Hawk Creek Campground
6Heads up3 park alerts · 3 fires, nearest 17 mi
- Right now
- ClosedThe agency’s own notice
- A night
- $23When it reopens, per site
- Sites
- 20In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 13 notices
In the agency’s own words
Hawk Creek Campground is tucked back from the lake on Hawk Creek. The campground is popular, but small enough to feel private and secluded. A small waterfall adds ambiance to this beautiful and unique campground. Hawk Creek is close to Fort Spokane Visitor Center, but far enough away to avoid the hustle and bustle. A courtesy dock provides access to Lake Roosevelt. Keep reading
Recreation
A small boat ramp provides access to the water. This is a popular place to fish, bird watch, kayak, canoe or simply take a hike through the ravine to the confluence where Hawk Creek meets the Columbia River.
Facilities
The campground has 20 individual sites. It is open year-round, however it is not plowed in the winter This campground is by reservation only. No first come sites available.
Natural Features
Hawk Creek is nestled in a beutiful ravine with a water fall near the campground. The geological beauty is astonding as you boat out to the confluence. Contact Info This location is unstaffed. To speak with our main office for general information, please call: (509) 754-7889.
Nearby Attractions
Just 8.5 miles away is the Fort Spokane Visitor Center and Museum. The former guardhouse is located in the middle of historic Fort Spokane. The visitor center and museum are open seasonally, from Memorial Day to Labor Day of each year. They may be opened upon request the rest of the year.There are also trails that include a self guided tour of the grounds that are open all year long.
Charges & Cancellations
All changes and cancellations must be made through recreation.gov Late Cancellations or Cancellations within the Cut-off Window Individual Campsites: A customer who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee (not to exceed the total paid for the original reservation). Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee.
What the agency tells you
No first come first served sites available. Reservation only. For reservations book here, or call 877-444-6777. There is no cell service so make sure to make your reservations in advance.
There are no electricity, water or sewer site hookups.
No potable water available.
Everything else this campground posts · 10
Vault toilets available.
No off-road vehicles permitted.
No off-road parking; park in designated areas only.
No metal detectors or collecting artifacts allowed.
Bring confirmation with you. Transfer the confirmation information onto the green slips located at the Fee Board as you enter the campground. Hang filled out tag at your site.
No generator usuage during our Quiet Hours of 10 PM - 6 AM.
Fires are permitted in the fire rings year-round, EXCEPT when the fire danger rating reaches a critical level as indicated by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources for the area that includes Lake Roosevelt NRA.
Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
Weekly Boat Launch Permits must be purchased on line at https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/656441199 . Please purchase prior to your trip. Annual Boat Launch Permits are available in person by vendor only.
For reservations book here, or call 877-444-6777.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 20
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets - year round
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 60 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Lake, River, Creek
- Birding
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Kayaking
- Picnicking
- Water access
- Night sky · 205th darkest of 400 in WA
- Bortle 3
- Cell signal · Cell signal · Park Service says
- None
Nothing to book until it reopensread 17:03 UTC
Hawk Creek Area Closed for 2026 Recreation Season.
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 · 16
What you actually pay
“All changes and cancellations must be made through recreation.gov Late Cancellations or Cancellations within the Cut-off Window Individual Campsites: A customer who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee (not to exceed the tot…” · 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 · 5
What the agency said · 1
Hawk Creek Area Closed for 2026 Recreation Season. The Hawk Creek Campground and boat launch area will close to all public access starting April 16 through October 16. The closure is necessary to keep visitors, staff, and construction crews safe during the Hawk Creek Road Improvements and Stabilization Project.
National Park Service · posted Oct 6, 2026
Filed as construction from the agency’s own words “construction”. That reading is ours.
Open within 60 miles · 4
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
- Fort SpokaneLake Roosevelt National Recreation Area · 6.1 mi · 68 sites
- Keller Ferry Group Sites (Concessionaire-operated)Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area · 19 mi · walk-up · 2 sites
- Hunters CampgroundLake Roosevelt National Recreation Area · 22 mi · 37 sites
- Spring CanyonLake Roosevelt National Recreation Area · 30 mi · 78 sites
recreation.gov availability, read 17:03 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
20 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 20 mapped sitesAll 20 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. 20 of the 20 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| 1 | 01 | standard nonelectric | 21 ft | 56 ft | 29 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 02 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 42 ft | 28 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 03 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 43 ft | 69 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 04 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 33 ft | 25 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 05 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 33 ft | 53 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 06 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 29 ft | 31 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 07 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 29 ft | 55 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 08 | standard nonelectric | 19 ft | 33 ft | 25 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 09 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 37 ft | 50 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 10 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 37 ft | 16 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 11 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | 37 ft | 51 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 12 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 52 ft | 34 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 13 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 68 ft | 120 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 14 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 47 ft | 97 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 15 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 33 ft | 137 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 16 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 33 ft | 143 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 17 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 41 ft | 128 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 18 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 47 ft | 109 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 19 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 49 ft | 96 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
| 1 | 20 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | 49 ft | 68 ftFranklin D Roosevelt Lake | $23 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Fort SpokaneLake Roosevelt National Recreation Area · 6.1 mi
Porcupine Bay CampgroundLake Roosevelt National Recreation Area · 8.5 mi
Jones Bay CampgroundLake Roosevelt National Recreation Area · 14 mi
Camp Na-Bor-Lee (non-profit operated)Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area · 16 mi
Keller Ferry Campground (Concessionaire-operated)Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area · 19 mi
Keller Ferry Group Sites (Concessionaire-operated)Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area · 19 miTake State Highway 2 west of Spokane for 32 miles. Turn north on State Highway 25 at the town of Davenport and travel 24 miles. Turn left onto Miles Creston road. Travel 8.5 Miles, turn right just before the bridge and follow the signs down to the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Creston, WA
Typical weather
Typical October night 31°F, day 57°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 19°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
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Hawk Creek Campground is in Washington’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Michael Baumgartner (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →
How we know
every fact on this page, and where it came from
“…No first come sites available. There is no cell service so book in advance. Dump Station one time fee of $10 per…”