Camping near Inchelium, Washington

Camping near Inchelium, Washington includes 6 public campgrounds on record, 3 reservable. The National Park Service runs the most, 3 of 6. The nearest, Barnaby Creek Campground, is 6.2 miles from Inchelium in a straight line, and 4 of 6 are within 15 miles. 2 stay open all year. Another 26 public campgrounds filed under nearby towns are within 30 miles of Inchelium.

Barnaby Creek Campground

Cloverleaf Campground

Gifford Group Site

Gifford Campground Rogers Bar Campground Wilmont Creek Campground

Camping near Inchelium at a glance

Public campgrounds: 6 (3 National Park Service, 3 Tribal Land)
Getting a site: 3 reservable
Cost: Lowest posted fee at Cloverleaf Campground: "$23/night"
Distance from Inchelium: 6.2 miles (Barnaby Creek Campground) to 22 miles (Wilmont Creek Campground) in a straight line; 4 within 15 miles
Elevation: 1,295 ft (Gifford Campground) to 1,309 ft (Gifford Group Site), 6 of 6 on record
Season: 2 open all year, 3 seasonal with posted dates
Campsites: 50 across the 3 campgrounds that state a count
RVs: 2 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 64 ft (Gifford Campground)
Drinking water: 2 of 6

Distances are straight-line miles from Inchelium'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

Not on record Barnaby Creek Campground Inchelium · Tribal Land · 6.2 mi

Agency: Tribal Land
Sites: Not on record
Season: April 1 to Second Sunday in November
Fee: $35 per day camping permit (double if bought from an enforcement officer in the field)

Reservable Cloverleaf Campground Inchelium · National Park Service · 6.5 mi

Agency: National Park Service
Sites: 7
Season: Not on record
Fee: $23/night

Reservable Gifford Group Site Inchelium · National Park Service · 7 mi

Agency: National Park Service
Sites: 1
Season: Year-round
Fee: $65/night

Reservable Gifford Campground Inchelium · National Park Service · 7.2 mi

Agency: National Park Service
Sites: 42
Season: Year-round
Fee: $30/night

Not on record Rogers Bar Campground Inchelium · Tribal Land · 20.7 mi

Agency: Tribal Land
Sites: Not on record
Season: April 1 to Second Sunday in November
Fee: $35 per day camping permit (double if bought from an enforcement officer in the field)

Not on record Wilmont Creek Campground Inchelium · Tribal Land · 21.5 mi

Agency: Tribal Land
Sites: Not on record
Season: April 1 to Second Sunday in November
Fee: $35 per day camping permit (double if bought from an enforcement officer in the field)

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More campgrounds within 30 miles of Inchelium

Lake Ellen West, 9.2 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Lake Ellen, 9.6 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Haag Cove Campground, 14 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Canyon Creek, 15 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ; listed under camping near Colville.
Hunters Campground, 17 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($30/night); listed under camping near Twin Lakes.
Hunters Group Sites, 17 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Twin Lakes.
Locust Grove Group Sites, 17 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Kettle Falls Campground, 17 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($30/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Trout Lake, 18 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $8 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Rocky Lake Campground, 19 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
Sherman Overlook, 20 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Kamloops Island Campground, 23 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Marcus Island Campground, 23 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Marcus.
Camp Na-Bor-Lee, 23 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ; listed under camping near Twin Lakes.
Douglas Falls Grange Park Campground, 24 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
Kettle River Campground, 25 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Boyds.
Ten Mile, 25 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ($8 per night; $5 per extra vehicle); listed under camping near Republic.
Evans Campground, 25 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($30/night); listed under camping near Marcus.
Evans Group Site, 26 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Marcus.
Davis Lake, 26 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $8 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
Starvation Lake Campground, 26 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
Snag Cove Campground, 27 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
Long Lake, 28 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Republic.
North Fork Chewelah, 28 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Chewelah.
Ferry Lake, 28 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Republic.
Swan Lake Group Campground, 29 miles from Inchelium in a straight line , National Forest , reservable ($55 per night for up to 35 people); listed under camping near Republic.

Things to do near Inchelium

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

Barnaby Island, at Barnaby Creek Campground (6.2 miles from Inchelium): The island sits about half a mile off the Lake Roosevelt shoreline and is popular to explore during fishing season.
Lake Ellen fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 9.3 miles from Inchelium; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Colville National Forest, a national forest whose mapped point is 17 miles from Inchelium; its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
Wilmont Bay waterfall, at Wilmont Creek Campground (22 miles from Inchelium): A pine-sheltered Lake Roosevelt inlet where the quiet is broken only by a waterfall, per the Colville Tribes.
Hatch Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 22 miles from Inchelium; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Rigley Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 23 miles from Inchelium; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Waitts Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 24 miles from Inchelium; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, a national wildlife refuge whose mapped point is 27 miles from Inchelium; its hours, camping, hunting and fishing rules, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
Ferry Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 28 miles from Inchelium; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Jumpoff Joe Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 30 miles from Inchelium; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Inchelium

Nearest emergency room: Providence Mount Carmel Hospital, 982 E Columbia Ave, Colville, WA, 20 miles from Inchelium , (509) 684-2561. Next nearest: Providence St Joseph Hospital, 500 E Webster Ave, Chewelah, WA, 25 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: Resort Store & Office convenience store · 7.6 miles
Log Cabin Resort Store convenience store · 8.8 miles
Arden 1 Stop convenience store · 18 miles
Fuel: Colville Fuels fuel station · 19 miles
Pacific Pride fuel station · 19 miles
Exxon fuel station · 19 miles
Propane: Aspen Valley Propane propane dealer · 21 miles
Laundromat: Laundry laundromat · 7.6 miles
Colville Speed Clean Coin-Op laundromat · 20 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Inchelium: 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 Inchelium, WA?

6 public campgrounds are on record near Inchelium. Nearest first, straight-line from town: Barnaby Creek Campground (6.2 miles), Cloverleaf Campground (6.5 miles), Gifford Group Site (7 miles), Gifford Campground (7.2 miles), and 2 more. 3 book through Recreation.gov.

Is there free camping near Inchelium, WA?

Not at a developed campground: each of the 6 public campgrounds on record near Inchelium charges a fee, listed in the table.

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

2 campgrounds near Inchelium take RVs: Gifford Campground and Gifford Group Site. None has hookups on record.

Where can I go tent camping near Inchelium, WA?

Cloverleaf Campground lists tent or walk-in sites on record.

Where can I camp near Inchelium with drinking water?

Gifford Campground and Gifford Group Site have potable water on record.

Are there year-round campgrounds near Inchelium, WA?

Yes: Gifford Campground and Gifford Group Site are open all year, per the managing agency. The rest are seasonal or have no season on record.

When is camping season near Inchelium, WA?

Of the 3 seasonal campgrounds with posted dates, most open in April (3 of 3) and close in November (3 of 3). Gifford Campground and Gifford Group Site stay open all year. Each campground's own dates are in the table.

Where is the nearest emergency room to Inchelium, WA?

Providence Mount Carmel Hospital, 982 E Columbia Ave, Colville, WA, is 20 miles from Inchelium in a straight line and reports emergency services to CMS; phone (509) 684-2561. In an emergency, call 911.

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