Camping near Colville, Washington

Camping near Colville, Washington includes 11 public campgrounds on record, 2 reservable and 9 first-come. Most (7 of 11) are run by the U.S. Forest Service. The nearest, Rocky Lake Campground, is 3.6 miles from Colville in a straight line, and 5 of 11 are within 15 miles. Another 26 public campgrounds filed under nearby towns are within 30 miles of Colville.

Rocky Lake Campground Douglas Falls Grange Park Campground Starvation Lake Campground Little Twin Flodelle Creek Campground Canyon Creek Lake Gillette

Camping near Colville at a glance

Public campgrounds: 11 (7 National Forest, 4 State Forest)
Getting a site: 2 reservable and 9 first-come
Cost: Lowest posted fee at Davis Lake: "Single Site: $8 per night"
Distance from Colville: 3.6 miles (Rocky Lake Campground) to 20 miles (Davis Lake) in a straight line; 5 within 15 miles
Elevation: 1,864 ft (Douglas Falls Grange Park Campground) to 4,526 ft (Davis Lake), 11 of 11 on record
Season: 4 seasonal with posted dates
Campsites: 87 across the 7 campgrounds that state a count
RVs: 7 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 55 ft (Gillette)
Drinking water: 6 of 11

Distances are straight-line miles from Colville'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.

Agency

First-come Rocky Lake Campground Colville · State Forest · 3.6 mi

Agency: State Forest
Sites: 5
Season: Not on record
Fee: No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)

First-come Douglas Falls Grange Park Campground Colville · State Forest · 4.8 mi

Agency: State Forest
Sites: 13
Season: Not on record
Fee: No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)

First-come Starvation Lake Campground Colville · State Forest · 9.4 mi

Agency: State Forest
Sites: 14
Season: Not on record
Fee: No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)

First-come Little Twin Colville · National Forest · 11.7 mi

Agency: National Forest
Sites: Not on record
Season: Memorial Day weekend to September 30
Fee: Single Site: $8 per night

First-come Flodelle Creek Campground Colville · State Forest · 15 mi

Agency: State Forest
Sites: 8
Season: Not on record
Fee: No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)

First-come Canyon Creek Colville · National Forest · 15.8 mi

Agency: National Forest
Sites: Not on record
Season: Memorial Day weekend to October 27
Fee: Not on record

Reservable Lake Gillette Colville · National Forest · 17.1 mi

Agency: National Forest
Sites: 14
Season: Not on record
Fee: Single Site: $31 per night

Reservable Gillette Colville · National Forest · 17.2 mi

Agency: National Forest
Sites: 29
Season: Not on record
Fee: Single Site: $31 per night

First-come Lake Thomas Colville · National Forest · 17.4 mi

Agency: National Forest
Sites: Not on record
Season: Not on record
Fee: Single Site: $31 per night

First-come Lake Leo Colville · National Forest · 19.7 mi

Agency: National Forest
Sites: Not on record
Season: Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day
Fee: Single site: $31 per night; double $52; day use $10 per vehicle

First-come Davis Lake Colville · National Forest · 20.2 mi

Agency: National Forest
Sites: 4
Season: Memorial Day weekend to September 30
Fee: Single Site: $8 per night

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More campgrounds within 30 miles of Colville

Locust Grove Group Sites, 10 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Kettle Falls Campground, 11 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($30/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Marcus Island Campground, 11 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Marcus.
Haag Cove Campground, 12 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Evans Campground, 12 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($30/night); listed under camping near Marcus.
Evans Group Site, 12 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Marcus.
Kamloops Island Campground, 14 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Snag Cove Campground, 15 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Kettle River Campground, 16 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Boyds.
Barnaby Creek Campground, 16 miles from Colville 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, 16 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
North Fork Chewelah, 17 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Chewelah.
Sherry Creek Campground, 17 miles from Colville in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Ione.
Trout Lake, 17 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $8 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Lake Ellen West, 17 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
North Gorge Campground, 17 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Barstow.
Big Meadow Lake, 20 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ; listed under camping near Ione.
Cloverleaf Campground, 21 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Inchelium.
Gifford Group Site, 21 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Inchelium.
Gifford Campground, 21 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($30/night); listed under camping near Inchelium.
Sherman Overlook, 26 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Edgewater, 27 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Ione.
Pierre Lake, 27 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Elbow Lake, 28 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Northport.
Sheep Creek Campground, 29 miles from Colville in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Northport.
Panhandle, 29 miles from Colville in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Newport.

Lake camping near Colville

On Lake Gillette: Lake Gillette (17 miles from Colville) and Gillette (17 miles from Colville) . Fishing on this water: Lake Gillette fishing.
On Lake Leo: Lake Leo (20 miles from Colville) . Fishing on this water: Lake Leo fishing.
On Lake Thomas: Lake Thomas (17 miles from Colville) . Fishing on this water: Lake Thomas fishing.

Every lake campground in the state: lake campgrounds in Washington.

Things to do near Colville

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

Hatch Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 5.3 miles from Colville; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Rigley Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 8.5 miles from Colville; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Colville National Forest, 7 of the 11 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Little Twin at 12 miles from Colville; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, a national wildlife refuge whose mapped point is 12 miles from Colville; its hours, camping, hunting and fishing rules, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
Sherman Pass Log Flume Heritage Site, at Canyon Creek (16 miles from Colville): A one-mile paved walking trail along Sherman Creek links the campground to the log flume heritage site.
Lake Sherry fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 17 miles from Colville; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Lake Gillette fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 17 miles from Colville; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Lake Ellen fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 17 miles from Colville; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Lake Thomas fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 17 miles from Colville; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Heritage Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 18 miles from Colville; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Colville

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

Groceries: Safeway supermarket · 0.4 miles · (509) 684-3782 · Hours Mo-Fr 06:00-24:00; Sa 06:00-24:00; Su 06:00-24:00
Sunset Mart convenience store · 0.5 miles
Whitty's convenience store · 0.6 miles
Fuel: Safeway Fuel Station fuel station · 0.4 miles
Conoco fuel station · 0.5 miles
Chevron fuel station · 0.5 miles
Propane: Aspen Valley Propane propane dealer · 1.1 miles
Laundromat: Colville Speed Clean Coin-Op laundromat · 0.5 miles
Clothes Basket Laundronat laundromat · 20 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Colville: RV dump station, 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 Colville, WA?

11 public campgrounds are on record near Colville. Nearest first, straight-line from town: Rocky Lake Campground (3.6 miles), Douglas Falls Grange Park Campground (4.8 miles), Starvation Lake Campground (9.4 miles), Little Twin (12 miles), and 7 more. 9 are first-come, first-served with no reservations and 2 book through Recreation.gov.

Where can I camp with an RV near Colville, WA?

7 campgrounds near Colville take RVs: Davis Lake, Douglas Falls Grange Park Campground, Flodelle Creek Campground, Gillette, and 3 more. None has hookups on record.

Where can I camp near Colville with drinking water?

Flodelle Creek Campground, Gillette, Lake Gillette, Lake Leo, and 2 more have potable water on record.

Where can I camp near a lake around Colville, WA?

Lake Gillette and Gillette sit on Lake Gillette, Lake Leo sits on Lake Leo, and Lake Thomas sits on Lake Thomas.

Where is the nearest emergency room to Colville, WA?

Providence Mount Carmel Hospital, 982 E Columbia Ave, Colville, WA, is 0.4 miles from Colville in a straight line and reports emergency services to CMS; phone (509) 684-2561. In an emergency, call 911.

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