Cultus Creek Campground
Its sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), and camping costs Single Site: $15 per night. Cultus Creek Campground is a National Forest campground near Trout Lake, Washington.
First-come, first-served
1 / 2A forested campsite with table and fire pit at Cultus Creek Campground. Photo: USDA Forest Service, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Max RV length
- 32 ft
Cultus Creek Campground sits inside Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.3 miles outside the boundary of Indian Heaven Wilderness; its permit and camping rules and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Indian Heaven Wilderness: The Indian Heaven Trail #33 trailhead is in the campground, near traditional huckleberry fields; free self-issued wilderness permits. (fs.usda.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- None, first-come
- Fee
- Single Site: $15 per night
Sources: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Max RV length
- 32 ft
- ✓ Toilets
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets. No potable water.
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Rules
- Stay limit
- 14 consecutive days; 28 days total per calendar year
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 3,984 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.2 mi away, 5G about 0.4 mi away
- T-Mobile
- No coverage mapped
- Verizon
- No coverage mapped
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.
46.0476, -121.7546 in Skamania. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Around Cultus Creek Campground
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Goose Lake, whose mapped center point is 7.4 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Goose Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Hot springs nearby
The nearest hot spring to Cultus Creek Campground, in a straight line: Carson Hot Springs (hot spring, 22 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
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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 (stayLimit), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (maxRvLengthFt, notableFeature, fee, water, toilets), accessed 2026-09-29
- recreation.gov (reservationSystem), accessed 2026-09-29
Photo credits
- Photo 1: USDA Forest Service, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 2: USDA Forest Service, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)