Penrose Point State Park
Its 85 sites are reservable through Washington State Parks reservations, camping costs Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43, partial hookup $41-$51, primitive $12, and it is open year-round. Penrose Point State Park is a State Park campground near Lakebay, Washington.
Reservable: Washington State Parks reservations
- Managed by
- State Park
- Hookups
- Some sites
Penrose Point State Park sits inside Penrose Point State Park. Its hours, entrance fee, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Getting a site
- Managed by
- State Park
- Reservations
- Washington State Parks reservations Book a site
- Fee
- Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43, partial hookup $41-$51, primitive $12
- Entrance fee
- None for campers in the park they stay in; Discover Pass $10/day or $45/year for day visits
- Booking window
- Up to nine months before the first night; same-day campsite bookings until 2 p.m.
- Cancellations
- $8 online or $10 by phone, plus 5% to 50% of cancelled nights depending on how long the reservation was held; no-shows get no refund
Source: parks.wa.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 85
- Group sites
- 1
- Group site capacity
- Up to 50 people
- Hookups
- Some sites
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Showers
- ✓ Dump station
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
On site: Toilets, potable water, showers, dump station, fire rings, and pets allowed.
Source: parks.wa.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Rules
- Stay limit
- 10 nights in one park within a 30-day period; 90 nights per calendar year in all state parks
- Quiet hours
- 10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.
- Generators
- Allowed outside quiet hours
- Pets
- Allowed
Source: parks.wa.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 44 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- 4G LTE and 5G (7/1 Mbps)
- T-Mobile
- 4G LTE and 5G (35/3 Mbps)
- Verizon
- 4G LTE and 5G (7/1 Mbps)
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, data as of December 31, 2025
Outdoor coverage each carrier reports to the FCC at this campground's map point, and the nearest mapped coverage within about half a mile. The FCC map only includes 4G LTE at 5/1 Mbps or better and 5G; a weaker signal, a text, or an emergency call may still get through, but don't count on it. These are carrier predictions, not measurements, and can be wrong either way: real service in canyons, under trees, and inside a tent or vehicle is often weaker. 5G speeds are the FCC's 7/1 and 35/3 Mbps tiers. This product uses the FCC Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the FCC.
47.2569, -122.7505 in Pierce. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
Penrose Point State Park is open year-round . In winter: water on and toilets open, per the managing agency.
Sources: parks.wa.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; epqs.nationalmap.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Common questions
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Around Penrose Point State Park
Penrose Point State Park sits on Bay Lake, 0.9 miles from the lake's mapped center point. Stocking record and species: Bay Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Lake Tapps's mapped center point is 26 miles from Penrose Point State Park in a straight line. Current water level: Lake Tapps water level on reservoirfinder.com.
Other lakes within 15 miles: Jackson Lake fishing (2.4 miles) , Florence Lake fishing (6.9 miles) , Benson Lake fishing (9.8 miles) , Spencer Lake fishing (9.8 miles) , and Carney Lake fishing (10 miles) , each with its stocking record on fishypedia.com.
Public land within 15 miles: Joemma Beach State Park (3.3 miles to its center) , Kopachuck State Park (4.8 miles to its center) , McMicken Island State Park (5.3 miles to its center) , and Cutts Island State Park (5.5 miles to its center) ; publiclandsdb.com has each unit's camping rules and boundary.
Reservable Joemma Beach State Park Reservable Jarrell Cove State Park First-come Hope Island Marine State Park - Mason County 
Reservable Twanoh State Park More campgrounds: camping near Lakebay and campgrounds in Pierce.
Sources
- parks.wa.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-29
- services5.arcgis.com (coordinates), accessed 2026-09-29
- parks.wa.gov (reservationSystem), accessed 2026-09-29
- parks.wa.gov (season), accessed 2026-09-29
- parks.wa.gov (fee), accessed 2026-09-29
- parks.wa.gov (stayLimit, quietHours, generatorsAllowed, entranceFee), accessed 2026-09-29
- parks.wa.gov (reservationWindow), accessed 2026-09-29
- parks.wa.gov (cancellationPolicy), accessed 2026-09-29
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
Photo credits
- Photo 1: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Photo 2: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Photo 3: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 4.0