Camping near Winthrop, Washington

Camping near Winthrop at a glance

Public campgrounds

13 (9 National Forest, 3 National Park Service, 1 State Park)

Getting a site

2 reservable and 11 first-come

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Ballard: "Single Site: $10 per night"

Distance from Winthrop

1.8 miles (Pearrygin Lake State Park) to 26 miles (Harlequin Campground) in a straight line; 7 within 15 miles

Elevation

1,114 ft (Purple Point Campground) to 3,288 ft (Honeymoon), 13 of 13 on record

Season

3 open all year, 5 seasonal with posted dates

Campsites

185 across the 4 campgrounds that state a count

RVs

8 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 60 ft (Pearrygin Lake State Park)

Drinking water

4 of 13

Distances are straight-line miles from Winthrop's point in the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2025), not driving distances. Every other fact comes from each campground's own sourced record, linked from its page.

More campgrounds within 30 miles of Winthrop

• Blackpine Lake Campground, 12 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $20 per night); listed under camping near Twisp.
• War Creek Campground, 12 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $15 per night; additional vehicle $5 per night); listed under camping near Twisp.
• Loup Loup, 14 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $15 per night; additional vehicle $5 per night); listed under camping near Twisp.
• J R, 14 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Twisp.
• Mystery, 14 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Group Site: $40 per night); listed under camping near Twisp.
• Early Winters, 15 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $15 per night; additional vehicle $5 per night); listed under camping near Mazama.
• Poplar Flat, 15 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $20 per night; additional vehicle $10); listed under camping near Twisp.
• South Creek, 16 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $5 per night); listed under camping near Twisp.
• Klipchuck, 18 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $20 per night; additional vehicle $10 per night); listed under camping near Mazama.
• Crater Creek Campground, 18 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Carlton.
• Sweat Creek Camp, 18 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Malott.
• Rock Lakes Campground, 18 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Conconully.
• Roads End, 18 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Twisp.
• Foggy Dew Campground, 18 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $5 per night); listed under camping near Carlton.
• Tiffany Spring, 19 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Conconully.
• Rock Creek Campground, 20 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Malott.
• Salmon Meadows, 20 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ($10 per single site per night; $5 per extra vehicle); listed under camping near Conconully.
• Kerr, 20 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $5 per night); listed under camping near Omak.
• Conconully State Park, 20 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , State Park , reservable (Peak nightly (statewide): standard $31-$43, partial hookup $41-$51); listed under camping near Conconully.
• Oriole, 21 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; extra vehicle $5); listed under camping near Conconully.
• Cottonwood - Ton, 21 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Conconully.
• River Bend, 21 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Mazama.
• Conconully Lake Campground, 21 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , Bureau of Reclamation , reservable ($35 per night); listed under camping near Conconully.
• Lone Fir, 22 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $20 per night; additional vehicle $10 per night); listed under camping near Mazama.
• Leader Lake Campground, 24 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , State Forest , first-come (No camping fee (first come, with a Discover Pass)); listed under camping near Malott.
• Sugarloaf, 24 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ($10 per single site per night; $5 per extra vehicle); listed under camping near Conconully.
• Cascade Creek, 25 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Chelan.
• Moore Point, 26 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ; listed under camping near Chelan.
• South Navarre, 26 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Chelan.
• Lucerne, 27 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ; listed under camping near Chelan.
• Refrigerator Harbor, 27 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ; listed under camping near Chelan.
• Prince Creek, 27 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ; listed under camping near Stehekin.
• Domke Falls, 27 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Boats docking need a Federal Dock Site Permit: $10/day or $75/season (May 1 to Oct 31)); listed under camping near Chelan.
• Poison Creek, 27 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Methow.
• Domke Lake, 28 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Chelan.
• Meadows, 28 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $5 per night); listed under camping near Mazama.
• Harts Pass, 28 miles from Winthrop in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single site: $10 per night; additional vehicle $5 per night); listed under camping near Mazama.

Things to do near Winthrop

Public land and water within 30 miles of Winthrop, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.

• Pearrygin Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 1.7 miles from Winthrop; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Pearrygin Lake State Park, its campground is 1.8 miles from Winthrop; publiclandsdb.com has its hours, entrance fee, and boundary.
• Patterson Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 3.2 miles from Winthrop; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Cougar Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 3.9 miles from Winthrop; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Campbell Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 5.5 miles from Winthrop; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Buck Lake, at Buck Lake Campground (9.3 miles from Winthrop): A stocked lake with a small-craft boat landing; fishing is best early in the year.
• Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, 9 of the 13 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Buck Lake Campground at 9.3 miles from Winthrop; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
• Eightmile Creek, at Flat (9.9 miles from Winthrop): Forested sites along Eightmile Creek on paved Forest Road 5130, about 11 miles north of Winthrop; easy trailer access.
• Falls Creek falls, at Falls Creek (11 miles from Winthrop): A paved 1/4-mile trail across the road leads to Falls Creek waterfalls; Chewuch River swimming in summer after high water.
• Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 14 miles from Winthrop; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Winthrop

Nearest emergency room: Mid Valley Hospital & Clinic, 810 Jasmine St, Omak, WA, 30 miles from Winthrop , (509) 826-1760. Next nearest: Three Rivers Hospital, 507 Hospital Way, Brewster, WA, 31 miles, (509) 689-2517. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• Pardner's Mini Market convenience store · 0.3 miles
• Methow Valley Thriftway supermarket · 0.4 miles · (509) 996-2525
• The Winthrop Store convenience store · 0.5 miles

Fuel

• Chevron fuel station · 0.3 miles
• Chevron fuel station · 7.8 miles · (509) 997-3181 · Hours Mo-Su 05:00-23:00
• Pacific Pride fuel station · 8.6 miles

Pharmacy

• Ulrich's Pharmacy pharmacy · 8.2 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Winthrop: propane, RV dump station, potable water fill, laundromat, and ice. Stores, fuel, propane, dump stations, water fill, laundromats, and pharmacies are the nearest few mapped within 25 miles, straight-line, © OpenStreetMap contributors (data as of 2026-09-29; this extract under the ODbL). Hours are as mapped; call ahead.

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