WASHINGTON

Municipal Camp Sites

Town or City Charge
or Free
Toilet Drinking
Water
Fireplace
or Stove
Lights Bath or
Shower
Almira
Anacortes F Y Y Y Y
Bellingham—1 F Y Y Y Y Y
Bellingham—2 F Y Y Y Y
Burbank F
Cashmere
Castle Rock F Y
Centralia F Y Y Y Y Y
Chehalis—1 F Y Y Y Y Y
Chehalis—2 F Y Y Y Y Y
Cheney—1 F Y Y Y Y
Cheney—2 F Y Y
Cle Elum F Y Y Y Y Y
Colville F Y Y Y Y
Coulee City F Y Y Y Y
Davenport F Y Y Y Y Y
Dayton F Y Y Y Y Y
Deer Park F Y
Easton F Y Y
Edmonds F Y Y Y Y
Ellensburg F Y Y Y Y
Garfield F Y Y
Goldendale—3 F Y Y Y
Grandview F Y Y Y
Granite Falls F Y Y Y [[299]]
Hoquiam Y Y Y Y Y
Issaquah F Y Y Y
Kalama F Y Y Y Y
Kelso F Y Y Y
Kirkland F Y Y Y
Lake Keechelus
Leavenworth F Y Y Y Y
Marysville—2 F Y Y Y Y
Montesano F Y Y
Mount Rainier National Park F Y Y Y
Mount Vernon F Y Y Y Y
Newport
North Beach
Oakesdale F Y Y
Odessa F Y Y Y
Okanogan
Olympia F Y Y Y Y
Pasco F Y Y
Pomeroy F Y Y Y Y
Port Orchard F Y Y
Prosser Y Y Y Y
Raymond F Y Y Y
Republic F Y
Richland Y Y Y
Ritzville Y Y Y Y
Rosalia F Y Y Y Y
Seattle—2 F 7 days Y Y Y Y Y
Shelton F Y Y Y Y
Snoqualmie F
South Bend Y Y Y Y [[300]]
Spokane 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Sprague F Y Y Y Y
Sumas F Y Y Y Y
Tacoma F Y Y Y Y Y
Tenino F Y Y Y Y
Touchet F Y Y
Vancouver 50c. 7 days Y Y Y Y
Walla Walla F Y Y Y Y Y
Waterville
Wenatchee
White Salmon F Y Y Y Y
Wilbur
Yakima 50c. day Y Y Y Y

State Camp Sites

Camp sites prepared by the State Forestry Department are generally upon lands leased by the Department, such lands being situated upon public highways and usually adjoining running streams of pure water, fireplaces and free wood being provided. There are twenty-one of these sites, mostly in counties in the western portion of the state.

There are sixteen State Parks, upon some of which camping sites have been established and others will be provided. At present ten camp sites have been opened to the public in the State Parks. [[301]]

State Forest Camp Sites

The following is a list of the sites under lease by the Forestry Department:

Part of Lot 2, Section 32, Township 37 North Range 1 West (San Juan County).

Part of S.W. quarter of S.E. quarter of Section 32, Township 16 North Range 2 West, 20.49 acres (Thurston County).

Four acres in S.E. corner of S.W. quarter of Section 32, Township 37 North Range 4 East (Whatcom County).

North 3 acres in Lot 5, Block 1, Silver Lake in Township 28 North Range 5 East on the Pacific Highway in Snohomish County.

One acre in Lot 3, Section 9, Township 36 North Range 2 West (San Juan County).

Three acres in Lot 1, Section 21, Township 36 North Range 2 West (San Juan County).

Three acres in Lot 5, Section 13, Township 35 North Range 3 West (San Juan County).

Portion of Section 8, Township 36 North Range 2 West (San Juan County).

Three acres in Section 16, Township 36 North Range 1 West (San Juan County).

Beach at Olga in San Juan County.

Five acres in N.E. quarter of S.W. quarter of Section 22, Township 33 North Range 6 East (Skagit County).

One and one-half acres in Lot 9, Section 10, [[302]]Township 32 North Range 7 East (Snohomish County).

Five acres in Lot 6, Section 12, Township 30 North Range 6 East (Snohomish County).

Fives acres in Section 5, Township 32 North Range 7 East (Snohomish County).

Four acres in Lots 5 and 6, Section 25, Township 32 North Range 9 East (Snohomish County).

Part of south half of N.E. quarter of S.W. quarter of Section 8, Township 32 North Range 9 East (Snohomish County).

Five acres in Lot 11, Section 9, Township 32 North Range 8 East (Snohomish County).

Three acres in S.E. quarter of N.W. quarter of Section 7, Township 32 North Range 9 East (Snohomish County).

Ten acres S.E. quarter of S.W. quarter of S.W. quarter of Section 8, Township 30 North Range 5 West (Clallam County).

Portion of Section 9, Township 27 North Range 9 East (Snohomish County).

Portion of Section 19, Township 24 North Range 12 West (Jefferson County).

State Park Camp Sites

In the state parks the following camp sites have been developed:

In Chuckanut State Park, located on the Pacific Highway, about six miles south of Bellingham, in [[303]]Section 36, Township 37 North Range 2 East (Whatcom County), the park containing 20 acres, with salt water frontage.

In Moran State Park, on Orcas Island, our largest park containing about 3,000 acres, camp sites have been prepared at Mountain Lake in Township 37 North Range 1 West (San Juan County).

In Deception Pass State Park, at Rosario Beach, on Fidalgo Island. This park contains about 1,800 acres with several miles of salt water frontage and is situated in Skagit and Island Counties in Township 34 North Ranges 1 and and 2 East.

Five acres on Vashon Island, King County, in Section 31, Township 23 North Range 3 East.

Four acres in S.E. quarter of S.E. quarter of Section 16, Township 25 North Range 6 East, on Redmond-Falls City Highway in King County—partially improved.

Two acres on Black River Road nine miles southwest of Olympia in S.W. quarter of S.W. quarter of Section 19, Township 17 North Range 2 West (Thurston County).

Thirty-five acres, leased park on Navy Yard Highway, Hoods Canal, salt water beach in Sections 19 and 20, Township 22 North Range 2 West (Mason County), twenty miles west of Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton.

Five acres, leased site in Section 22, Township 21 North Range 4 West (Mason County); on Olympic Highway at Purdy Creek.

Lewis and Clark State Park, containing 520 [[304]]acres, situated on the Pacific Highway in Lewis County, twelve miles south of Chehalis, in Section 16, Township 12 North Range, 1 West.

Money Creek Park, maintained by the Natural Parks Association, in King County, on the Stevens Pass Highway, at the junction of Money Creek and the Skykomish River, fifty miles east of Everett.

National Forests

The State of Washington is rich in National Forests, having a total number of ten. Almost all of them are now more or less accessible to motorists. A list of these forests follows.

Chelan (677,429 acres). Good automobile roads give access to the lower end of Lake Chelan, from the Sunset Highway and the Yellowstone Trail by Blewett Pass and Wenatchee. There are many camping places along the lake. Further information concerning camping sites may be obtained from the Supervisor at Okanogan.

Columbia (784,498 acres). A road forty-seven miles long, passable for automobiles, connects Castle Rock with Spirit Lake in this forest. The Forest Service maintains a public camp ground on the south shore of the lake where tourists and campers are always welcome. For other information write the Supervisor of this forest at Portland, Oregon.

Colville (754,886 acres). Tourists may visit the remotest settlement in the Colville National Forest by automobile and secure camping supplies from [[305]]towns on, or away from, the railroad. The Forest Supervisor can be reached at Republic.

Olympic (1,534,689 acres). Olympic Hot Springs can be reached from Elwha P. O. on the Olympic Highway. Splendid camping places can easily be had near the springs along Boulder Creek. The address of the Supervisor is Olympia.

Rainier (1,315,891 acres). McClellan Pass Highway, built by the Forest Service and the State, is now completed as far as the Dalles of White River. The National Park Highway from Tacoma to Mount Rainier follows the Nisqually River in the Rainier National Forest for three miles. Frequent camping sites may be found along these highways. The Supervisor may be found at Tacoma.

Snoqualmie (698,043 acres). Along the principal routes of travel in this forest the Forest Service has cleared up the most desirable camping sites. The Supervisor is located at Seattle.

Washington (1,454,214 acres). This forest is rugged, and good automobile roads are few. For camping sites information may be secured from the Supervisor at Bellingham.

Wenaha (313,434 acres). One hundred and forty miles of road passable by automobiles traverse this forest. Popular camping places accessible by automobile are Tollgate and Godman Springs. For others inquire of the Supervisor at Walla Walla.

Wenatchee (665,276 acres). The new road over Blewett Pass has a maximum grade of five per cent and furnishes one of the most attractive and beautiful [[306]]drives in the Northwest. Lake Keechelus is skirted by the Sunset Highway on its east side. Here are good hunting and fishing in season and beautiful camping places. Leavenworth, Wash., is the headquarters of the Supervisor.

The other forest, Okanogan (1,486,325 acres), is not accessible to motorists.

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