The Dalles Campground
4Heads up4 fires, nearest 11 mi
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $32–$64Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 4240 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices
In the agency’s own words
Situated on the banks of the White River in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Dalles Campground offers visitors stunning scenery and access to a multitude of recreational activities within the Cascade region. Scattered beneath a towering canopy of diverse forest, the sites in this campground are widely-spaced and many are at the water's edge. Keep reading
Recreation
Hiking and fishing top the list of recreational activities in the area. For visitors wanting a glimpse at the wonders of the area, hikes for all levels and abilities abound. For a shorter hike, the John Muir Nature Trail is a half-mile, barrier-free nature trail that begins at the historic picnic shelter near the entrance of the campground. Marking the beginning of the Dalles River View trail at the west end of the campground loop is the "Big Tree," a 700 year-old Douglas fir that measures 9.5 feet in diameter. Anglers will enjoy fly fishing on the White River and its tributaries, as it sustains several species of salmon and trout.
Facilities
Dalles campground offers standard sites and is able to accommodate tents or RVs. Picnic tables and campfire rings with grills are available at each site, and vault toilets and drinking water are accessible throughout the campground. A covered historic picnic shelter, constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps, may be reserved, otherwise it is available on a first-come first-serve basis.
Natural Features
Hemmed in by several designated wilderness areas, the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest showcases rugged peaks, sparkling alpine lakes and old-growth forests, providing visitors with a variety of scenic landscapes. Mt. Rainer, the highest mountain in Washington and the Cascades range, dominates the landscape on a clear day. Rising to an elevation of 14,411 feet, the stratovolcano is perpetually snow-capped, boasting a total of 36-square miles of snowfields and glaciers. Two volcanic craters top the summit of this magnificent peak. Flowing water from ice caves at the base of Emmons Glacier in Mt. Rainer National Park is the source of the White River, which enters the forest and joins up with Huckleberry Creek just below the Dalles Campground. Wildlife in the area include mountain goats, coyotes, pine marten and a variety of migratory birds and native fish.
Nearby Attractions
Visitors enjoy the North Cascades and Mt. Rainer National Parks, where interpretive programs and exhibits offer education about the diverse landscape and history of the area. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (530) 932-0242.
Charges & Cancellations
Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
What the agency tells you
Extra Vehicles: One RV with tow vehicle per single site or one vehicle per single tent site. Two RVs with tow vehicle per double site or two vehicles per double tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. A fee of $12/extra vehicle per night must be paid for upon arrival by cash or check only.
Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed.
Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site may be forfeited and released to other guests.
Everything else this campground posts · 5
Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest has a Food Storage Order in effect. All food and refuse must be acceptably stored (in a hard sided vehicle or trailer, food storage locker, or certified bear resistant container) or acceptably possessed (attended to by a person who is physically present).
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.
Click here for more information about Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 42
- 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
- Vault Toilets
- “…grills are available at each site, and vault toilets and drinking water are accessible throughout the…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…at each site, and vault toilets and drinking water are accessible throughout the campground. A covered…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek
- Night sky · 360th darkest of 400 in WA
- Bortle 4
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 40 of the 42 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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 · 16
What you actually pay
“A fee of $12/extra vehicle per night must be paid for upon arrival by cash or check only.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $32–$64 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.
“Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.” · this campground’s own 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 · 7
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
44 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 25 mapped sitesAll 44 records
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 27 of the 44 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 39 of the 44 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Hwy Side | 001/002 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| Hwy Side | 002 | type not stated | 30 ft | ||||
| Hwy Side | 003 HOST | host pad | 45 ft | ||||
| Hwy Side | 004 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 146 ft | 336 ftMinnehaha Creek | 73 ft | $32–$64 |
| Hwy Side | 005 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 93 ft | 219 ftMinnehaha Creek | 99 ft | $32–$64 |
| Hwy Side | 006 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| Hwy Side | 007 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 111 ft | 259 ftMinnehaha Creek | 133 ft | $32–$64 |
| Hwy Side | 008 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 161 ft | 420 ftMinnehaha Creek | 139 ft | $32–$64 |
| Hwy Side | 009 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 104 ft | 279 ftWhite River | 147 ft | $32–$64 |
| Hwy Side | 010-Closed | type not stated | 45 ft | ||||
| Hwy Side | 011 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 104 ft | 307 ftWhite River | 186 ft | $32–$64 |
| Hwy Side | 012 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 138 ft | 461 ftWhite River | 330 ft | $32–$64 |
| Hwy Side | 013 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| Hwy Side | 014 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 138 ft | 522 ftWhite River | 411 ft | $32–$64 |
| Hwy Side | 015 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 120 ft | 389 ftWhite River | 336 ft | $32–$64 |
| Hwy Side | 016 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| Hwy Side | 017 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| Hwy Side | 018 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 120 ft | 419 ftWhite River | 243 ft | $32–$64 |
| Hwy Side | 019 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| Hwy Side | 020 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| Hwy Side | 021 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| Hwy Side | 022 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| Hwy Side | 023 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| Hwy Side | 024 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 343 ft | 340 ft | 134 ft | $32–$64 |
| Hwy Side | 025 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| Picnic | GROUP DAY USE | day use | 26 ft | 314 ftMinnehaha Creek | 180 ft | $55 | |
| River Side | 027 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 134 ft | 66 ft | 408 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 028/030 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| River Side | 029 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 134 ft | 64 ftWhite River | 301 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 030 | type not stated | 30 ft | 157 ft | 156 ft | ||
| River Side | 031 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 153 ft | 68 ftWhite River | 177 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 032 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 132 ft | 101 ftWhite River | 147 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 034 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 132 ft | 149 ftWhite River | 242 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 035 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| River Side | 036 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 179 ft | 245 ftWhite River | 316 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 037 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 114 ft | 73 ftWhite River | 353 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 038 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | $32–$64 | |||
| River Side | 039 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 114 ft | 60 ftWhite River | 242 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 040 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 151 ft | 199 ftWhite River | 213 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 041 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 132 ft | 27 ftWhite River | 137 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 042 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 132 ft | 11 ftWhite River | 135 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 043 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 112 ft | 168 ftWhite River | 42 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 044 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | 134 ft | 27 ftMinnehaha Creek | 223 ft | $32–$64 |
| River Side | 045 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 93 ft | 160 ftMinnehaha Creek | 183 ft | $32–$64 |
The agency files 2 more records here that aren’t sites for the night: 1 it files as day use and 1 it names a host pad. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.
25 of 44 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Dalles CampgroundSnoqualmie National Forest · 1.3 mi
Silver Springs CampgroundSnoqualmie National Forest · 6.3 mi
White River CampgroundMount Rainier National Park · 13 mi
Lodgepole Campground (Washington)Snoqualmie National Forest · 15 mi
Pleasant Valley CampgroundSnoqualmie National Forest · 15 miSalmon Cove Group CampgroundSnoqualmie National Forest · 16 miFrom Enumclaw, Washington, go southeast on Highway 410 towards Mt. Rainier park for approximately 26 miles to campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Greenwater, WA
Typical weather
Typical October night 41°F, day 54°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 31°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
The Dalles Campground 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 →