Cle Elum River Campground
in Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Reported closed. Checked 2026-08-05. Confirm with the agency before you drive out.
The numbers that decide it
Recreation.gov publishes no site-level detail for this campground, so we cannot say what length of rig it takes. Call the managing office before committing to it in a large vehicle.
Site-level RV detail confirmed against Recreation.gov. Where a field says "not published," the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero.
Recreation.govChecked 2026-08-05
Make Cle Elum River Campground part of the drive.
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Official Forest Service pageCle Elum River Campground
Located at the head of Lake Cle Elum along the Cle Elum River, this campground offers 14 trailer/tent sites and a reservable group site with a capacity of 100 people. Click here for bear warning link
Before you go
Season
Mid-May – Mid-September
Reservations
First-come, first-served
Fees
Single site: $20 Group Site $130 Extra vehicle fee : $6 (2nd vehicle for single sites, 3rd and 4 vehicles for double sites) will be collected at the campground. Extra vehicle is defined as any vehicle (motorhome, trailer, or passenger vehicle) that is not towed in with the first vehicle. If primary vehicle fills the parking pad, no additional vehicles will be allowed.
Scenic drives that pass close
- Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-905 mi
- JCT EAST SUNSET WAY VIC ISSAQUAH TO VIC THORP8 mi
- JCT WEST LAKE SAMMAMISH PKWY VIC ISSAQUAH TO JCT SR 970 VIC CLE ELUM8 mi
- JCT SR 90 VIC CLE ELUM TO JCT SR 97 VIC VIRDEN15 mi
- JCT SR 970 TEANAWAY RD TO JCT SR 97 VIC ELLENSBURG17 mi
- JCT SR 10 VIC ELLENSBURG TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN19 mi
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.