Camping near Marcus, Washington

Camping near Marcus at a glance

Public campgrounds

3 (3 National Park Service)

Getting a site

3 reservable

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Marcus Island Campground: "$23/night"

Distance from Marcus

0.3 miles (Marcus Island Campground) to 3.2 miles (Evans Group Site) in a straight line; 3 within 15 miles

Elevation

1,291 ft (Evans Group Site) to 1,307 ft (Marcus Island Campground), 3 of 3 on record

Campsites

69 across the 3 campgrounds that state a count

RVs

3 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 60 ft (Evans Campground)

Drinking water

2 of 3

Distances are straight-line miles from Marcus'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 Marcus

• Kamloops Island Campground, 2.8 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
• Kettle River Campground, 4.6 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Boyds.
• Snag Cove Campground, 4.8 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
• Kettle Falls Campground, 5.2 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($30/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
• Locust Grove Group Sites, 5.5 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
• Douglas Falls Grange Park Campground, 8.1 miles from Marcus in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
• Haag Cove Campground, 8.3 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
• Trout Lake, 8.7 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $8 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
• North Gorge Campground, 8.8 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Barstow.
• Davis Lake, 9.3 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $8 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
• Canyon Creek, 10 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ; listed under camping near Colville.
• Lake Ellen, 14 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
• Rocky Lake Campground, 15 miles from Marcus in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
• Lake Ellen West, 15 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
• Barnaby Creek Campground, 16 miles from Marcus in a straight line , Tribal Land ($35 per day camping permit (double if bought from an enforcement officer in the field)); listed under camping near Inchelium.
• Pierre Lake, 17 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
• Sherman Overlook, 19 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $2 per night); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
• Little Twin, 20 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $8 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
• Starvation Lake Campground, 20 miles from Marcus in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
• Elbow Lake, 20 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Northport.
• Summit Lake, 21 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Kettle Falls.
• Deer Creek Forest Camp, 21 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $8 per night); listed under camping near Curlew.
• Sheep Creek Campground, 23 miles from Marcus in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Northport.
• Big Meadow Lake, 23 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ; listed under camping near Ione.
• Flodelle Creek Campground, 24 miles from Marcus in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
• Sherry Creek Campground, 24 miles from Marcus in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Ione.
• Lake Gillette, 24 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
• Gillette, 24 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
• Lake Thomas, 24 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
• Cloverleaf Campground, 26 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Inchelium.
• Lake Leo, 26 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $31 per night; double $52; day use $10 per vehicle); listed under camping near Colville.
• Gifford Group Site, 26 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Inchelium.
• Gifford Campground, 26 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($30/night); listed under camping near Inchelium.
• North Fork Chewelah, 28 miles from Marcus in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Chewelah.
• Curlew Lake State Park, 28 miles from Marcus in a straight line , State Park , reservable (Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43, partial hookup $41-$51, full hookup $46-$56); listed under camping near Republic.

Things to do near Marcus

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

• Rigley Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 3.3 miles from Marcus; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Lake Ellen fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 15 miles from Marcus; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Hatch Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 16 miles from Marcus; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, a national wildlife refuge whose mapped point is 23 miles from Marcus; its hours, camping, hunting and fishing rules, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Big Meadow Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 23 miles from Marcus; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Lake Gillette fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 24 miles from Marcus; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Lake Sherry fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 24 miles from Marcus; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Lake Thomas fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 24 miles from Marcus; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Heritage Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 24 miles from Marcus; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Colville National Forest, a national forest whose mapped point is 25 miles from Marcus; its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Marcus

Nearest emergency room: Providence Mount Carmel Hospital, 982 E Columbia Ave, Colville, WA, 11 miles from Marcus , (509) 684-2561. Next nearest: Ferry County Memorial Hospital, 36 Klondike Rd, Republic, WA, 30 miles, (509) 775-3333. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• North Lake RV Park Store convenience store · 3.2 miles
• Kettle Falls Harvest Foods supermarket · 3.7 miles
• Whitty's Mini Mart Kettle Falls convenience store · 3.7 miles

Fuel

• Exxon fuel station · 3.7 miles
• Pacific Pride fuel station · 3.7 miles
• Colville Fuels fuel station · 3.9 miles

Propane

• Aspen Valley Propane propane dealer · 12 miles

Laundromat

• Colville Speed Clean Coin-Op laundromat · 11 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Marcus: 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.

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