Tumwater Campground
in Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
The managing agency’s description mentions a closure. Read it below and confirm 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 detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero.
Tumwater Campground
TUMWATER CAMPGROUND CLOSED In 2014 Tumwater Campground was closed due to risk of debris flows and flooding resulting from conditions created by the Chiwaukum Fire. Tumwater Campground was already suffering from aging infrastructure at that time. In the intervening years of closure the campground sewage treatment system was determined to be inoperable and in need of replacement, hazard trees in the area accumulated, and other infrastructure passed the point of serviceability. The Forest would like to redesign and repair Tumwater Campground to return it to service while also performing stream restoration activities in the adjacent Chiwaukum Creek. Based on recent cost estimates for design and reconstruction of other campgrounds on the Okanagan-Wenatchee National Forest funded through the Great American Outdoors Act, we estimate the cost of redeveloping the Tumwater Campground at approximately 3 million dollars. Although the Forest Service has strong interest and support from community stakeholders for the redevelopment of this campground, we have not yet secured this level of funding for the project. We continue to pursue opportunities to fund the redevelopment of this campground and to reduce our backlog of deferred facility maintenance. Located along Highway 2 and the Wenatchee River in Tumwater Canyon, 11 miles from Leavenworth. The group site includes shelter with a fireplace. There is also a basketball court.
Before you go
Reservations
First-come, first-served
Fees
Currently closed. Single unit: $23 / night Double unit: $46 / night Extra vehicle: $14 / night Group site: $100 / night Picnic site: $7 / vehicle between 10:00 a.m. & 4:00 p.m.
Restrictions
Trailers 50 ft. max. Maximum of 70 people and 40 vehicles at group site.
Scenic drives that pass close
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.