Government Mineral Springs Campground
Its sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), camping costs Single Site: $10 per night, and it is open year-round. Government Mineral Springs Campground is a National Forest campground near Carson, Washington.
First-come, first-served
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Max RV length
- 18 ft
Government Mineral Springs Campground sits inside Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.1 miles outside the boundary of Trapper Creek Wilderness; its permit and camping rules and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Iron Mike Bubbling Spring: Historic CCC-built (1937) campground around the foundation of a 1910 resort hotel; the Iron Mike spring gives mineral water. Near the Trapper Creek Wilderness. (fs.usda.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- None, first-come
- Fee
- Single Site: $10 per night
Source: apps.fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-28
Sites and hookups
- Max RV length
- 18 ft
- ✓ Toilets
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets. No potable water.
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
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
- 1,540 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage mapped
- T-Mobile
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.5 mi away
- 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.
45.8830, -121.9978 in Skamania. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
Government Mineral Springs Campground is open year-round .
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
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Around Government Mineral Springs Campground
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Goose Lake, whose mapped center point is 12 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Goose Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Hot springs and waterfalls nearby
Nearest to Government Mineral Springs Campground, in straight-line miles: Carson Hot Springs (hot spring, 14 miles), Punch Bowl Falls (waterfall, 19 miles), Oneonta Falls (waterfall, 21 miles), Multnomah Falls (waterfall, 22 miles), and Wahkeena Falls (waterfall, 22 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
Reservable Beaver Campground 
Reservable Paradise Creek Campground 
Reservable Panther Creek Campground First-come Canyon Creek Campground More campgrounds: camping near Carson and campgrounds in Skamania.
Sources
- apps.fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
- fs.usda.gov (season, quietHours, maxRvLengthFt, water, notableFeature), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (stayLimit), accessed 2026-09-29
Photo credits
- Photo 1: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Photo 2: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0