Hawk Creek Campground — Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

   Everyone at the camp ground was constantly being attacked by yellow jackets, being stung multiple times. The bathroom toilets had no cover so the bugs were bad. Other than that everything about the place was beautiful and fun

I occasionally go down here for fishing. Nice little campground. Easy access to the water. The waterfall really flows in the spring, but slows as summer sets in. Fishing was decent. The boat launch is only available during high water. When Grand Coulee starts letting the water down in Lake Roosevelt the Hawk Creek boat launch gets closed. Don’t worry there are a few other boat launches within a short drive (10-15 minutes).

Easy roads to get into. Excellent quiet campground. Beautiful scenery

Super crowded on weekends. Rangers were there at least 3 times a day to clean bathrooms. Very pretty with a lot of wildlife.

We camped here mid May 2016 in site #16. The fee at the time was $18. There were 2 clean vault toilets. The available water was treated with iodine. The waterfall was about 30-40’ high and emerged from a rock crevice. The sites were t that private but only a few people were there. I believe now that this federal campground is by reservation only as are the others in the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.

We went on the 4th of July weekend. The campground was crowded with families but also groups of adults. The families were great but the adult groups not so much. There is no host to monitor people so there were folks running their generators all night and others were up partying until 2 in the morning making lots of noise. Ranger came but once he left they went back to all the noise. Also, the beautiful inlet to the lake was a mosquito breeding ground. You have been warned.

It was empty when we went, the sites are very close together, and not private. There is a great waterfall that is accessible by boat only when the water levels are higher in the summer. In spring the lake is low for flood control. Only $9 a night in off season and $18 in the summer.

I enjoyed my stay at Hawk Creek. There are plenty of places to fish and swim. We camped close to the Falls so we had a nice view from our campspot.

I almost didn’t want to write this because I’d rather keep it a secret. But we have stayed there a few times now. The last couple times there were literally 1000’s of baby frogs that my son was catching and playing with. There is a ton of wildlife. Crawfish. Birds. Small snakes if you go looking for them. Fish. I always worry when we go that it’s going to be full when we go because it’s a smaller campground but there is always space. Overall, a great spot!

Turned up late afternoon with plenty of camp sites available. Was early season tho and the water level was 60ft down dew to the dams being open for the salmon and snow melt. One valt toilet no showers and potable water. Super cool waterfall at the end of camp few rainbow trout in there. We hiked to some caves up on the hill witch was wicked. Not too many trees and no cover in between sites. Would be nice once the lake is up to its normal height. Boat launch 2 min drive. We will be back so try some pike fishing.

Played in the creek/ waterfall with our dogs. Caught frogs, and hiked all day.