Camping near Colton, Washington
Camping near Colton, Washington includes 1 public campground on record, 1 first-come. All are run by a county parks department. 1 stays open all year. Another 4 public campgrounds filed under nearby towns are within 30 miles of Colton.
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Camping near Colton at a glance
- Public campgrounds
- 1 (1 County)
- Getting a site
- 1 first-come
- Cost
- Lowest posted fee at Wawawai County Park Campground: "$25/night plus $5 for a second vehicle"
- Distance from Colton
- 13 miles in a straight line
- Elevation
- 762 ft at Wawawai County Park Campground (the only one on record)
- Season
- 1 open all year
- Campsites
- 9 across the 1 campground that state a count
Distances are straight-line miles from Colton'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.
More campgrounds within 30 miles of Colton
- Kamiak Butte County Park Campground, 21 miles from Colton in a straight line , County , first-come ($25/night plus $5 for a second vehicle); listed under camping near Palouse.
- Pataha, 27 miles from Colton in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Pomeroy.
- Forest Boundary Campground and Trailhead, 28 miles from Colton in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Pomeroy.
- Alder Thicket, 30 miles from Colton in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Pomeroy.
Things to do near Colton
Public land and water within 30 miles of Colton, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.
- West Evans Pond fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 10 miles from Colton; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Golf Course Pond fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 11 miles from Colton; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Silcott Pond fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 11 miles from Colton; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Hells Gate State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 15 miles from Colton; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- Nez Perce National Historical Park, a National Park Service unit whose mapped point is 29 miles from Colton; its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- Garfield Pond fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 30 miles from Colton; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Supplies and emergencies near Colton
Nearest emergency room: Pullman Regional Hospital, 835 SE Bishop Blvd, Pullman, WA, 11 miles from Colton , (509) 332-2541. Next nearest: St Joseph Regional Medical Center, 415 6th St, Lewiston, ID, 12 miles, (208) 799-5300. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.
- Groceries
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- Genesee Food Center
- Walmart Supercenter
- Safeway
- Fuel
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- Safeway Fuel Station
- Chevron Station #356447
- Cenex
- Pharmacy
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- Walmart Pharmacy
- Walgreens
- Safeway
- Laundromat
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- Sunshine North Laundromat
- Sudzy's Laundromat
- Colfax Laundromat
Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Colton: propane, RV dump station, potable water fill, 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
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Every campground in the state: camping in Washington ; by agency: County campgrounds in Washington ; by county: campgrounds in Whitman .