Crescent Lake
Its 3 sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), camping costs Single Site: $8 per night, and it is open from May 23 to October 30. Crescent Lake is a National Forest campground near Metaline Falls, Washington.
First-come, first-served
1 / 3A shaded campsite at Crescent Lake Campground. Photo: USDA Forest Service, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Managed by
- National Forest
Crescent Lake sits inside Colville National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Crescent Lake: A 21.6-acre emerald-green lake one mile south of the Canadian border, planted with rainbow and westslope cutthroat trout. (fs.usda.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- None, first-come
- Fee
- Single Site: $8 per night
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 3
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets, fire rings, and pets allowed. No potable water.
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Rules
- Stay limit
- 14 days
- Quiet hours
- 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
- Pets
- Allowed
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 2,800 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE and 5G mapped about 0.4 mi away
- T-Mobile
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE and 5G mapped about 0.3 mi away
- Verizon
- No coverage mapped
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.
48.9879, -117.3143 in Pend Oreille. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
Crescent Lake is open from May 23 to October 30 , at 2,800 ft.
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
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Around Crescent Lake
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Big Meadow Lake, whose mapped center point is 21 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Big Meadow Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Reservable West Sullivan 
Reservable East Sullivan 
Reservable Sullivan Lake Group More campgrounds: camping near Metaline Falls and campgrounds in Pend Oreille.
Sources
- apps.fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
- fs.usda.gov (stayLimit), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (sites, water, quietHours, petsAllowed, season, notableFeature, fee), accessed 2026-09-29
Photo credits
- Photo 1: USDA Forest Service, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 2: USDA Forest Service, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 3: USDA Forest Service, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)