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The Northwest's longest and largest river cutting a huge sea-level pass through the Cascade Mountains teams with the world's second largest monolith to produce the main attractions for campers at Beac
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Skamania
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A heavy canopy of western Washington foliage coats the area around the campground as well as the numerous steep-sided river and creek valleys that drain their tributaries into the Beckler River. The
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Skykomish
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Bedal offers a classic riverside setting on the Sauk that has been unspoiled by the steady streams of passers-by. Oddly enough, Mother Nature has been the source of chaos at Bedal most recently, wreak
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Darrington
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Beverly, in contrast to the beauteous heights to the west, doesn’t have much to offer in the looks department, and it has even less in the way of amenities. But, to me, there is a sublime charm to pla
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Cle Elum
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Washington State Parks are seldom escapes from the crowds, and Deception Pass State Park is no exception to this. They are, however, almost always delightful escapes from the ordinary, and Deception P
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Oak Harbor
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Due to its high altitude and possible heavy snowfalls in winter, this National forest-managed campground has a relatively short usage period-- between July and late September. This is an area of unpr
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Greenwater
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Located on the shore of Puget Sound only 6 miles north of Tacoma and 20 miles south of Seattle, Dash Point State Park is 400 acres of lush privacy complemented by modern facilities including hot showe
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Federal Way
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From a tent camping perspective, Fort Ebey--named for the pioneering Isaac Ebey family that settled the area--is decidedly the least developed. It is evident that every attempt has been made to retai
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Coupeville
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The campground is a tent camper's delight, with 15 tent sites and only one site large enough to accommodate an RV or trailer. The shortage of trailer sites is primarily due to the fact that the acces
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Trout Lake
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For starters, Harts Pass Campground sits on the western edge of the massive Pasayten Wilderness, a 505,524-acre tract that extends north to the Canadian border. Within this territory are 1,000 miles
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Mazama
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Halfway between the population centers of Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula, the Kitsap Peninsula offers great outdoor recreation without the need to travel very far from Seattle or Olympia. Fores
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Bremerton
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Don’t try to make Hozomeen anything shorter than a long weekend outing. Just go, take proof of citizenship (as of April 2005, a passport is required in and out of the country), and enjoy! As they say
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Ross Lake
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Although it is quite large, Lake Wenatchee State Park is a pretty nice spot with spacious and secluded campsites and oodles of choices for enjoying the outdoor recreation of one of Washington State's
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Leavenworth
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Located on 1,885 acres along the saltwater shores of Samish Bay south of Bellingham, Larrabee is the oldest state park in Washington. Its designation in 1915 has kept protected throughout the years s
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Bellingham
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Lopez Farm Cottages and Tent Camping easily qualifies as a worthwhile destination for creatively blending this island’s most-needed services (thoughtful tent camping and private cottages) tastefully a
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Lopez
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Lower Falls Recreation Area has undergone some renovation recently and sports twice as many campsites as before. The original 20 are still the best because hey are closer to the river and have more v
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Cougar
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In summer, most of the tourist throngs inundate Mount St. Helens from the north, leaving you to explore lands around the geologic wonder in relative solitude. Short drives up Forest Service roads lea
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Cougar
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Located just outside the western boundary of the North Cascades National Park South Unit, Mineral Park came as close as any campground can to being wiped out in the fall floods of 2003. This stretch o
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Marblemount
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Whoever first misrepresented Mount Adams as the “The Forgotten Mountain” must have been working for Mount Rainier National Park and never camped at Morrison Creek. Once you’ve been here, you’re more l
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Trout Lake
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Mount Rainier National Park welcomes visitors to a mountain wonderland of dense forests, dazzling wildflowers, tremendous snowfields, and rugged glaciers. Campers can look forward to enjoying the fres
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One of the nation’s largest inland waterways, Puget Sound, was sculpted by glaciers at the end of the last ice age. To the east lies the volcanic Cascade Range and its preeminent peaks: Mount Baker, M
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Darrington
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If there is a tent camper’s Shangri-la in Washington State, it would have to be Owhi. An Indian word originally spelled Óhai and pronounced “oh high,” Owhi (now pronounced ow’ wee) is, as far as I kno
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Roslyn
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To the west of Panorama Point lies the glacier-encrusted mass of Mount Baker. This is Washington State's third highest volcano and active only thermally as far as geologists can determine. Designate
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Concrete
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Actually, the campground’s name comes from the very obvious landmark plunked down in the middle of the stream just above the bridge—a gigantic chunk of granite that broke off Grindstone Ridge that the
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Leavenworth
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Long the domain of fisherman, the San Juan Islands in recent years have become an ocean playground for sea kayakers, campers, and anyone else seeking the kind of beauty and solitude the short boat rid
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Friday Harbor
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From the ridiculous to the sublime. This is what you’ll be thinking if you choose Soda Springs Campground as an alternative to Lake Wenatchee State Park. While Lake Wenatchee State Park obviously has
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Leavenworth
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The region covered in this eTrail include the Olympia area, Capital Forest, Vancouver area, Mt. St. Helens area, Highway 410, Highway 12, and the South Cascade Mountains west of the Cascade Crest. Cam
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Far from the seasonal rat race and the city-like atmosphere of the much larger but filled-to-overflowing facilities on Orcas and San Juan Islands, Spencer Spit is an excellent base camp for enjoying L
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Lopez
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Most of the 54 tent sites offer views of the lake and the mountain through stands of Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce, pine, and subalpine fir. A section of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail passe
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Randle
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Offering many of the attractions as the adjacent San Juan Islands, Whidbey and Camano Islands are closer to Seattle, and are even reachable by road, making for a conveniently easy getaway. Campgrounds
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