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

Indian Flat Group Site

5Heads up5 fires, nearest 27 mi
Wildfire
White River fire · 27 mi away · 1 acres · 0% contained · updated Oct 17, 2026
Wildfire
West Fork fire · 27 mi away · 310 acres · 16% contained · updated Oct 3, 2026
Wildfire
Garda Falls fire · 27 mi away · 200 acres · 0% contained · updated Oct 17, 2026
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Sluiskin fire · 27 mi away · 0 acres · 0% contained · updated Oct 17, 2026
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Pigeon fire · 28 mi away · 9 acres · 0% contained · updated Oct 17, 2026
ReservableOut of season, no booking; November 20 opens May 20.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
Sites
1All of them booked ahead
30 ftLongest rig
2,750 ftElevation
376 ftWater · Bumping River
15.4 miSW of Cle Elum, WA
74%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices

In the agency’s own words

Indian Flat Group Campground is set on the banks of the Bumping River in the eastern foothills of the Cascades mountain range. Situated beneath a towering mixed conifer forest, this site offers a wonderful setting for large groups looking for a secluded camping experience. Keep reading

Recreation

Indian Flat Group Campground is within 10 miles of opportunities to hike, mountain bike, ride horses, ski, raft and enjoy a multitude of outdoor recreational activities throughout the year. Nearby Bumping Lake offers visitors opportunities to boat, fish, swim or simply relax on its sandy beach. The American Ridge Trail offers hikers, overnight backpackers and horseback riders fantastic opportunities to absorb some of the area's stunning beauty. Extending from Bumping River to the notable Pacific Crest trail, the American Ridge Trail offers over 26 miles of towering forests, stretches of meadows, alpine lakes and fantastic ridge line views.

Facilities

Indian Flat Group Campground has one large site and several other spur sites that extend around a campground loop. The campground accommodates up to 65 people and 22 vehicles. The site is equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings and four vault toilets. Drinking water is available at this site.

Natural Features

Okanogan National Forest offers stunning scenic views, 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. Precipitation varies greatly throughout the area, ranging from approximately 140 inches along the Cascade Crest to only 10 inches along the eastern edge. Visitors can expect many days of warm, sunny weather in the summer, and winters with clear skies and plenty of snow. The surrounding undeveloped wilderness, clean streams and diverse forests support an abundance of wildlife, including deer, squirrels, native fish, black bear and migratory birds. Goat Rocks Wilderness is a stunning adventure for those wanting to traverse higher elevations. Peaks within the area are remnants of an extinct volcano, taking the name "Goat Rocks," in honor of the numerous mountain goats traversing this isolated region. Gilbert Peak is the highest summit in this area, at an elevation of 8,184 feet.

Nearby Attractions

Boulder Cave National Recreation Trail is one of the most popular places in the Naches District. Visitors can walk the accessible trail along the river or explore Boulder Cave. Interpretive signs along the trail explain the geology, plants, animals and fire history of the area. Visitors enjoy Mt. Rainer National Park, where interpretive programs and exhibits offer education about the diverse landscape and history of the area. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), one of the world's premier National Scenic Trails, showcases some of North America's most fantastic scenery winding its way its way from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington, is accessible near the campground. Visitors will also enjoy traversing the Chinook Scenic Byway, considered one of Washington's premier driving excursions. Spectacular views of Mount Rainier and surrounding landscape dominate this 92-mile journey.

What the agency tells you

Rule

No trash collection provided; please pack out all garbage

Rule

No electric hookups available

Rule

Security is provided by access through a locked gate; the combination to the lock will be included in confirmation letter

Everything else this campground posts · 3
Rule

Livestock not allowed at this campground

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Click here for more information about Okanogan National Forest

Rule

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.

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Tents and rigs

Sites
1 · 1 group
Hookups
None
Longest rig
30 ft
Accessible sites
None listed
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Vault Toilets
“…picnic tables, campfire rings and four vault toilets. Drinking water is available at this site. Natural…”
Drinking water
Yes
“…campfire rings and four vault toilets. Drinking water is available at this site. Natural Features…”

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, River, Creek, Beach, Meadow
Birding
Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 266th darkest of 400 in WA
Bortle 3
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 windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On November 20, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 20, 2027.recreation.govAdd to calendar (.ics)
Max stay12 nights2-night minimum on weekendsthe facility record
Sites, a night, from$70From the rate schedule matched to 1 of its 1 sites. U.S. Forest Service publishes no campground-level rate we can read.derived by CAMPANAC
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
Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

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.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

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.

We’ll write once, when the season that starts Thu, May 20 2027 is open for booking.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 13

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
Sites, a night, from$70
Derived by CAMPANAC from the rate schedule matched to 1 of its 1 sites. U.S. Forest Service publishes no campground-level rate for this campground that we can read, only per-site rate templates its own record matches to each site’s own type.
Group area, a night$70
These are next season’s rates, May 20, 2027 to Sep 30, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.
Camping fees are $70 per night on weeknights and $100 per night on weekends and holidays
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
The agency publishes no nightly rate for this campground, so there’s nothing to add the $8 booking fee to. We won’t total a receipt with a number missing from it.
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

1 sites · the site map

All 1 sites

1 of 1 sites located
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The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 1 of the 1 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate46.97998, -121.14897
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

The campground is on the south side of SR 410 near milepost 89.

From Naches, WA travel west on State Route (SR) 12 for 4.4 miles. Continue straight onto SR 410 W for 26.5 miles.

From Enumclaw, WA depart SR 164/Griffin Ave toward Wells St. After ½ mile turn left onto SR 410/Roosevelt Ave. Follow SR 410 approximately 67 miles east.

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight41°Mostly Cloudy then Chance Rain Showers29% rain
Saturday57°Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny29% rain
Saturday Night30°Partly Cloudy
Sunday58°Mostly Sunny

NWS forecast for Cliffdell, WA

Typical weather

Typical October night 37°F, day 62°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical December night 24°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°32°10°

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.

Measured at: ELLENSBURG BOWERS FLD, WA (USW00024220), 29 miles away and 984 ft lower

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

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Norse Peak10,169 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area

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

Who answers for this land

Dan Newhouse, official portrait

Indian Flat Group Site is in Washington’s 4th congressional district. Its representative, Dan Newhouse (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. 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’s own recreation database flags it not open and publishes no reason and no date. That’s a flag, not a notice: 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: Cliffdell, WA, 4.2 mi NW (a census designated place). Straight line.