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

Safety Harbor Campground [CLOSED]

2Heads up2 fires, nearest 22 mi
Wildfire
Little Giant fire · 22 mi away · 172,912 acres · 95% contained · updated Oct 14, 2026
Wildfire
Sisi fire · 29 mi away · 4,615 acres · 34% contained · updated Oct 14, 2026
First come, first servedNo reservation, and none to be had: the sites go to whoever pulls in first.

This is how it should work.

Right now
Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
A night
$10From, per site
Drawn from the record · 1,110 ft · 32% tree cover · Lake Chelan within reach · Bortle 2 sky
1,110 ftElevation
89 ftWater · Lake Chelan
14.3 miNW of Manson, WA
32%Tree cover
Bortle 2Night sky · 91st darkest of 400 in WA

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there

In the agency’s own words

Campground is closed due to 2017 Uno Peak Fire above the campground. Potential for catastrophic flash floods is high. This boat-in campground offers a floating dock with a six boat capacity. There are four tent sites, two fire rings, two tables, and one vault toilet. This site has year round access and is a good shelter from both up and down lake winds. Lake Chelan Boat-in and Drive-to Campground Guide and Map Kayaking and Canoeing Lake Chelan

Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Vault Toilets
“…two fire rings, two tables, and one vault toilet. This site has year round access and is a good…”
Source: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake
Fall color · reported 14 days ago, 23 km away
Peak color
Source: Stated in the agency description
Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (23 km) · Oct 3, 2026

Nothing to book, just show up

One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first, and a night costs $10 with nothing added. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.

recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.

BookingNo reservationsNothing to book, and no release date to wait forthe record
A night$10Per site, fromthe agency’s fee record
A weekend$20DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
Runs itU.S. Forest Servicethe agency’s record
Every line of the receipt · 8

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
A night, from$10
A Federal Dock Site Boat Permit is required from May 1 - October 31 for use of all National Forest and Park Service docks on Lake Chelan.
Permits must be pre-purchased before docking.
Purchase a $10 Day Permit or $75 Season Pass from one of the vendors around the Lake Chelan Valley.
Click here for a list of vendors or for more information on dock permits.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Nothing. This campground takes no bookings, so there’s no reservation fee to pay.
What a stay costs
One night, fromDerived$10
A weekend, Friday and Saturday, fromDerived$20

Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($10), and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

How we know this receipt · 5
Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this

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Getting there

the map and the coordinate

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight46°Mostly Cloudy then Chance Light Rain27% rain
Saturday55°Chance Light Rain then Partly Sunny27% rain
Saturday Night35°Mostly Clear1% rain
Sunday54°Mostly Sunny

NWS forecast for Manson, WA

Typical weather

Typical October night 33°F, day 58°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 21°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°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 Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: PLAIN, WA (USC00456534), 22 miles away and 826 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless
Chelan74,650 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Stormy Mtn.32,612 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area

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

Who answers for this land

Kim Schrier, official portrait

Safety Harbor Campground [CLOSED] is in Washington’s 8th congressional district. Its representative, Kim Schrier (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’s own recreation database flags it not open and publishes no reason and no date. That’s a flag, not a notice.
Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (23 km) · Oct 3, 2026
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.