Seattle Area Camping

Get out your tent, sleeping bag, stove and head out camping. Washington's variety of terrains offer many different camping spots. Schedule some time off work, put the kids in the car, make a check list and head out to the great outdoors. Oh yeah, don't forget the tent poles.

Kachess Lake
At the top of Snoqualmie Pass, Kachess Lake campground is about 70 miles southeast of Seattle, near Cle Elum. The campground offers access to a huge variety of locations, everything from high-country trails to sunny lake swims. The 92-acre campground features 133 tent sites and 50 more sites for either tents or self-contained RVs. Stay for a couple days or make it a stopover on a trip across the pass.
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Kalaloch
You don't find campgrounds like Kalaloch very often. The year-round access to some of the states best beaches, fishing and foraging opportunities is unrivaled. Kalaloch campground, in the Olympic National Park, is located between Forks and Aberdeen on Highway 101. With 177 sites for either tents or self-contained RVs, it's one of the few campgrounds on the peninsula with beach access so readily available. Make sure you make some reservations, this one is popular.
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Spencer Spit State Park
Spencer Spit State Park on northeast side of Lopez Island. Lopez is one of the four San Juan Islands that offers access via the Washington Ferry System. This access, provided by the state to some of the most beautiful and unique land in the state, should be taken advantage of. The 138-acre marine and camping park sits on top of the sand spit for which it's named and offers unsurpassed island scenery.
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Lake Wenatchee
Glacier fed Lake Wenatchee State Park is on the lake about 21 miles northwest of Leavenworth and includes about 197 sites for tents or self-contained RVs. The park is set on 12,623 feet of shoreline bisected by the Wenatchee River. The two areas are the South Park, with areas for camping, water sports and equine activities; and North Park, a forested undeveloped area.
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Blake Island
Blake Island is a 475-acre state park south of Bainbridge Island that features shoreline camping with views of Seattle and the Olympic Mountains is only reachable by private boat. The park features five miles of saltwater beach shoreline and Tillicum Village (a lodge and scene set as a Indian village) which offers Indian-style salmon dinners and demonstrations of Northwest Indian dancing.
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