Soda Springs Campground (Bumping River, WA)
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- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $24From, per site
- Sites
- 22All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices
In the agency’s own words
Soda Springs Campground is set on the forested banks of the Bumping River in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. The area offers a delightful setting for visitors seeking recreation and relaxation. Keep reading
Recreation
Soda Springs Campground offers outdoor enthusiasts the opportunity to hike, fish, ski, raft and enjoy a multitude of outdoor recreational activities throughout the year. The Bumping River, adjacent to the campground, offers a scenic backdrop for swimmers braving its cold, refreshing waters. Anglers may also want to cast a line into the deep pools lining the shore. Populations of rainbow, brook and steelhead trout prevail in this waterway. The nearby 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 more than 26 miles of towering forests, stretches of meadows, alpine lakes and fantastic ridge line views. Trailheads for Goat Creek Trail, Nile Ridge Trail and the Richmond Mine Trail are also nearby.
Facilities
Adjacent to the Bumping River, this campground has standard sites to accommodate tents, trailers and RVs. Sites are equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings, vault toilets and drinking water. Two Civilian Conservation Corps picnic shelters provide gathering spots for visitors.
Natural Features
Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 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 undeveloped wilderness, clean streams and diverse forests support an abundance of wildlife, including deer, porcupine, native fish and migratory birds. Endangered and threatened species, including the Northern Bald Eagle, the Northern Spotted Owl, gray wolves and grizzly bears, also find havens in nearby ecosystems.
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 may want to take some time to visit nearby Mount Rainer National Park. Considered a wonderland, the park offers a fantastic glimpse into glaciers, sub-alpine ecology and volcanic landscapes typical in the region. Nearby 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. Contact Info This location has limited staffing. Please call (661) 702-1420 for general information.
Charges & Cancellations
Cancellations Individual Campsites: Cancellations up to 2 days before a reservation start date incur a $10.00 cancellation fee. A visitor 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 including tax and applicable add-on for a campsite. Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee. No-Shows A no-show visitor is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. Staff will hold a campsite until check-out time on the day following the arrival date. No-shows are assessed $20.00 service fee and forfeit the first night's rate, taxes and applicable add-on for a campsite. Refunds Visitors may submit a refund request through their Recreation.gov profile within 7 days of the end date of their reservation. Refunds will not be issued after the 7 days has ended. Refunds for debit or credit card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bank or credit card used to pay. For check or cash purchases, Recreation.gov will mail a Treasury check for refunds of cash, check, or money order payments to the address associated with the reservation. Treasury check refunds may take up to 6-8 weeks to arrive. In the event of an emergency closure, the Recreation.gov team or facility manager will refund all fees and will attempt to notify you using the contact information within the Recreation.gov visitor profile.
What the agency tells you
NO WATER will be available at this campground until further notice, please bring all water that you will need for the duration of your stay.
Single site fees include 1 vehicle and 1 legally towed vehicle. Any additional vehicles are subject to an extra vehicle fee on-site, space permitting.
Click here for more information about Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Everything else this campground posts · 2
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.
Firewood is available for sale at host site for $10.00/bundle.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 22
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 100 ft
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…with picnic tables, campfire rings, vault toilets and drinking water. Two Civilian Conservation Corps…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…campfire rings, vault toilets and drinking water. Two Civilian Conservation Corps picnic shelters…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek, Meadow
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Water sports
- Night sky · 251st darkest of 400 in WA
- Bortle 3
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.
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.
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 make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 12
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $24 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“Cancellations Individual Campsites: Cancellations up to 2 days before a reservation start date incur a $10.00 cancellation fee. A visitor 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 including tax and applicable add-on for a cam…” · this campground’s own no-show 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 · 6
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
23 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 19 mapped sitesAll 23 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 22 of the 23 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 01 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 264 ft | 270 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 02 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | $24 | |||
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 03 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 71 ft | 326 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 04 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 71 ft | 290 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 05 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 131 ft | 147 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 06 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 131 ft | 87 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 07 Host | host pad | $24 | ||||
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 08 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 145 ft | 285 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 09 | standard nonelectric | 100 ft | 145 ft | 272 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 10 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $24 | |||
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 11 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 150 ft | 190 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 12 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 144 ft | 147 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 13 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 144 ft | 103 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 14 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 130 ft | 93 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 15 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 130 ft | 84 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 16 | standard nonelectric | 70 ft | 104 ft | 256 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 17 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 104 ft | 169 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 19 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 97 ft | 102 ft | $24 |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 20 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 58 ft | 70 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 21 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | $24 | |||
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 22 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 58 ft | 103 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 23 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 99 ft | 181 ft | $24 | |
| AREA SODA SPRINGS | 24 | standard nonelectric | 75 ft | 124 ft | 291 ft | $24 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It names it a host pad. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Cougar FlatSnoqualmie National Forest · 1.1 mi
Pine Needle Group SiteSnoqualmie National Forest · 3.0 mi
Hells Crossing CampgroundSnoqualmie National Forest · 3.6 mi
American Ridge LodgeSnoqualmie National Forest · 3.8 mi
Salmon Cove Group SiteSnoqualmie National Forest · 3.8 mi
Cedar Springs Campground (WA)Snoqualmie National Forest · 4.1 miTake Highway 410 to milepost 88.4, then turn left on Bumping Lake Road and continue for 5 miles 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 Cliffdell, WA
Typical weather
Typical October night 38°F, day 49°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.
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
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
Soda Springs Campground (Bumping River, WA) 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 →