Oct 14, 2026
Wildfire
Sisi fire · 18 mi away · 4,615 acres · 34% contained · updated Oct 14, 2026
First come, first servedNo reservation, and none to be had: the sites go to whoever pulls in first.

This is how it should work.

Right now
Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night
$5From, per site
Drawn from the record · 1,160 ft · 44% tree cover · Lake Chelan within reach · Bortle 2 sky
1,160 ftElevation
157 ftWater · Lake Chelan
23.3 miSW of Twisp, WA
44%Tree cover
Bortle 2Night sky · 54th darkest of 400 in WA

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there

In the agency’s own words

This boat-in campground offers a floating dock with a six boat capacity. Accessible year-round. There are four tent sites, three fire rings, four tables, and one toilet available. These sites are located right on the shore of Lake Chelan, with a short trail to view Domke Falls. There is no access to Domke Lake, Domke Lake National Recreation Trail #1280 nor Domke Mountain Lookout Trail #1280.1 from Domke Falls. Lake Chelan Boat-in and Drive-to Campground Guide and Map Kayaking and Canoeing Lake Chelan

Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake
Fall color · reported 14 days ago, 13 km away
Peak color
Source: Stated in the agency description
Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (13 km) · Oct 3, 2026

Nothing to book, just show up

One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first, and a night costs $5 with nothing added. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.

recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.

BookingNo reservationsNothing to book, and no release date to wait forthe record
A night$5Per site, fromthe agency’s fee record
A weekend$10DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
Runs itU.S. Forest Servicethe agency’s record
Every line of the receipt · 8

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
A night, from$5
A Federal Dock Site Boat Permit is required from May 1 - October 31 for use of all National Forest and Park Service docks on Lake Chelan.
Permits must be pre-purchased before docking.
Purchase a $5 Day Permit or $40 Season Pass from one of the vendors around the Lake Chelan Valley.
Click here for more a list of vendors and more information about dock permits.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Nothing. This campground takes no bookings, so there’s no reservation fee to pay.
What a stay costs
One night, fromDerived$5
A weekend, Friday and Saturday, fromDerived$10

Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($5), and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

How we know this receipt · 5
Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this

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Getting there

the map and the coordinate

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight47°Mostly Cloudy then Light Rain Likely63% rain
Saturday51°Light Rain Likely then Mostly Sunny63% rain
Saturday Night32°Mostly Clear
Sunday51°Mostly Sunny

NWS forecast for Twisp, WA

Typical weather

Typical October night 38°F, day 56°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 25°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°20°

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.

Measured at: STEHEKIN 4 NW, WA (USC00458059), 15 miles away and 97 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless
Myrtle Lake11,133 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Chelan74,650 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Who answers for this land

Kim Schrier, official portrait

Domke Falls 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 →

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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.
Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (13 km) · Oct 3, 2026
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.