Camping near Newport, Washington
Camping near Newport, Washington includes 6 public campgrounds on record, 3 reservable and 3 first-come. All are run by the U.S. Forest Service. The nearest, Pioneer Park, is 2.4 miles from Newport in a straight line, and 3 of 6 are within 15 miles. 2 are free. Another 5 public campgrounds filed under nearby towns are within 30 miles of Newport.
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Camping near Newport at a glance
- Public campgrounds
- 6 (6 National Forest)
- Getting a site
- 3 reservable and 3 first-come
- Cost
- 2 free; lowest posted fee at Browns Lake: "Single Site: $29 per night"
- Distance from Newport
- 2.4 miles (Pioneer Park) to 25 miles (Panhandle) in a straight line; 3 within 15 miles
- Elevation
- 2,062 ft (Panhandle) to 3,555 ft (South Skookum Lake), 6 of 6 on record
- Season
- 1 seasonal with posted dates
- Campsites
- 70 across the 4 campgrounds that state a count
- RVs
- 3 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 54 ft (South Skookum Lake)
- Drinking water
- 3 of 6
Distances are straight-line miles from Newport'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.
- Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- 16
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Single Site: $31 per night
- Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- Not on record
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Free
- Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- Not on record
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Free
Reservable South Skookum Lake - Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- 24
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Single Site: $31 per night
First-come Browns Lake - Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- 18
- Season
- Memorial Day weekend to October 31
- Fee
- Single Site: $29 per night
- Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- 12
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Single Site: $31 per night
No campgrounds match.
More campgrounds within 30 miles of Newport
- Skookum Creek Campground, 11 miles from Newport in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Cusick.
- Cooks Lake, 13 miles from Newport in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Usk.
- Kalispel RV Resort, 16 miles from Newport in a straight line , Tribal Land , reservable ; listed under camping near Cusick.
- Mount Spokane State Park, 19 miles from Newport in a straight line , State Park , reservable (Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43); listed under camping near Mead.
- Dragoon Creek Campground, 27 miles from Newport in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Deer Park.
Things to do near Newport
Public land and water within 30 miles of Newport, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.
- Colville National Forest, all 6 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Pioneer Park at 2.4 miles from Newport; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
- Diamond Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 7.6 miles from Newport; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Sacheen Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 12 miles from Newport; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Cooks Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 13 miles from Newport; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Browns Lake, at Browns Lake (19 miles from Newport): A non-motorized, fly-fishing-only lake; Browns Lake Trail #320 follows the shore through old-growth cedar to a fish viewing platform.
- Mount Spokane State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 19 miles from Newport; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- Round Lake State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 19 miles from Newport; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- Cocolalla Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 21 miles from Newport; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Granite Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 21 miles from Newport; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Bear Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 22 miles from Newport; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Supplies and emergencies near Newport
Nearest emergency room: Newport Community Hospital, 714 Pine St, Newport, WA, 0.4 miles from Newport , (509) 447-2441. Next nearest: Bonner General Hospital, 520 N 3rd Ave, Sandpoint, ID, 24 miles, (208) 263-1441. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.
- Groceries
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- Owen's Grocery & Deli
- Safeway
- Food Mart
- Fuel
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- Exxon
- Safeway Fuel Station
- Pacific Pride
- Propane
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- Exxon
- RV dump station
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- Old American Kampground
- Kalispel RV Resort
- Round Lake State Park Campground
- Pharmacy
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- Seeber's Pharmacy & Gifts
- Sandpoint Super Drug
- Laundromat
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- Priest Rivers Cleaners
- Blanchard Wash
- Miller' Maytag Laundromat
Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Newport: 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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