Camping near Metaline Falls, Washington

Camping near Metaline Falls at a glance

Public campgrounds

7 (7 National Forest)

Getting a site

4 reservable and 3 first-come

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Crescent Lake: "Single Site: $8 per night"

Distance from Metaline Falls

3.7 miles (Mill Pond) to 9.1 miles (Crescent Lake) in a straight line; 7 within 15 miles

Elevation

2,200 ft (East Sullivan) to 2,800 ft (Crescent Lake), 6 of 7 on record

Season

4 seasonal with posted dates

Campsites

80 across the 5 campgrounds that state a count

RVs

4 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 55 ft (East Sullivan)

Drinking water

5 of 7

Distances are straight-line miles from Metaline Falls'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 Metaline Falls

• Edgewater, 7.5 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Ione.
• Big Meadow Lake, 13 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ; listed under camping near Ione.
• Lake Leo, 16 miles from Metaline Falls 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.
• Lake Thomas, 18 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
• Gillette, 19 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
• Lake Gillette, 19 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
• Sherry Creek Campground, 20 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Ione.
• Sheep Creek Campground, 22 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Northport.
• Little Twin, 23 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $8 per night); listed under camping near Colville.
• Flodelle Creek Campground, 24 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
• Panhandle, 25 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Newport.
• Elbow Lake, 29 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Northport.
• North Gorge Campground, 29 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($23/night); listed under camping near Barstow.
• Douglas Falls Grange Park Campground, 29 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.
• Starvation Lake Campground, 30 miles from Metaline Falls in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Colville.

Things to do near Metaline Falls

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

• Colville National Forest, all 7 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Mill Pond at 3.7 miles from Metaline Falls; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
• Mill Pond Historic Site, at Mill Pond (3.7 miles from Metaline Falls): Sullivan Creek Trail #565 links the campground to the Mill Pond Historic Site and the Mill Pond Flume, Floodplain and Elk Creek trails.
• Sullivan Lake, at Noisy Creek Group Campground (6.5 miles from Metaline Falls): Campsites are a short walk from the south end of Sullivan Lake, a 1,291-acre lake with a boat ramp; Noisy Creek Trail #588 starts in the campground.
• Crescent Lake, at Crescent Lake (9.1 miles from Metaline Falls): A 21.6-acre emerald-green lake one mile south of the Canadian border, planted with rainbow and westslope cutthroat trout.
• Crawford State Park (Washington), a state park whose mapped point is 9.4 miles from Metaline Falls; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Big Meadow Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 13 miles from Metaline Falls; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Frater Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 15 miles from Metaline Falls; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Idaho Panhandle National Forests, a national forest whose mapped point is 15 miles from Metaline Falls; its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Salmo-Priest Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 16 miles from Metaline Falls; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Lake Leo fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 16 miles from Metaline Falls; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Metaline Falls

Nearest emergency room: Providence Mount Carmel Hospital, 982 E Columbia Ave, Colville, WA, 33 miles from Metaline Falls , (509) 684-2561. Next nearest: Providence St Joseph Hospital, 500 E Webster Ave, Chewelah, WA, 43 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

• The Falls Market supermarket · 0.1 miles
• Metaline Mini Mart convenience store · 1.1 miles
• Ione Food Court supermarket · 8.7 miles

Fuel

• Waneta Quick Stop convenience store · 15 miles · (509) 732-4306
• Tempo convenience store · 18 miles · (250) 367-7410
• Texaco fuel station · 19 miles

Pharmacy

• Walmart Pharmacy pharmacy · 19 miles · (250) 364-2688
• People's Drug Mart pharmacy · 24 miles · (250) 362-5622 · Hours Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30

Laundromat

• Laundry Dog Laundromat laundromat · 25 miles · Hours Mo-Su 07:00-21:00

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Metaline Falls: propane, RV dump station, 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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