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Best Tent Camping near Chattaroy, WA

731 Reviews

State parks and Department of Natural Resources lands surrounding Chattaroy, Washington provide several options for tent camping in forested settings. Nine Mile Recreation Area in Riverside State Park offers walk-in tent sites along Long Lake with water access for swimming and paddling. Skookum Creek Campground, located northeast of Chattaroy, provides primitive tent campsites in a quieter setting with creek access. The Lil Red Barn offers tent-only camping with 11 sites in a rural setting west of Chattaroy, while smaller campgrounds like Flodelle Creek provide more secluded tent camping experiences.

Most tent campgrounds in the region feature basic amenities suited for self-sufficient campers. Sites typically include fire rings and picnic tables, with vault toilets available at established locations. Drinking water is limited at primitive sites, so tent campers should bring their own supply. Discover Passes are required at many DNR-managed tent camping areas, though this often means camping itself is free. Access roads to backcountry tent sites may require high-clearance vehicles, particularly after rain or during spring snowmelt. Cell service becomes limited at more remote tent-only campgrounds, requiring advance planning.

In early fall, tent campsites throughout the region offer cooler temperatures and fewer crowds. According to reviews, Skookum Creek Campground provides "loads of elbow room" with sites "spaced quite far apart," making it ideal for tent campers seeking solitude. One visitor noted that even with other campers present, "the breeze and sounds of nature drowned out" any noise. Flodelle Creek Campground, described as "a great gem off Highway 20," offers tent campers privacy with only five sites total. Walk-in tent sites at waterfront locations provide scenic views but may require short hikes from parking areas to reach the actual campsites. Many primitive tent camping areas remain open from May through September, with some extending into October depending on weather conditions.

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Best Tent Sites Near Chattaroy, Washington (27)

    1. Nine Mile Recreation Area — Riverside State Park

    7 Reviews
    Nine Mile Falls, WA
    12 miles
    Website

    "The campsite is butted up to the lake, which makes it great for sunsets and sunrises. There is hardly any shade at the campsite. The RV/camper sites have full or partial hook-ups. All back in."

    "We stayed here for one night and were absolutely thrilled at how peaceful and quiet the space was. You’re right off the water and the get an amazing view of the sunset."

    2. Amongst The Pines

    1 Review
    Mead, WA
    6 miles
    Website
    +1 (206) 484-3948

    $35 / night

    "Robin was unbelievably accommodating with our situation and even introduced my daughters to all the farm animals."

    3. The Lil Red Barn

    1 Review
    Tumtum, WA
    18 miles
    +1 (509) 724-6184

    $20 - $30 / night

    "We're excited to have this new listing on our platform. Check them out and leave them some love."

    4. Camp Gifford at Deer Lake

    1 Review
    Loon Lake, WA
    19 miles
    Website
    +1 (509) 233-2511

    5. Skookum Creek Campground

    3 Reviews
    Usk, WA
    28 miles
    Website

    "However, each site has a nice fire ring, large picnic table, and loads of elbow room. The vault toilets are relatively new and well maintained."

    "It's a relatively small loop campground along a creek, close to the Pend Oreille River. Gravel road, ideal for tent camping."

    6. Mica Bay Boater Park Camping

    2 Reviews
    Coeur d'Alene, ID
    31 miles

    "NOTE: Campground is NOT a Drive-in. You can Boat in, Park on road, or Hke in only. The sites are flat and quiet. A secret gem for sure."

    7. Green Bay Campground - TEMPORARILY CLOSED 2024

    12 Reviews
    Kaniksu National Forest, ID
    48 miles
    Website
    +1 (208) 263-5111

    $15 / night

    "There is a single vault toilet, they ask that you bring a bucket and shovel for solid waste. Bring your own way to dispose of trash, and have a way to lock it up, or animals WILL get into it."

    "Lightning cutting across the lake was a real spook. We brought our kayaks into the water in the sunny part of the day, other camping spots available by boat if you can get there!"

    8. Extraordinary Camping 🏕

    1 Review
    Harrison, ID
    35 miles
    +1 (760) 975-7335

    $50 - $70 / night

    "it is a very nice place to camp, since there probably won’t be any people outside your own group.  the owner was very responsive to texts and was helpful with all of my questions.  "

    9. Geophysical Trailhead / Sno-Park

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    Newport, WA
    27 miles

    10. Bead Lake

    1 Review
    Newport, WA
    30 miles
    Website
    +1 (509) 684-7000
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731 Reviews of 27 Chattaroy Campgrounds

  • Cathy E.The Dyrt PRO User
    Sep. 11, 2023

    Bald Knob Campground — Mount Spokane State Park

    Quiet, Clean, and Beautiful

    What a gem! Small state park campground at about a 3000 ft elevation with only 8 sites. Dry Camping only, no dump station, but clean flushable toilets(no showers) and potable water available. Two beautiful trails are accessible from the campground and lots more are within a 10 minute drive with plenty of parking at trailheads. Local foliage is wonderful, views are fantastic from the trails. Quiet hours are enforced and observed- very quiet and relaxing. The camp host, Linda, does such a wonderful job of keeping everything neat and tidy and checking in with campers to see if they have what they need. Sites are small- only one was a pull through. I wouldn't attempt with anything longer than 23 feet. Each site has a bear box, really nice and large picnic table, firepit and tent pads that are nicely cushioned with pea gravel. Our site,#3, was centrally located without a ton of privacy, but it was still a nice site and folks were respectful and quiet. Decent cell service in the campground. I am absolutely coming back.

  • Nicole B.
    Jul. 5, 2023

    Hawleys Landing Campground — Heyburn State Park

    Great Campground but loud maintenance

    We stayed at Chatcolet campground for two nights in late June. The campground is really nice with lovely hosts and clean flushable toilets. We booked site 128 and didn’t realise it was a tent only site with a short walk from where you park to the picnic table, fire ring and tent pad. We have a rooftop tent so we parked and set up our tent and then just carried our chairs, food and wood down to the picnic table. Privacy on these sites isn’t the best, I would recommend booking this site along with 129 as a group site to give yourself good privacy.

    Overall this campground was great, the toilets were clean, they are porcelain, flushing toilets inside a hut. There was drinking water and some nice walks to the lake, if you have bicycles there is a really nice cycle that you can do. The reason for rating this 3 out of 5 is that there was very noisy and intrusive maintenance going on from 7am to 5pm in the sites next to us which was very disruptive. No warning had been given about maintenance in the campground, notice was only given regarding roadworks leading into the campground.

  • Clifford F.
    Jun. 22, 2021

    Camp Coeur D Alene

    Nice campground

    We’ve stayed here a couple times now. It is a nice place. It is a little run down though. The car, tent camping is great. You have your own plot under trees. If you tent camp is the rest of the camp ground you will need a pad under your tent. I ground is pretty course gravel with up to 1.25” sharp stones. Firewood is free though.

  • Lee D.The Dyrt PRO User
    Dec. 10, 2023

    Riley Creek Campground

    Beautiful CoE campground with many activity options

    General: 67-site US Army Corps of Engineers campground in two loops along the Pend Oreille River. All sites are water and electric and have gravel driveways. 

    Site Quality: All sites were nicely wooded, level and spacious. The roads are paved but the sites themselves are gravel. A BBQ grill/fire pit and large picnic table complete each site. 

    Bath/shower house: There is one ADA-accessible all-in-one bath/shower plus regular restrooms. Clean if a little dated. I don’t take long showers but in the middle of mine, the water turned ice cold for the remainder of my shower, however, hubby did not have the same experience! 

    Activities/Amenities: Water activities including boating, fishing, and swimming. Non-water activities include paths, including one around the campground that is approximately 1.4 miles, nice for walking, running, or biking. Partially paved and partially gravel. Other activities include two playgrounds (one for younger children, one for older), volleyball, horseshoes, sport court, and a “doggie island” (pet area). Between the restrooms are two dishwashing sinks with hot water, a nice amenity. There is also a dump station. 

    We were still setting up when the host came by to give us a map, remind us there was a fire ban, and see if we had any questions or concerns. We stay at many CoE campgrounds and this one certainly measures up!

  • U
    Sep. 8, 2021

    Rainy Hill Campground

    Okay in a pinch, a bit sketchy for a solo camper

    I found this free spot on another free campsites app. It’s right next to a National Forest boat launch, where there are 2 pit toilets. The campgrounds themselves are dispersed, with already human made fire rings. Some sites are next to the water (those were taken), I ended up driving to see what’s open and settled on top of a hill. There was another camper who must have been there for a while, set up a little tarp village, he looked like he was moved in there… and then a bear up pickup truck drove by few times - something about it felt sketchy to me. I explored a bit more the next day - there are several walk-in sites which looked great - but you can’t drive into those - some up on a hill, some at the bottom of a hill past big boulders.

  • Freddie Faith M.
    Jun. 30, 2024

    Camp Coeur D Alene

    Great little private campground in the Wolf Lodge Bay.

    This is a great little private campground in the Wolf Lodge Bay, and their added free amenities made this campground a really fun alternative to the usual state park/national forest campsites I go to more often. The swimming pool was well kept, and we really enjoyed using the free canoes. They had a lot of decent looking free firewood, but we were camping during a fire ban and weren't able to use it. (This, of course, is no fault of the campground. But if we camp there again it will be nice to have free firewood!)

    We originally booked tent site 3, which I cannot recommend as it had no shade or privacy, but the attendant was very kind and let us switch to a shadier site for free. I think this was tent site 4 or 5, which were much better. Tent site seven looked really nice as well and I would recommend that one. But if we go back we will definitely be booking the island tent site 201, it looked to be the best one of all.

  • R
    Aug. 21, 2020

    Gilmore Campground — Farragut State Park

    Sunny, no privacy, uncomfortable.

    Pros: electric, water, and sewer at site. 

    Cons: all asphalt and gravel, no shade, too close to other campsites, barely any trees or barriers between sites. 

    Good only if you come in a big rv that can only drive on roads. Terrible for tent use, which was advertised for our site. From our campsite, you can see 10 other sites with no barrier between. Zero privacy. (Great with the neighbors crying children) 

    "Tent pad" is sharp gravel, good luck not ripping tent or puncturing your sleeping pad. Sunny as can be, only small baby trees in the campground, all of which are mostly dead. 

    Farragut state park is nice, but no beaches at lake to hang out on. A few trails to hike on, tree obstable course for kids, shooting range, and lake for kayaking or boating. 

    Bayview is an odd town close to park that does not seem very tourist friendly, but Lake House restaurant was good.

  • Leslie H.
    Jul. 27, 2016

    Hawleys Landing Campground — Heyburn State Park

    Hawley's Landing

    We went in April, before things got busy and noisy. We were the only ones in the tent only walk-in sites, which were primo. Nice access to the water/docks, and all sorts of trails to access from the campground, including bike trails. It was pretty pricing for only using a tent site without amenities, and there were decimals involved while doing the math. Really?? I can't attest to what it's like during busy summer days, but it was nice in the spring.

  • Deanna D.
    Jul. 12, 2020

    Thimbleberry Group Camp — Farragut State Park

    Group Site in Farragut State Park

    If you have a large group, this is the place to be. This site is massive and can accommodate tents, RV’s, trailers, etc. Even with a lot of people, you can still seclude yourself from others. We had around 50 people and still didn’t even fill the camp to 1/4 of it’s capacity.

    There are bathrooms and vault toilets, no showers. Both are kept stocked and clean. There’s water on site but it didn’t taste the greatest so we brought our own. The trees provide fantastic coverage in the event of rain (which we had a ton of). There are fire pits all around and they have grates for grilling pans and what not. No water hook ups. Firewood is available at the main office / ranger station down the street. Hammocks are not permitted here. Animals are allowed but must be on a leash or chain.

    This site is also opened during the winter months to individual campers. We fully took advantage of this and stayed for 3 nights last winter. Farragut is beautiful in the winter and I highly recommend it if you’re up for the cold. We were fortunate enough to meet some sled dog trainers at camp and even saw them along the trail.

Guide to Chattaroy

Tent camping near Chattaroy, Washington, offers a variety of scenic spots and outdoor activities for nature enthusiasts. With options ranging from peaceful lakeside retreats to family-friendly parks, there's something for everyone.

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Tent campers should check out local amenities

  • At The Lil Red Barn, campers can enjoy electric hookups, picnic tables, and a market for convenient supplies.
  • Camp Gifford at Deer Lake offers well-maintained showers and toilets, making it a comfortable choice for families.
  • For a unique experience, visit 5 Authentic Barn Campsites, where you can enjoy the rustic charm and amenities like drinking water and firewood.

Tent camping features that enhance your stay

  • Mica Bay Boater Park Camping provides a beautiful setting with picnic tables and access to fishing and swimming, perfect for a fun-filled family getaway.
  • Experience the peacefulness of Bead Lake, where you can camp for free and enjoy the natural beauty surrounding you.
  • Geophysical Trailhead / Sno-Park offers a quiet retreat for tent campers looking to immerse themselves in the wilderness without the distractions of modern amenities.

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According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular tent campground near Chattaroy, WA is Nine Mile Recreation Area — Riverside State Park with a 3.3-star rating from 7 reviews.

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