First-come camping in Washington (no reservation needed)
Washington has 313 public campgrounds you can camp at without a reservation, 49 free and 245 charging a fee. Most (196 of 313) are run by the U.S. Forest Service.
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Reservable 313
First-come noindex Fewer than 3 campgrounds here clear the indexable bar yet, so this page stays noindex.
First-come campgrounds vs. dispersed camping
Every campground below is a named, developed site that takes no reservations: show up, find an open site, pay if there's a fee. Dispersed camping (boondocking) is different: camping on open public land away from any campground. BLM limits dispersed camping to 14 days within any 28-day period (stay limits vary by field office), asks campers to stay at least 200 feet from lakes and streams, and says most areas need no permit or reservation (blm.gov, read 2026-09-26).
Most first-come campgrounds by town: 22 near Leavenworth , 18 near Naches , 16 near Chelan , and 11 near Winthrop .
First-come 29 Pines Campground First-come Adams County Fairgrounds Campground First-come Ahtanum Campground First-come Ahtanum Meadows Campground First-come Alder Thicket First-come Alpine Meadows First-come Antilon Lake 
First-come Atkinson Flat 
First-come Ballard First-come Bear Creek Campground First-come Beaver Creek Group Campground 
First-come Beaver Lake First-come Beaver Plant Lake 
First-come Beth Lake First-come Beverly 
First-come Big Creek Campground First-come Big Greider Lake Campground 
First-come Big Meadow Lake First-come Big Springs First-come Bird Creek Campground First-come Blackpine Lake Campground 
First-come Blind Island Marine State Park 
First-come Blue Lake Creek Campground First-come Boulder Lake Camping Area 
First-come Bridge Creek 
First-come Brown Creek 
First-come Browns Lake First-come Buck Lake Campground 
First-come Bumping Lake (lower) First-come Camp Four First-come Camp Spilman First-come Campbell Tree Grove First-come Canyon Creek First-come Canyon Creek Campground First-come Cascade Creek First-come Cat Creek Campground 
First-come Chambers Lake 
First-come Chatter Creek 
First-come Chewuch 
First-come Chopaka Lake Campground 
First-come Clark Island Marine State Park 
First-come Cle Elum River First-come Clear Lake (north) First-come Clear Lake (south) First-come Clover Flats Campground First-come Coffeepot Lake Recreation Site First-come Cold Creek Campground First-come Cold Springs Campground 
First-come Collins First-come Cooks Lake First-come Coppermine Bottom First-come Corral Creek First-come Cottonwood First-come Cottonwood - Ton First-come Cottonwood Campground First-come Coulee City Campground First-come Crater Creek Campground 
First-come Crawfish Lake 
First-come Crescent Lake First-come Crow Creek First-come Crystal Springs 
First-come Cultus Creek Campground First-come Cutthroat Lakes 
First-come Cypress Head 
First-come Davis Lake First-come De Roux Campground and Trailhead First-come Deep Creek First-come Deer Creek Forest Camp 
First-come Deer Park Campground First-come Deer Point First-come Doe Island Marine State Park 
First-come Dog Lake Campground 
First-come Domke Falls First-come Domke Lake 
First-come Dougan Creek Campground First-come Douglas Falls Grange Park Campground First-come Dragoon Creek Campground First-come Dungeness Forks 
First-come Early Winters First-come Elbow Lake First-come Elfendahl Pass Staging Area First-come Elkhorn First-come Evans Creek Group Campground First-come Fall Creek Campground First-come Falls Creek First-come Falls View First-come Ferry Lake First-come Finner Creek First-come Fish Lake First-come Flat First-come Flodelle Creek Campground First-come Foggy Dew Campground First-come Forest Boundary Campground and Trailhead 
First-come Forlorn Lakes Campground 
First-come Fox Creek 
First-come French Cabin 
First-come Gatton Creek Campground First-come Glacier View First-come Godman Campground First-come Goose Creek 
First-come Goose Lake Campground First-come Gothic Basin Camping Area 
First-come Government Mineral Springs Campground First-come Graham Harbor First-come Graham Harbor Creek 
First-come Grasshopper Meadows 
First-come Graves Creek Campground First-come Green Mountain Horse Camp First-come Griffin Bay 
First-come Grouse Mountain 
First-come Guler Mt. Adams County Park First-come Halfway Flat Campground (north) First-come Halfway Flat Campground (south) 
First-come Hamma Hamma First-come Handy Springs First-come Harts Pass 
First-come Heart O' the Hills Campground First-come Hobuck Beach Resort 
First-come Hoh Oxbow Campground First-come Holden Ballfield First-come Honeymoon First-come Hope Island Marine State Park - Mason County First-come Hope Island Marine State Park - Skagit County First-come Horseshoe Lake Campground 
First-come Hozomeen Campground First-come Huckleberry First-come Icewater Creek First-come Ida Creek First-come Indian Camp First-come Island Camp First-come J R 
First-come Jackson Creek Fish Camp First-come James Island Marine State Park First-come Johnny Creek First-come Jones Island Marine State Park 
First-come Joseph Whidbey State Park First-come Junior Point 
First-come Kamiak Butte County Park Campground First-come Kammenga Canyon First-come Kerr First-come Killen Creek Campground First-come Kinney Point State Park Property First-come Klahanie 
First-come Klahowya First-come Klipchuck 
First-come Kulshan Campground First-come Ladybug First-come Lake Creek First-come Lake Ellen First-come Lake Ellen West First-come Lake Leland Park Campground First-come Lake Leo First-come Lake Thomas 
First-come Lakeview Campground 
First-come Leader Lake Campground First-come Lena Creek 
First-come Lena Lake Campground 
First-come Lewis River Hc (wa) Gifford Pinchot Nf First-come Lily Lake First-come Little Greider Lake First-come Little Salmon First-come Little Twin First-come Lizard Lake 
First-come Lone Fir 
First-come Long Lake First-come Long Meadow First-come Longmire Meadow 
First-come Lost Lake Group Campground 
First-come Lost Meadow First-come Loup Loup First-come Lower Ashland Lake First-come Lower Oak Bay Campground 
First-come Lower Sandy 
First-come Lucerne First-come Lummi Island First-come Lyre River Campground First-come Manastash Campground 
First-come Maple Grove First-come Margaret McKenny Campground First-come Marten Creek Group Campground 
First-come Matia Island Marine State Park First-come Meadow Creek First-come Meadows First-come Merrill Lake Campground First-come Middle Waddell Campground First-come Midway First-come Mill Pond First-come Mineral Springs 
First-come Minnie Peterson Campground First-come Misery Spring 
First-come Mitchell Creek 
First-come Moore Point 
First-come Morrison Creek Campground First-come Mountain View Rec. Club Group Campground First-come Mystery First-come Mystic Lake 
First-come Napeequa Crossing First-come Nice First-come Nineteen Mile First-come No Name Lake First-come Noisy Creek Group Campground First-come North Fork 
First-come North Fork Campground First-come North Fork Chewelah First-come North Fork Nine Mile Campground 
First-come Obstruction Pass State Park 
First-come Olallie Lake Campground First-come Oriole First-come Owhi 
First-come Ozette Campground 
First-come Palmer Lake Campground 
First-come Palmer Mountain Recreation Site First-come Panjab Campground First-come Pataha 
First-come Patos Island Marine State Park First-come Pelican Beach First-come Peninsula Campground and Rimrock Boat Launch First-come Phelps Creek First-come Pierre Lake 
First-come Pine Flats First-come Point Doughty First-come Poison Creek First-come Ponderosa First-come Poplar Flat First-come Porter Creek Campground First-come Prince Creek 
First-come Purple Point Campground 
First-come Queets Campground First-come Quilcene Campground 
First-come Rainy Creek 
First-come Ranger Creek First-come Red Mountain Campground First-come Refrigerator Harbor First-come Rhododendron Park Campground First-come Riders Camp 
First-come River Bend First-come Riverbend First-come Roads End First-come Rock Creek First-come Rock Creek Campground First-come Rock Creek Campground 
First-come Rock Island First-come Rock Lakes Campground 
First-come Rocky Coulee Recreation Area First-come Rocky Lake Campground First-come Ruffed Grouse First-come Saddlebag Island Marine State Park First-come Sadie Creek Campground First-come Safety Harbor Campground First-come Sahara Creek Camp First-come Salmon Meadows 
First-come San Juan First-come Sauk Park Campground 
First-come Schaefer Creek First-come Scooteney Park and Campground 
First-come Seal Rock Campground First-come Sheep Creek Campground First-come Sherman Overlook First-come Sherry Creek Campground 
First-come Silver Falls First-come Skagit Island Marine State Park First-come Skookum Creek Campground First-come Snag Lake Campground First-come Snowberry Bowl 
First-come Soda Springs Campground & Trailhead 
First-come South Beach Campground First-come South Creek First-come South Fork Bay First-come South Fork Hoh Campground First-come South Fork Tieton (jayhawk Flats) First-come South Fork Tieton (lower Bake Oven) First-come South Fork Tieton (minnie Meadows) First-come South Fork Tieton (upper Bake Oven) First-come South Navarre First-come Spruce Grove First-come Starvation Lake Campground 
First-come Stuart Island Marine State Park 
First-come Sucia Island Marine State Park First-come Sugarloaf First-come Summit Creek Campground First-come Summit Lake 
First-come Swauk Campground First-come Sweat Creek Camp First-come Tahuya River Horse Camp First-come Taneum First-come Teal Campground First-come Teanaway Camping Area First-come Ten Mile First-come Tieton Pond First-come Tiffany Spring 
First-come Tillicum Campground First-come Toats Coulee Campground (Lower) First-come Toats Coulee Campground (Upper) First-come Tree Phones North Campground First-come Tree Phones South Campground First-come Trout Lake First-come Trout Lake Creek Campground First-come Tucannon Campground First-come Tumwater First-come Tunerville Campground First-come Turn Island Marine State Park First-come Upper Ashland Lake First-come Upper Clearwater Campground First-come Upper Oak Bay Campground 
First-come Wallace Falls State Park First-come War Creek Campground 
First-come Wawawai County Park Campground First-come Western Lake Campground 
First-come White Pass (leech Lake) Campground 
First-come White River Falls First-come Wickiup First-come Windust Park First-come Yahoo Lake Campground
First-come Atkinson Flat First-come Ballard First-come Bear Creek Campground First-come Beaver Creek Group Campground First-come Beaver Lake First-come Beaver Plant Lake First-come Beth Lake First-come Beverly First-come Big Creek Campground First-come Big Greider Lake Campground First-come Big Meadow Lake First-come Big Springs First-come Bird Creek Campground First-come Blackpine Lake Campground First-come Blind Island Marine State Park First-come Blue Lake Creek Campground First-come Boulder Lake Camping Area First-come Bridge Creek First-come Brown Creek First-come Browns Lake First-come Buck Lake Campground First-come Bumping Lake (lower) First-come Camp Four First-come Camp Spilman First-come Campbell Tree Grove First-come Canyon Creek First-come Canyon Creek Campground First-come Cascade Creek First-come Cat Creek Campground First-come Chambers Lake First-come Chatter Creek First-come Chewuch First-come Chopaka Lake Campground First-come Clark Island Marine State Park First-come Cle Elum River First-come Clear Lake (north) First-come Clear Lake (south) First-come Clover Flats Campground First-come Coffeepot Lake Recreation Site First-come Cold Creek Campground First-come Cold Springs Campground First-come Collins First-come Cooks Lake First-come Coppermine Bottom First-come Corral Creek First-come Cottonwood First-come Cottonwood - Ton First-come Cottonwood Campground First-come Coulee City Campground First-come Crater Creek Campground First-come Crawfish Lake First-come Crescent Lake First-come Crow Creek First-come Crystal Springs First-come Cultus Creek Campground First-come Cutthroat Lakes First-come Cypress Head First-come Davis Lake First-come De Roux Campground and Trailhead First-come Deep Creek First-come Deer Creek Forest Camp First-come Deer Park Campground First-come Deer Point First-come Doe Island Marine State Park First-come Dog Lake Campground First-come Domke Falls First-come Domke Lake First-come Dougan Creek Campground First-come Douglas Falls Grange Park Campground First-come Dragoon Creek Campground First-come Dungeness Forks First-come Early Winters First-come Elbow Lake First-come Elfendahl Pass Staging Area First-come Elkhorn First-come Evans Creek Group Campground First-come Fall Creek Campground First-come Falls Creek First-come Falls View First-come Ferry Lake First-come Finner Creek First-come Fish Lake First-come Flat First-come Flodelle Creek Campground First-come Foggy Dew Campground First-come Forest Boundary Campground and Trailhead First-come Forlorn Lakes Campground First-come Fox Creek First-come French Cabin First-come Gatton Creek Campground First-come Glacier View First-come Godman Campground First-come Goose Creek First-come Goose Lake Campground First-come Gothic Basin Camping Area First-come Government Mineral Springs Campground First-come Graham Harbor First-come Graham Harbor Creek First-come Grasshopper Meadows First-come Graves Creek Campground First-come Green Mountain Horse Camp First-come Griffin Bay First-come Grouse Mountain First-come Guler Mt. Adams County Park First-come Halfway Flat Campground (north) First-come Halfway Flat Campground (south) First-come Hamma Hamma First-come Handy Springs First-come Harts Pass First-come Heart O' the Hills Campground First-come Hobuck Beach Resort First-come Hoh Oxbow Campground First-come Holden Ballfield First-come Honeymoon First-come Hope Island Marine State Park - Mason County First-come Hope Island Marine State Park - Skagit County First-come Horseshoe Lake Campground First-come Hozomeen Campground First-come Huckleberry First-come Icewater Creek First-come Ida Creek First-come Indian Camp First-come Island Camp First-come J R First-come Jackson Creek Fish Camp First-come James Island Marine State Park First-come Johnny Creek First-come Jones Island Marine State Park First-come Joseph Whidbey State Park First-come Junior Point First-come Kamiak Butte County Park Campground First-come Kammenga Canyon First-come Kerr First-come Killen Creek Campground First-come Kinney Point State Park Property First-come Klahanie First-come Klahowya First-come Klipchuck First-come Kulshan Campground First-come Ladybug First-come Lake Creek First-come Lake Ellen First-come Lake Ellen West First-come Lake Leland Park Campground First-come Lake Leo First-come Lake Thomas First-come Lakeview Campground First-come Leader Lake Campground First-come Lena Creek First-come Lena Lake Campground First-come Lewis River Hc (wa) Gifford Pinchot Nf First-come Lily Lake First-come Little Greider Lake First-come Little Salmon First-come Little Twin First-come Lizard Lake First-come Lone Fir First-come Long Lake First-come Long Meadow First-come Longmire Meadow First-come Lost Lake Group Campground First-come Lost Meadow First-come Loup Loup First-come Lower Ashland Lake First-come Lower Oak Bay Campground First-come Lower Sandy First-come Lucerne First-come Lummi Island First-come Lyre River Campground First-come Manastash Campground First-come Maple Grove First-come Margaret McKenny Campground First-come Marten Creek Group Campground First-come Matia Island Marine State Park First-come Meadow Creek First-come Meadows First-come Merrill Lake Campground First-come Middle Waddell Campground First-come Midway First-come Mill Pond First-come Mineral Springs First-come Minnie Peterson Campground First-come Misery Spring First-come Mitchell Creek First-come Moore Point First-come Morrison Creek Campground First-come Mountain View Rec. Club Group Campground First-come Mystery First-come Mystic Lake First-come Napeequa Crossing First-come Nice First-come Nineteen Mile First-come No Name Lake First-come Noisy Creek Group Campground First-come North Fork First-come North Fork Campground First-come North Fork Chewelah First-come North Fork Nine Mile Campground First-come Obstruction Pass State Park First-come Olallie Lake Campground First-come Oriole First-come Owhi First-come Ozette Campground First-come Palmer Lake Campground First-come Palmer Mountain Recreation Site First-come Panjab Campground First-come Pataha First-come Patos Island Marine State Park First-come Pelican Beach First-come Peninsula Campground and Rimrock Boat Launch First-come Phelps Creek First-come Pierre Lake First-come Pine Flats First-come Point Doughty First-come Poison Creek First-come Ponderosa First-come Poplar Flat First-come Porter Creek Campground First-come Prince Creek First-come Purple Point Campground First-come Queets Campground First-come Quilcene Campground First-come Rainy Creek First-come Ranger Creek First-come Red Mountain Campground First-come Refrigerator Harbor First-come Rhododendron Park Campground First-come Riders Camp First-come River Bend First-come Riverbend First-come Roads End First-come Rock Creek First-come Rock Creek Campground First-come Rock Creek Campground First-come Rock Island First-come Rock Lakes Campground First-come Rocky Coulee Recreation Area First-come Rocky Lake Campground First-come Ruffed Grouse First-come Saddlebag Island Marine State Park First-come Sadie Creek Campground First-come Safety Harbor Campground First-come Sahara Creek Camp First-come Salmon Meadows First-come San Juan First-come Sauk Park Campground First-come Schaefer Creek First-come Scooteney Park and Campground First-come Seal Rock Campground First-come Sheep Creek Campground First-come Sherman Overlook First-come Sherry Creek Campground First-come Silver Falls First-come Skagit Island Marine State Park First-come Skookum Creek Campground First-come Snag Lake Campground First-come Snowberry Bowl First-come Soda Springs Campground & Trailhead First-come South Beach Campground First-come South Creek First-come South Fork Bay First-come South Fork Hoh Campground First-come South Fork Tieton (jayhawk Flats) First-come South Fork Tieton (lower Bake Oven) First-come South Fork Tieton (minnie Meadows) First-come South Fork Tieton (upper Bake Oven) First-come South Navarre First-come Spruce Grove First-come Starvation Lake Campground First-come Stuart Island Marine State Park First-come Sucia Island Marine State Park First-come Sugarloaf First-come Summit Creek Campground First-come Summit Lake First-come Swauk Campground First-come Sweat Creek Camp First-come Tahuya River Horse Camp First-come Taneum First-come Teal Campground First-come Teanaway Camping Area First-come Ten Mile First-come Tieton Pond First-come Tiffany Spring First-come Tillicum Campground First-come Toats Coulee Campground (Lower) First-come Toats Coulee Campground (Upper) First-come Tree Phones North Campground First-come Tree Phones South Campground First-come Trout Lake First-come Trout Lake Creek Campground First-come Tucannon Campground First-come Tumwater First-come Tunerville Campground First-come Turn Island Marine State Park First-come Upper Ashland Lake First-come Upper Clearwater Campground First-come Upper Oak Bay Campground First-come Wallace Falls State Park First-come War Creek Campground First-come Wawawai County Park Campground First-come Western Lake Campground First-come White Pass (leech Lake) Campground First-come White River Falls First-come Wickiup First-come Windust Park First-come Yahoo Lake Campground No campgrounds match.
Common questions
Is there free camping in Washington?
Yes. 49 public campgrounds here are free and first-come: Alder Thicket, Antilon Lake, Beaver Lake, Big Springs, and 45 more.
Can you camp on BLM land in Washington?
Yes, in most places. BLM limits dispersed camping to 14 days within any 28-day period (stay limits vary by field office), asks campers to stay at least 200 feet from lakes and streams, and says most areas need no permit or reservation (blm.gov, read 2026-09-26).
Campgrounds you can book ahead: camping in Washington.