Camping near Chewelah, Washington

Camping near Chewelah, Washington includes 1 public campground on record, 1 first-come. All are run by the U.S. Forest Service. 1 is free. Another 31 public campgrounds filed under nearby towns are within 30 miles of Chewelah.

North Fork Chewelah

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Camping near Chewelah at a glance

Public campgrounds: 1 (1 National Forest)
Getting a site: 1 first-come
Cost: 1 free
Distance from Chewelah: 7.7 miles in a straight line
Elevation: 2,523 ft at North Fork Chewelah (the only one on record)

Distances are straight-line miles from Chewelah's point in the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2025), not driving distances. Every other fact comes from each campground's own sourced record, linked from its page.

First-come North Fork Chewelah Chewelah · National Forest · 7.7 mi

Agency: National Forest
Sites: Not on record
Season: Not on record
Fee: Free

More campgrounds within 30 miles of Chewelah

Starvation Lake Campground, 15 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
Rocky Lake Campground, 16 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
Flodelle Creek Campground, 19 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
Kalispel RV Resort, 20 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , Tribal Land , reservable ; listed under camping near Cusick.
Gifford Campground, 20 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($30/night); listed under camping near Inchelium.
Gifford Group Site, 20 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Inchelium.
Cloverleaf Campground, 20 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Inchelium.
Little Twin, 20 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $8 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
Skookum Creek Campground, 23 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Cusick.
Sherry Creek Campground, 23 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Ione.
Gillette, 24 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
Lake Gillette, 24 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
Douglas Falls Grange Park Campground, 24 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
Lake Thomas, 25 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
Cooks Lake, 26 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Usk.
South Skookum Lake, 26 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Newport.
Panhandle, 26 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Newport.
Barnaby Creek Campground, 26 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , Tribal Land ($35 per day camping permit (double if bought from an enforcement officer in the field)); listed under camping near Inchelium.
Hunters Campground, 26 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($30/night); listed under camping near Twin Lakes.
Browns Lake, 26 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $29 per night); listed under camping near Newport.
Hunters Group Sites, 26 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Twin Lakes.
Mystic Lake, 26 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Newport.
No Name Lake, 27 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Newport.
Lake Leo, 27 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $31 per night; double $52; day use $10 per vehicle); listed under camping near Colville.
Haag Cove Campground, 28 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Locust Grove Group Sites, 28 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Lake Ellen, 29 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Kettle Falls Campground, 29 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($30/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Rogers Bar Campground, 29 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , Tribal Land ($35 per day camping permit (double if bought from an enforcement officer in the field)); listed under camping near Inchelium.
Lake Ellen West, 29 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Dragoon Creek Campground, 30 miles from Chewelah in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Deer Park.

Things to do near Chewelah

Public land and water within 30 miles of Chewelah, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.

Waitts Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 7.6 miles from Chewelah; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Colville National Forest, North Fork Chewelah (7.7 miles from Chewelah) sits inside this national forest; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
Jumpoff Joe Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 10 miles from Chewelah; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, a national wildlife refuge whose mapped point is 12 miles from Chewelah; its hours, camping, hunting and fishing rules, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
Hatch Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 16 miles from Chewelah; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Loon Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 17 miles from Chewelah; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Sacheen Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 21 miles from Chewelah; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Lake Sherry fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 24 miles from Chewelah; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Lake Gillette fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 24 miles from Chewelah; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Lake Thomas fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 25 miles from Chewelah; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Chewelah

Nearest emergency room: Providence St Joseph Hospital, 500 E Webster Ave, Chewelah, WA, 0.4 miles from Chewelah , (509) 935-8211. Next nearest: Providence Mount Carmel Hospital, 982 E Columbia Ave, Colville, WA, 20 miles, (509) 684-2561. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries: Safeway supermarket · 0.2 miles · (509) 935-8383 · Hours Mo-Su 06:00-23:00
My Mother's Law Family Discount Store general store · 0.4 miles
Hico Mart convenience store · 0.7 miles
Fuel: Pacific Pride fuel station · 0.4 miles
76 fuel station · 2.8 miles
Valley Fuel fuel station · 7.5 miles
Propane: Aspen Valley Propane propane dealer · 20 miles
RV dump station: Kalispel RV Resort RV park · 20 miles
Laundromat: Clothes Basket Laundronat laundromat · 0.5 miles
Loon Lake Laundromat laundromat · 16 miles
Colville Speed Clean Coin-Op laundromat · 20 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Chewelah: potable water fill, pharmacy, and ice. Stores, fuel, propane, dump stations, water fill, laundromats, and pharmacies are the nearest few mapped within 25 miles, straight-line, © OpenStreetMap contributors (data as of 2026-09-29; this extract under the ODbL). Hours are as mapped; call ahead.

Common questions

Where can I camp around Chewelah, WA?

1 public campground is on record near Chewelah. Nearest first, straight-line from town: North Fork Chewelah (7.7 miles). 1 is first-come, first-served with no reservations.

Is there free camping near Chewelah, WA?

Yes: North Fork Chewelah charges no fee at the campground.

Where is the nearest emergency room to Chewelah, WA?

Providence St Joseph Hospital, 500 E Webster Ave, Chewelah, WA, is 0.4 miles from Chewelah in a straight line and reports emergency services to CMS; phone (509) 935-8211. In an emergency, call 911.

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