Deception Pass State Park
Its 306 sites are reservable through Washington State Parks reservations, camping costs Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43, partial hookup $41-$51, and it is open year-round. Deception Pass State Park is a State Park campground near Oak Harbor, Washington.
Reservable: Washington State Parks reservations
- Managed by
- State Park
- Hookups
- Some sites
Deception Pass State Park sits inside Deception Pass State Park. Its hours, entrance fee, 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, partial hookup $41-$51
- 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
- 306
- RV sites
- 134
- Hookups
- Some sites
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Showers
- ✓ Dump station
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
On site: Toilets, potable water, showers, 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
- 71 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- 4G LTE and 5G (35/3 Mbps)
- T-Mobile
- 4G LTE and 5G (35/3 Mbps)
- Verizon
- 4G LTE and 5G (35/3 Mbps)
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.
48.3980, -122.6537 in Island. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
Deception Pass 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 Deception Pass State Park
Deception Pass State Park sits on Cranberry Lake, 0.3 miles from the lake's mapped center point. Stocking record and species: Cranberry Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Other lakes within 15 miles: Lake Campbell fishing (3.6 miles) , Lake Erie fishing (3.8 miles) , and Hummel Lake fishing (14 miles) , each with its stocking record on fishypedia.com.
Public land within 15 miles: Skagit Island Marine State Park (3.6 miles to its center) , Joseph Whidbey State Park (6.6 miles to its center) , Bay View State Park (10 miles to its center) , and Fort Ebey State Park (13 miles to its center) ; publiclandsdb.com has each unit's camping rules and boundary.
Hot springs nearby
The nearest hot spring to Deception Pass State Park, in a straight line: Doe Bay Resort Hot Springs (hot spring, 18 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
First-come Joseph Whidbey State Park 
Reservable Washington Park Campground More campgrounds: camping near Oak Harbor and campgrounds in Island.
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
- parks.wa.gov (sites), accessed 2026-09-29
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27