Spencer Spit State Park
Its 56 sites are reservable through Washington State Parks reservations, camping costs Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43, primitive $12, and it is open year-round. Spencer Spit State Park is a State Park campground near Lopez Island, Washington.
Reservable: Washington State Parks reservations
- Managed by
- State Park
- Hookups
- None
Spencer Spit State Park sits inside San Juan Islands National Monument and Spencer Spit State Park. Each unit's rules and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.6 miles outside the boundary of San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge; its hours, camping, hunting and fishing rules, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.6 miles outside the boundary of San Juan Wilderness; its permit and camping rules 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, 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
- 56
- Group site capacity
- Up to 24 people
- Hookups
- None
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Dump station
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
On site: Toilets, potable water, 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
- 158 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.2 mi away
- T-Mobile
- 4G LTE and 5G (7/1 Mbps)
- Verizon
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE and 5G mapped about 0.2 mi away
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.
48.5376, -122.8620 in San Juan. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
Spencer Spit State Park is open year-round . In winter: water off, 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 Spencer Spit State Park
Spencer Spit State Park sits on Hummel Lake, 1.8 miles from the lake's mapped center point. Stocking record and species: Hummel Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Other lakes within 15 miles: Cascade Lake fishing (7.9 miles) , Egg Lake fishing (10 miles) , Lake Erie fishing (12 miles) , Lake Campbell fishing (13 miles) , and Cranberry Lake fishing (14 miles) , each with its stocking record on fishypedia.com.
Public land within 15 miles: Upright Channel State Park (2.7 miles to its center) , Obstruction Pass State Park (5 miles to its center) , Griffin Bay State Park (8.2 miles to its center) , and Moran State Park (8.9 miles to its center) ; publiclandsdb.com has each unit's camping rules and boundary.
Hot springs nearby
The nearest hot spring to Spencer Spit State Park, in a straight line: Doe Bay Resort Hot Springs (hot spring, 7.6 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
Reservable Odlin County Park & Campground Reservable Shaw County Park & Campground First-come James Island Marine State Park 
First-come Obstruction Pass State Park More campgrounds: camping near Lopez Island and campgrounds in San Juan.
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: Josh Lackey, CC BY-SA 2.0