Willows Campground
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- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $22From, per site
- Sites
- 16All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices
In the agency’s own words
Willows Campground sits on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains at the southern end of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, offering visitors some of the most stunning scenery in Washington and easy access to an abundance of recreational activities. Keep reading
Recreation
In addition to being a prime location for hiking fishing, hunting, horseback riding, and mountain biking in summer and early fall, Willows Campground offers excellent skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling in the winter months. Hikers and backpackers are especially fortunate to have access to a variety of spectacular trails near the campground and in the surrounding areas. Designated Wilderness provides thousands of pristine acres of incredible landscapes to enjoy in solitude or with a small group. Whitewater paddling on the Tieton River, adjacent to Willows Campground, is also a popular activity.
Facilities
Willows Campground offers sites that accommodate both tent and RV camping. Sites are equipped with tables and campfire rings with grills. Vault toilets and drinking water are also available.
Natural Features
Encompassing more than 4 million acres and stretching north to south from the Canadian border to the Goat Rocks Wilderness, the Okanogan-Wenatchee is a stunning and diverse National Forest. High, glaciated alpine peaks tower along the Cascade Crest and lush valleys of old growth forest define its western boundary. At its eastern edge, rugged shrub-steppe country comprises a more arid region. Elevations range from below 1,000 feet to more than 9,000 feet. Visitors to the area can expect many days of clear, sunny weather in the summer, and winters with clear skies and plenty of snow.
Nearby Attractions
A historic highlight of the area is the last remaining lookout in the Naches Ranger District, Jumpoff Lookout. Visitors will also enjoy traveling the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway, which climbs into the clouds on a 66-mile drive through the Cascade Mountain range, weaving through snow-capped peaks and alpine lakes. 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 TRASH SERVICE will be available this season. Please "PACK IT IN - PACK IT OUT"
Hookups are not available
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. Extra vehicle fees are half the single site price and must be paid by cash or check on-site.
Everything else this campground posts · 5
Off-road vehicle use is prohibited in campground
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.
Water is normally available in this location via a handpump and/or water spigot. However, the handpump is temporarily offline for repair. Please bring all water necessary for the duration of your stay. Repairs should be completed by mid July. Please DO NOT attach your RV hoses to the water systems we provide. These are made available to you to fill your water jugs/buckets and take back to your site to use. If you need to fill your RV water tanks, please fill your tank before you come to the campground. Thank you!
Firewood is available for sale at host site for $10.00/bundle.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 16 · 2 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…tables and campfire rings with grills. Vault toilets and drinking water are also available. Natural…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…rings with grills. Vault toilets and drinking water are also available. Natural Features Encompassing…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Night sky · 293rd 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 · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $22 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
16 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 14 mapped sitesAll 16 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. 16 of the 16 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| AREA WILLOWS | 001 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 54 ft | 145 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 002 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 54 ft | 192 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 003 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 73 ft | 267 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 004 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 72 ft | 214 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 005 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 72 ft | 143 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 006 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 97 ft | 51 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 007 | standard nonelectric | 21 ft | 124 ft | 67 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 008 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 46 ft | 144 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 009 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 46 ft | 98 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 010 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 35 ft | 155 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 011 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 35 ft | 119 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 012 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 87 ft | 102 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 013 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 129 ft | under 10 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 014 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 146 ft | under 10 ft | $22 |
| AREA WILLOWS | 015 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | $22 | ||
| AREA WILLOWS | 016 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $22 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Hause Creek CampgroundSnoqualmie National Forest · 1.8 miPeninsula CampgroundSnoqualmie National Forest · 5.3 miSouth Fork Bay CampgroundSnoqualmie National Forest · 5.4 mi
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Windy Point CampgroundSnoqualmie National Forest · 6.4 mi
Indian Creek Campground (WA)Snoqualmie National Forest · 9.9 miFrom Naches, Washington, take Route 12 west 4.4 miles to the intersection with State Route 410. Turn left at the intersection, staying on Route 12. Travel 15 miles to campground on the left.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Tampico, WA
Typical weather
Typical October night 34°F, day 62°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 20°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 Julys are colder than the July 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
Willows Campground 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 →