Best Dispersed Camping near Royal City, WA
Dispersed camping areas dot the landscape around Royal City, Washington, primarily on Washington Department of Natural Resources and Bureau of Land Management lands. Most sites require a Washington Discover Pass ($11.50 daily or $30-35 annually) rather than being completely free. Frenchman Coulee offers primitive camping with pit toilets but no water or hookups, attracting rock climbers to its distinctive basalt formations. The area features two main camping zones—a smaller area near the "Feathers" columns and a larger space with vault toilets down the road.
Long Lake provides lakeside camping with outhouses nearby, though visitors warn about the rough, washboarded access roads. Martha Lake offers easy interstate access and level camping on gravel lots beside the water with a three-day stay limit. Most sites allow fires when seasonal restrictions aren't in place, though Martha Lake and Lenice Lake permanently prohibit campfires. According to one visitor, Long Lake offers "lots of privacy" with "beautiful lakes," though several sites have issues with scattered trash and broken glass. Cell service is generally available throughout the area for both Verizon and AT&T users.
