Pine Flats Campground
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:55 UTC
- A night
- $15When it reopens, per site
- Sites
- 7In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Pine Flats Campground is located next to the Mad River, in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, on the Entiat Ranger District. Visitors have easy access to the Mad River trailhead which connects to several multiple-use trails. There are six campsites available that are all within close proximity to the river. The campground contains two vault toilets, garbage service, and a handpump with potable water. Keep reading
Recreation
The campground offers great access to trail opportunities for hikers, horseback riders, mountain bikers and motorcyclists. The Lower Mad River Trailhead is located within the campground. The Mad River trail is 14-miles long and leads to the upper Mad River meadows area. Spring time wildflower viewing is a popular activity while hiking up the trail.
Facilities
The campground offers one group site, that is reservation only, and six first-come, first-served single sites. Each site contains a picnic table and campfire ring. Two vault toilets, garbage service, and a hand pump with potable water are provided during the main summer season. If the trash cans are full, please pack out any extra trash produced greater than what the cans can accommodate.
Natural Features
The campground is situated on the banks of the Mad River, at an elevation of 1,621 feet. Ponderosa pines tower over the area, which also contains several open meadows that are great for wildflower viewing during the spring bloom season. The surrounding forest provides excellent habitat for a wide range of wildlife. Visitors may catch glimpses of mule deer, bald eagles, and a variety of woodpeckers and owls.
Nearby Attractions
The Mad River Trail provides 14 miles of hiking, biking, horseback, and motorcycle riding access to some of the most beautiful alpine settings the area has to offer. The campground sits close to hundreds of miles of multiple use trails that are easily accessible from nearby trailheads. Entiat National Fish Hatchery is at mile marker six on the Entiat River Road and welcomes visitors in the summer. Tyee lookout is just up the road and offers visitors stunning views of the surrounding valley.
What the agency tells you
Mad River is closed to fishing from mouth to Windy Creek. Selective gear rules apply to fishing in the Mad River above Windy Creek. See Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife for fishing rules and regulations.
Large trailers and RVs (over 28 feet) are not recommended due to the configuration of the sites. Call Entiat Ranger Station for further information.
Hand pump for potable water is shared between sites.
Everything else this campground posts · 6
No livestock allowed; a hitching rack is available for those using Mad River Trail 1409.
Motorcycles are allowed on designated trails only; all-terrain vehicles (quads) are not allowed.
Ardenvoir is the closest town within 4 Miles. Entiat is 14 miles away.
Cell phone coverage is not available or very limited in the area.
Click here for more information on the Okanogan 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.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 7
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…the river. The campground contains two vault toilets, garbage service, and a handpump with potable…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…garbage service, and a handpump with potable water. Recreation The campground offers great access to…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Meadow
- Backpacking
- Biking
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Mountain biking
- Mushroom Picking
- Off Highway Vehicle Trails
Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:55 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
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.
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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 · 4
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Pine Flats Campground closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
recreation.gov availability, read 15:55 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
7 sites
All 7 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. 6 of the 7 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.