Camping near Elma, Washington
Camping near Elma, Washington includes 1 public campground on record, 1 reservable. All are run by the state park system. 1 stays open all year. Another 13 public campgrounds filed under nearby towns are within 30 miles of Elma.
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Camping near Elma at a glance
- Public campgrounds
- 1 (1 State Park)
- Getting a site
- 1 reservable
- Cost
- Lowest posted fee at Schafer State Park: "Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43, partial hookup $41-$51, primitive $12"
- Distance from Elma
- 6.9 miles in a straight line
- Elevation
- 122 ft at Schafer State Park (the only one on record)
- Season
- 1 open all year
- Campsites
- 69 across the 1 campground that state a count
- RVs
- 1 take RVs; hookups at Schafer State Park; longest stated RV length 40 ft (Schafer State Park)
- Drinking water
- 1 of 1
Distances are straight-line miles from Elma'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 Elma
- Porter Creek Campground, 7.5 miles from Elma in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Malone.
- Lake Sylvia State Park, 8.5 miles from Elma in a straight line , State Park , reservable (Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43, partial hookup $41-$51, primitive $12); listed under camping near Montesano.
- Straddleline Park Campground, 11 miles from Elma in a straight line , County , reservable ; listed under camping near McCleary.
- Fall Creek Campground, 14 miles from Elma in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Porter.
- Middle Waddell Campground, 17 miles from Elma in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Rochester.
- Margaret McKenny Campground, 17 miles from Elma in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Rochester.
- Millersylvania State Park, 24 miles from Elma in a straight line , State Park , reservable ; listed under camping near Olympia.
- Hope Island Marine State Park - Mason County, 26 miles from Elma in a straight line , State Park , first-come (Primitive and water trail sites $12/night (statewide rate)); listed under camping near Herron Island.
- Satsop Campground, 26 miles from Elma in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $20 per night); listed under camping near Montesano.
- Rainbow Falls State Park, 27 miles from Elma in a straight line , State Park , reservable (Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43, partial hookup $41-$51); listed under camping near Chehalis.
- Potlatch State Park, 27 miles from Elma in a straight line , State Park , reservable (Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43, partial hookup $41-$51); listed under camping near Shelton.
- Coho, 28 miles from Elma in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $35 per night (Walk-In)); listed under camping near Montesano.
- Brown Creek, 29 miles from Elma in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $14 per night); listed under camping near Shelton.
Things to do near Elma
Public land and water within 30 miles of Elma, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.
- Vance Creek Pond #1 (Bowers Lake) fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 0.5 miles from Elma; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Vance Creek Pond #2 (Lake Inez) fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 1 mile from Elma; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Schafer State Park, its campground is 6.9 miles from Elma; publiclandsdb.com has its hours, entrance fee, and boundary.
- Lake Sylvia State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 8.6 miles from Elma; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- Sylvia Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 8.7 miles from Elma; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Lost Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 13 miles from Elma; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Summit Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 15 miles from Elma; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Lake Aberdeen fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 16 miles from Elma; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Nahwatzel Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 17 miles from Elma; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, a national wildlife refuge whose mapped point is 20 miles from Elma; its hours, camping, hunting and fishing rules, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
Supplies and emergencies near Elma
Nearest emergency room: Summit Pacific Medical Center, 600 E Main St, Elma, WA, 0.9 miles from Elma , (360) 346-2222. Next nearest: Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics, 901 Mountain View Dr, Shelton, WA, 21 miles, (360) 426-1611. 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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- Everybody's Thriftway
- C & S Grocery
- Express Mart
- Fuel
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- Shell
- Chevron
- Texaco
- Propane
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- Propane Northwest
- Ferrellgas
- PetroCard Pacific Pride
- RV dump station
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- Travel Inn Resort
- Elma Rest Area
- Schaefer East Campground
- Pharmacy
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- Blake's Elma Pharmacy
- Valu Drug
- Walmart Pharmacy
- Laundromat
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- Walter's Suds
- McCleary Laundromat
- Laundromat
Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Elma: 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.
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Every campground in the state: camping in Washington ; by agency: State Park campgrounds in Washington ; by county: campgrounds in Mason .