Fort Townsend Historical State Park
Its 45 sites are reservable through Washington State Parks reservations, camping costs Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43, and it is open from April 1 to October 1. Fort Townsend Historical State Park is a State Park campground near Port Townsend, Washington.
Reservable: Washington State Parks reservations
- Managed by
- State Park
- Hookups
- None
- Max RV length
- 40 ft
Fort Townsend Historical State Park sits inside Fort Townsend Historical State Park and Fort Townsend State Park. Each unit's rules 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
- 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
- 45
- Group sites
- 1
- Group site capacity
- Up to 40 people
- Hookups
- None
- Max RV length
- 40 ft
- ✓ 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
- 191 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- 4G LTE and 5G (7/1 Mbps)
- T-Mobile
- 4G LTE and 5G (35/3 Mbps)
- Verizon
- 4G LTE; 5G mapped about 0.2 mi away
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.
48.0745, -122.7901 in Jefferson. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
Fort Townsend Historical State Park is open from April 1 to October 1 , at 191 ft.
Sources: parks.wa.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; epqs.nationalmap.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Common questions
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Around Fort Townsend Historical State Park
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Gibbs Lake, whose mapped center point is 7.2 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Gibbs Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Other lakes within 15 miles: Tarboo Lake fishing (11 miles) , Lake Leland fishing (13 miles) , Carrie Blake Park Pond fishing (14 miles) , Teal Lake fishing (14 miles) , and Lake Goss fishing (15 miles) , each with its stocking record on fishypedia.com.
Public land within 15 miles: Anderson Lake State Park (3.8 miles to its center) , Fort Flagler Historical State Park (4.2 miles to its center) , and Fort Flagler State Park (4.2 miles to its center) ; publiclandsdb.com has each unit's camping rules and boundary.
Reservable Point Hudson Marina & RV Park 
Reservable Fort Flagler Historical State Park First-come Upper Oak Bay Campground First-come Lower Oak Bay Campground More campgrounds: camping near Port Townsend and campgrounds in Jefferson.
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
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
Photo credits
- Photo 1: John Stanton, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Photo 2: Fil.Al from Comox, Canada, CC BY 2.0
- Photo 3: John Stanton, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Photo 4: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain