Soda Springs Campground & Trailhead
Its 7 sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), and camping costs Single Site: $20 per night; extra vehicle $8 per night. Soda Springs Campground & Trailhead is a National Forest campground near Packwood, Washington.
Closed First-come, first-served
1 / 3The Soda Spring Forest Camp entrance sign. Photo: USDA Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Managed by
- National Forest
Soda Springs Campground & Trailhead sits inside Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits right at the edge of William O. Douglas Wilderness; its permit and camping rules and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Soda spring and Cowlitz Trail: A small mineral soda spring at the site of an old bottling works is the local attraction; the Soda Spring Trailhead in the campground reaches Cowlitz Trail #44 into the William O. Douglas Wilderness. (fs.usda.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- None, first-come
- Fee
- Single Site: $20 per night; extra vehicle $8 per night
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 7
- ✓ 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
- 3,000 ft
46.7043, -121.4802 in Lewis. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Current conditions
Closed Agency notice, as of 2026-09-29: The Forest Service page lists the campground as temporarily closed; no reason is given.
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Around Soda Springs Campground & Trailhead
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Leech Lake, whose mapped center point is 6.1 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Leech Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Public land within 15 miles: Tatoosh Wilderness (11 miles to its center) , and Goat Rocks Wilderness (12 miles to its center) ; publiclandsdb.com has each unit's camping rules and boundary.
Waterfalls nearby
Nearest to Soda Springs Campground & Trailhead, in straight-line miles: Narada Falls (waterfall, 14 miles), and Comet Falls (waterfall, 16 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
Reservable Ohanapecosh Campground 
Reservable Ohanapecosh Group Campground 
Reservable La Wis Wis Campground More campgrounds: camping near Packwood and campgrounds in Lewis.
Sources
- apps.fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
- fs.usda.gov (sites, petsAllowed, stayLimit, quietHours, fee, closure, notableFeature, photos), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (stayLimit), accessed 2026-09-29
Photo credits
- Photo 1: USDA Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 2: USDA Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 3: USDA Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)