Goose Lake Campground
Its sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), and camping costs Single site: $20 per night; additional vehicle $5 per night. Goose Lake Campground is a National Forest campground near Carson, Washington.
Closed First-come, first-served
1 / 3Float tubing on Goose Lake in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Photo: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain
- Managed by
- National Forest
Goose Lake Campground sits inside Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Goose Lake: Walk-in, tent-only hillside sites above a lake stocked several times a season; the day-use area has a boat ramp, picnic tables and a vault toilet. (fs.usda.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- None, first-come
- Fee
- Single site: $20 per night; additional vehicle $5 per night
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
What's there
- ✓ Toilets
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets. No potable water.
Rules
- Stay limit
- 14 consecutive days in one spot; 28 days per calendar year
- Quiet hours
- 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 3,096 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.1 mi away
- T-Mobile
- No coverage mapped
- Verizon
- No coverage mapped
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, data as of December 31, 2025
Outdoor coverage each carrier reports to the FCC at this campground's map point, and the nearest mapped coverage within about half a mile. The FCC map only includes 4G LTE at 5/1 Mbps or better and 5G; a weaker signal, a text, or an emergency call may still get through, but don't count on it. These are carrier predictions, not measurements, and can be wrong either way: real service in canyons, under trees, and inside a tent or vehicle is often weaker. 5G speeds are the FCC's 7/1 and 35/3 Mbps tiers. This product uses the FCC Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the FCC.
45.9395, -121.7564 in Skamania. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Current conditions
Closed Agency notice, as of 2026-09-29: The forest lists the campground as temporarily closed (no reason given).
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Around Goose Lake Campground
Goose Lake Campground sits on Goose Lake, 0.4 miles from the lake's mapped center point. Stocking record and species: Goose Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Hot springs and waterfalls nearby
Nearest to Goose Lake Campground, in straight-line miles: Carson Hot Springs (hot spring, 15 miles), Punch Bowl Falls (waterfall, 23 miles), and Oneonta Falls (waterfall, 29 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
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Sources
- apps.fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-28
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
- fs.usda.gov (water, quietHours, fee, closure, notableFeature), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (stayLimit), accessed 2026-09-29
Photo credits
- Photo 1: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain
- Photo 2: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain
- Photo 3: U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)