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Granite Point Resort

Granite Point Resort occupies 28 acres of Loon Lake shoreline in eastern Washington's Stevens County, offering lakeside sites and accommodations with a beach, boat rentals, a general store, and on-site dining. A recreation center, game room, and sports courts round out a self-contained summer destination in the inland Northwest. Lakeside sites and accommodations serve guests across a range of formats. A general store, boutique shop, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. On-site dining covers meals, which matters at a resort where guests tend to settle in for a week rather than an overnight. The lake frontage carries the recreation. A beach gives direct swimming access, boat rentals put guests on the water, and boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and paddle boats all run from the property. A recreation center and game room handle indoor hours, with sports courts, pickleball, basketball, volleyball, and horseshoes outdoors and a playground for families. The programming is well-rounded enough that guests rarely need to leave. Pets are welcome. Loon Lake sits in the ponderosa pine and mixed conifer country of northeastern Washington, among the clear glacially scoured lakes and quiet small towns of the inland Northwest — a summer retreat quite different in character from the Columbia River and Puget Sound destinations that draw the bulk of the state's visitors. The resort has built its reputation over many seasons as a family destination, and demand reflects that. Summer is decisively the peak, with returning families booking year to year — reserve well ahead for July and August.

Smokiam RV Resort

42 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 46 Tent Sites, 4 Glamping Sites, 1 Cottage, 10 Tipis

Smokiam RV Resort in Soap Lake, WA, offers 42 full-hookup RV sites, 2 cabin and cottage rentals, 46 tent sites, and 14 glamping and tipi sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites are labeled by service and length, which takes the guesswork out of booking: 30-amp water/electric/sewer at 30 feet, 50/30-amp at 43 feet, premium 50-amp at 45 feet, and premium 50-amp sites with a private hot tub at 45 feet. All carry water, sewer, and electric with cable TV, site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, picnic table, and barbecue. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, and a community fire pit round it out, and pets are welcome. An outdoor pool, hot tub and sauna, mini-golf, a clubhouse, sport courts, basketball, pickleball, horseshoes, and corn hole fill the grounds, and a beach with kayak and boat rentals puts guests onto the water for swimming, boating, and paddling. Soap Lake sits in the Columbia Basin of central Washington, a mineral-rich lake of a type found in only one other place in the world, with Dry Falls, Steamboat Rock, and Banks Lake nearby. Rates for every site type are on the booking page. The hot tub sites are limited and go first.

from $54/night

Black Beach Resort

53 RV Sites, 14 Cabins

Black Beach Resort in Republic, WA, offers full-hookup RV sites carrying water, sewer, and electric, with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table at each site. Sites are back-ins and the resort is rated big rig friendly. Contact them for site count, amp service, and maximum rig length, since those specifics aren't published here. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, and cabins cover the practical side. Pets are welcome. The lakefront is the draw: a beach, boat docks, sport courts, volleyball, a playground, and walking trails, with swimming, boating, kayaking, paddle boarding, water sports, fishing, hiking, biking, and picnicking on Curlew Lake. Republic sits on the southwestern shore of Curlew Lake in Ferry County, in the Okanogan Highlands where the Kettle River Range's forested ridges meet the 1.1 million acres of the Colville National Forest. The Sherman Pass Scenic Byway crosses just south — the highest maintained pass in Washington. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. Call ahead to confirm your rig's fit; this corner of Washington is remote enough that arriving to a surprise is costly.

Smiley Creek Lodge

6 RV Sites, 7 Cabins, 2 Yurts

Smiley Creek Lodge in Blaine County, Idaho, offers six full-hookup RV sites with 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet, alongside seven cabins and two yurts on the Sawtooth Scenic Byway. A lake, beach, and general store serve guests near Sun Valley and the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Six back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 50-amp service, sized to 40 feet — note that all sites are 50-amp, and the 40-foot cap suits mid-size rigs rather than the largest coaches. Seven cabins and two yurts round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and WiFi handle the practical side. With six RV sites, reserve well ahead. Pets are welcome. A lake and creek run near the property with a beach for swimming, and canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, boating, and fishing all available. Hiking, biking, and stargazing run from the site, with a playground for families and live music through the season. Wine and beer tasting is nearby. The byway position is the advantage. This is one of the most scenically extraordinary mountain routes in the American West, where the Wood River Valley's cottonwood corridors open into the granite peaks and alpine lakes of the Sawtooths. The lodge gives the most direct access to the Sawtooth Wilderness trail network and the Stanley Basin's fly fishing on the upper Salmon. Directions: from the north, drive 22 miles south from Stanley on Highway 75; from the south, 37 miles north from Ketchum. Summer is the season at this elevation. Reserve well ahead.

from $100/night

Curlew RV Park

21 RV Sites

Curlew RV Park in Curlew, Washington, offers 21 RV sites on 10 acres overlooking the Kettle River, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 55 feet. Four categories cover full-hookup back-ins, water-and-electric back-ins, pull-throughs, and tree view back-ins, with an outdoor pool, beach, and clubhouse near the Canadian border. Twenty-one sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp across back-in, water-and-electric back-in, pull-through, and tree view back-in categories, sized to 55 feet, with fire pits. Seasonal restrooms and showers, laundry, and a clubhouse handle the practical side. Two booking notes: monthly rates apply to reservations starting on the first of the month and may vary otherwise, and you can pay by cash or check to avoid card processing fees. An outdoor pool and a beach anchor the recreation, with the Kettle River offering swimming and floating directly from the property. A playground serves families, and boating, birding, and biking run from the area. A stage and gazebo host the annual Kettle River Music Festival and the community events that give this small ranching and farming town an outsized social calendar. The northern lights are visible here during geomagnetic events, across a genuinely dark Ferry County sky. Pets are welcome. Curlew sits in Ferry County's northeastern corner near the Canadian border, where the Okanogan Highlands' ponderosa pine forests meet the upper Kettle watershed's river country. The park runs the Inland Northwest season. Summer river recreation and the music festival drive peak demand — reserve ahead for festival weekends.

from $35/night