South Fork Tieton (upper Bake Oven)
Its sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), and camping costs $8 per vehicle per night. South Fork Tieton (upper Bake Oven) is a National Forest campground near Tampico, Washington.
First-come, first-served
- Managed by
- National Forest
South Fork Tieton (upper Bake Oven) sits inside Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
South Fork Tieton River: One of the named dispersed camping areas along the South Fork Tieton River near Rimrock Lake, spread over the first 8 miles of Forest Road 1000; the South Fork Tieton Trail is nearby. (fs.usda.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- None, first-come
- Fee
- $8 per vehicle per night
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
What's there
- ✓ Toilets
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets. No potable water.
Rules
- Stay limit
- 14 consecutive days in one location; 28 days per calendar year on the forest
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 3,341 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- 4G LTE; 5G mapped about 0.3 mi away
- T-Mobile
- No coverage mapped
- Verizon
- 4G LTE
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.
46.5953, -121.2150 in Yakima. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Around South Fork Tieton (upper Bake Oven)
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Clear Lake, whose mapped center point is 3.7 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Clear Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Other lakes within 15 miles: Dog Lake fishing (8.1 miles) , Leech Lake fishing (8.8 miles) , and Tieton Ranger Pond fishing (9.4 miles) , each with its stocking record on fishypedia.com.
Waterfalls nearby
The nearest waterfall to South Fork Tieton (upper Bake Oven), in a straight line: Narada Falls (waterfall, 28 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
Reservable Clear Lake (group) More campgrounds: camping near Tampico and campgrounds in Yakima.
Sources
- apps.fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-28
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
- fs.usda.gov (water, toilets, fee, notableFeature), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (stayLimit), accessed 2026-09-29