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

Dungeness Forks Campground

ReservableBooking 6 months out; today unlocks April 16. Season not published.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night
$14From, per site
Sites
10All 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 · 3 notices

In the agency’s own words

Dungeness-Forks Campground is located at the fork of the Dungeness and Graywolf Rivers and is a shaded, forested area with evergreen conifers. There are 10 campsites that will accommodate tents. Trailers and motorhomes are not recommended due to steep one lane unpaved road access. 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

Camping, fishing and hunting are possible. Nearby hiking trails within 10 miles of campground include Graywolf #834, Upper and Lower Dungeness #833, Royal Creek #832 and Tubal Cain #840. Note: Upper Dungeness #833 and Royal Creek #832 require a Recreation Pass at the trailhead.

Facilities

There are 10 campsites that will accommodate tents. Trailers and motorhomes are not recommended due to steep one lane unpaved road access. Tables, fire rings and vault toilets are available. Elevation is 1000 feet. Please pack out your garbage and leave a clean campsite.

Natural Features

The campground is located at the confluence of the Dungeness and Graywolf Rivers in a shaded forested area.

What the agency tells you

Rule

Maximum stay is 14 days.

Rule

Pets must be leashed.

Rule

Trailers and motorhomes are not recommended due to steep one lane unpaved road access.

Tents and rigs

Sites
10 · 10 tent-only
Hookups
None
Accessible sites
None listed
Pets
Allowed
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Vault Toilets
“…road access. Tables, fire rings and vault toilets are available. Elevation is 1000 feet. Please pack…”

Around the campground

On the water
River, Creek
Birding
Fishing
Hiking
Hunting
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
Tent Only Site$14
These are next season’s rates, May 2, 2027 to Sep 22, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.
Regular $14.00 camping fee covers two licensed passenger vehicles and a maximum of eight people. (50% reduced fee with Golden Age/Access & Interagency Senior/Access passes.) The two vehicle rule includes any combination of the following: passenger cars, trucks, and/or recreation vehicles (NOTE: boat and recreation trailers are not considered passenger vehicles).
An additional $5.00 fee is charged for each passenger vehicle over the limit.
No more than 8 people per campsite.
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

10 sites

All 10 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. 10 of the 10 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Dungeness Forks1tent only nonelectric$14
Dungeness Forks10tent only nonelectric$14
Dungeness Forks2tent only nonelectric$14
Dungeness Forks3tent only nonelectric$14
Dungeness Forks4tent only nonelectric$14
Dungeness Forks5tent only nonelectric$14
Dungeness Forks6tent only nonelectric$14
Dungeness Forks7tent only nonelectric$14
Dungeness Forks8tent only nonelectric$14
Dungeness Forks9tent 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 north to Sequim Bay State Park.  Turn left across from State Park on Louella Road.  Drive 1 mile to Palo Alto Road.  Turn left and drive 4 miles to FS Road #2880, turn right and drive 1 mile to campground.

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°Light Rain Likely59% 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

Dungeness Forks 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.