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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Washington

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Here, one in twelve take walk-ups.

48Campgrounds
4Take walk-ups
2Free to camp
$5–$27A night, across 37
676Sites, from 36
940–4,640 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 48 of these 48 campgrounds

Where they are

48 of 48 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

48 campgrounds
In 1 places, folded
Gifford Pinchot National Forest48 campgrounds · 2 open
Sunset Falls CampgroundReservableOpenGifford Pinchot National Forest · WAfrom $208 hike-in sites18 with a tent pad18 sitesrigs to 40 ft1,010 fttoiletsGovt Mineral Springs Guard StaReservableOpenGifford Pinchot National Forest · WASites from $1001 with a tent pad1 site1,220 fttoiletsIron Creek CampgroundReservableGifford Pinchot National Forest · WAfrom $274 pull-through sites99 sitesrigs to 40 ft1,090 ftdrinking waterLa Wis Wis CampgroundReservableGifford Pinchot National Forest · WAfrom $274 walk-in sites14 pull-through sites113 sitesrigs to 60 ft1,240 fttoiletsTakhlakh Lake CampgroundReservableGifford Pinchot National Forest · WAfrom $2554 sitesrigs to 99 ft4,420 fttoiletsLower Falls CampgroundReservableGifford Pinchot National Forest · WAfrom $203 pull-through sites43 sites1,530 ftdrinking watertoiletsParadise Creek campgroundReservableGifford Pinchot National Forest · WAfrom $2542 sitesrigs to 40 ft1,550 ftdrinking watertoiletsWalupt Lake CampgroundReservableGifford Pinchot National Forest · WAfrom $251 pull-through site42 sitesrigs to 30 ft3,920 fttoiletsPanther Creek campgroundReservableGifford Pinchot National Forest · WAfrom $2533 sitesrigs to 40 ft940 ftdrinking watertoiletsPeterson Prairie CampgroundReservableGifford Pinchot National Forest · WAfrom $258 pull-through sites1 group site30 sitesrigs to 40 ft2,980 ftdrinking watertoiletsBeaver CampgroundReservableGifford Pinchot National Forest · WAfrom $273 pull-through sites1 group site25 sitesrigs to 40 ft1,060 ftdrinking watertoiletsAdams Fork CampgroundReservableGifford Pinchot National Forest · WAfrom $252 with a tent pad1 pull-through site23 sitesrigs to 42 ft2,540 ftdrinking watertoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Roadless
Horseshoe7,579 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Backbone1,201 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Blue Lake11,359 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Gotchen Creek7,518 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Red Lake2,162 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Walupt618 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Roadless areas: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026
Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 9, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
High Lava fire · 5.9 mi from the nearest campground here · 2,899 acres · 100% contained
Wildfire
Mckinley fire · 13 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Wildfire
Garda Falls fire · 18 mi from the nearest campground here · 308 acres · 0% contained
Wildfire
West Fork fire · 20 mi from the nearest campground here · 310 acres · 16% contained
Wildfire
Clark Road fire · 26 mi from the nearest campground here · 27 acres
Wildfire
Tide Creek Rd fire · 29 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 23, 2026

Who answers for this land

Gifford Pinchot National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, official portrait
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D)WA 3rd · 47 campgrounds · grade F
Dan Newhouse, official portrait
Dan Newhouse (R)WA 4th · 1 campground · grade F
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly