Lost Lake Group Unit
- Right now
- OpenListed open; its database flags it not open
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
- Season
- May 15 – October 17Open May 15 through October 17
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
Lost Lake Group Site is located in Lost Lake Campground which is situated on the northern edge of Lost Lake on the Tonasket Ranger District of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Set beneath mixed-conifer forest and surrounded by mountains, this campground offers one group site, suitable for large family and group camping excursions as well as several non-reservable single and double sites. Keep reading
Recreation
Lost Lake Campground offers outdoor enthusiasts the opportunity to hike, fish, and enjoy a long list of outdoor recreational activities. Anglers enjoy boat fishing (with an electric motor only) for rainbow and triploid eastern brook are available in abundance. A boat ramp is available in the campground. For an easy, interpretive hike for the whole family, the Big Tree Trail starts across the road from the Lost Lake guard house at the entrance to the campground. This 0.8 mile trail connects with a loop trail that highlights two 600-year old western larch trees. It is particularly beautiful when the wildflowers are out in June. Another great hike is the Strawberry Mt. Trail that starts just outside the Campground entrance and travels 1.5 miles up to Strawberry Mt.
Facilities
This campground has one designated group site, able to accommodate up to 100 people. The site is equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings, grills, drinking water and flush toilets. Access to Lost Lake beach and Lost Lake Amphitheater are within walking distance.
Natural Features
The Lost Lake area offers a medium sized lake with scenic views, forested mountains, abundant wildlife, and a few hiking trails. Visitors to the area can expect many days of warm, sunny weather in the summer, and winters with clear skies and plenty of snow. The surrounding area has clean streams and diverse forests that support an abundance of wildlife, including deer, porcupine, black bear, cougar, native fish, common loon, bald eagles, and migratory birds. Endangered and threatened species, including gray wolves and Canada lynx, also find havens in nearby ecosystems. Nearby Attractions
What the agency tells you
Electric hookups are not available
Group unit available by reservation only
Swimming dock available
Everything else this campground posts · 4
No lifeguard on duty
Click here for more information about Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
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.
Group Unit Fee is $75.00 per night.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…rings, grills, drinking water and flush toilets. Access to Lost Lake beach and Lost Lake…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…picnic tables, campfire rings, grills, drinking water and flush toilets. Access to Lost Lake beach and…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek, Beach
- Amphitheater
- Berry Picking
- Biking
- Birding
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Kayaking
- Swimming
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 28th darkest of 400 in WA
- Bortle 2
Fully booked on Fri, Oct 16, all 1 sites takenread 16:38 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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Every line of the receipt · 14
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 · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 16:38 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites · the site map
All 1 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. 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.
| AREA LOST LAKE GROUP UNIT | 01 | group standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 134 ft | $75 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions
Where it is
Beth Lake CampgroundOkanogan National Forest · 3.1 mi
Bonaparte Lake CampgroundOkanogan National Forest · 4.2 mi
Swan Lake KitchenColville National Forest · 25 mi
Ferry Lake CampgroundColville National Forest · 25 miSwan Lake CampgroundColville National Forest · 26 miFrom Tonasket, Washington, take State Route 20 east for 24 miles. Exit at the Bonaparte Recreation Area on Qkanogan County road 4953, which turns into National Forest System road 32. Continue on National Forest System road 32 for 4 miles to National Forest System road 33. Take the left fork onto National Forest System road 33, traveling north for 5 miles to a four corner junction. Turn left at the four corner junction onto National Forest System road 33-053 and continue for a mile to the campground. Upon entering the campground, the group unit is the first site on the left beside the Guard House.
The weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Oroville, WA
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
Lost Lake Group Unit 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 →