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Elwha RV Park

51 RV Sites

Elwha RV Park in Port Angeles, Washington, offers 50 RV sites alongside the Elwha River, with 30 and 50-amp service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Seven distinct categories — including big rig and narrow pull-throughs, private back-ins, and pull-ins — sit behind a gated entrance, open all year at the gateway to Olympic National Park. Fifty sites span 30-amp water-and-electric back-ins, big rig 30/50-amp pull-throughs, narrow 30/50-amp pull-throughs, private and standard 30-amp back-ins, and pull-in sites, all carrying full hookups where noted, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Accessible sites are available. Cabins serve guests without a rig. A general store, boutique shop, laundry, dump station, RV storage, restrooms, showers, firewood, and a concierge handle the practical side, with WiFi and recycling throughout. The park is open year-round. On-site recreation is broad: a recreation center, clubhouse, pavilion, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, corn hole, walking trails, a playground, a pond, and bike rentals, with a community fire pit for evenings and live music through the season. Mountain biking, hiking, birding, and stargazing all run from the area, with skiing, snowboarding, boating, and a casino nearby. Pets are welcome. The Elwha is the site of the largest dam removal in US history — the 2012 removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon Dams reopened 70 miles of salmon and steelhead habitat, and the river's recovery is ongoing. Olympic National Park's Hurricane Ridge, Lake Crescent, and the Hoh Rainforest are all within reach. Directions: from Port Angeles take US-101 west to the Highway 112 junction, follow 112 about half a mile to the sign, then left onto Lower Dam Road.

Rimrock Lake Resort

30 RV Sites, 5 Cabins

On Highway 12 at Rimrock Lake in Naches, Washington—12 miles east of White Pass Ski Area in the Tieton River canyon of Yakima County where the Cascades' eastern slope creates the transition landscape between the maritime-influenced western forests and the rain-shadow desert of the Columbia Plateau—Rimrock Lake Resort operates year-round with 27 campsites (12 full hookup sites, all with water and electric), two furnished cabins, a bare-bones cabin, a furnished condo and home rental, a boat ramp, a convenience store with propane, a diner, paddleboard and canoe rentals, laundry, showers, and the gasoline sales for boats, dirt bikes, and ATVs that the Tieton River canyon's motorized recreation demands in a resort whose Rimrock Lake position and White Pass proximity make it the four-season gateway for the skiing, boating, fishing, and Cascades hiking that the Naches corridor provides at the intersection of two of Washington's most rewarding recreational landscapes. Year-round operation is the differentiator here. The 12 full hookup sites with 30-amp electric, water, and sewer serve the RV camper alongside the partial hookup and the tent-capable non-hookup sites that fill the 27-position total—water and electric at every site provides the minimum comfort standard regardless of position. Furnished cabins with the kitchen and bedding amenities that the drive-to destination requires, the bare-bones cabin for the minimalist, and the furnished condo and home options accommodate the group and the extended-stay guest whose Rimrock Lake visit extends beyond a weekend. The boat ramp provides direct Rimrock Lake access for the powerboat and fishing boat, the paddleboard and canoe rentals serve the non-motorized water recreation guest, and the gasoline sales accommodate the full spectrum of motorized recreation that the Tieton canyon's ATV trails and the lake's power boating enable. The on-site diner and convenience store, with propane filling, handle the food and fuel logistics that a year-round mountain resort requires. Rimrock Lake—the Tieton Dam's reservoir on the Tieton River at 2,920 feet in the Cascade foothills—provides the 1,400-acre surface for the fishing, sailing, and the power boating that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife manages for rainbow and German brown trout in the Tieton system. The lake's east Cascades position in the Yakima River watershed creates the clear-water, pine-and-fir-forested environment that the western Cascade lakes at lower elevation and higher precipitation share, with the rain-shadow drier character of the eastern slope producing clearer skies and more predictable summer weather than the west side's marine influence. White Pass Ski Area, 12 miles west on US-12, operates on the Cascades crest at 4,500 feet with 37 trails, 6 lifts, and a consistent Cascade snowpack that makes the White Pass area one of Washington's most reliably snow-covered ski destinations from December through March. The Chinook Pass corridor and the William O. Douglas Wilderness beyond create the summer hiking and wilderness access that the Cascades' most direct connection between the Yakima Valley and the Rainier-area peaks provides. Mount Rainier National Park, accessible via SH-410 through Chinook Pass or via US-12 to Packwood and the Stevens Canyon entrance, lies within 60 miles of the resort. Rimrock Lake Resort's year-round operation serves the White Pass skiing community from December through March, the spring fishing opener crowd in April when the Tieton's trout season begins, the boating and hiking season from May through September, and the fall hunting season in October when the Tieton canyon's elk and deer populations draw the eastern Washington hunting community to the resort. Reserve your site or cabin at Rimrock Lake Resort and let the Cascades' eastern-slope lake, the White Pass access, and the year-round mountain resort character of the Tieton canyon make Naches the Yakima-area base camp your Cascades itinerary requires.

from $45/night

Cougar RV Park & Campground

27 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 3 Tent Sites

Cougar RV Park & Campground in Cougar, Washington, offers 27 RV sites, five cabins, and three tent sites at the base of Mount St. Helens on the Lewis River's Yale Reservoir, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Full-hookup pull-throughs join water-and-electric back-ins in a forested mountain setting. Twenty-seven sites run in water-and-electric back-in and full-hookup pull-through categories carrying 30 and 50-amp, sized to 40 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Note the 40-foot cap before booking a larger rig. Five cabins and three tent sites round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, firewood, and WiFi handle the practical side. All types of RVs are welcome — the park answers questions directly at [email protected]. Pets are welcome. A pavilion fills the grounds, with fishing, birding, and planned activities from the property. Snowboarding, off-roading, and boating are all nearby. The position is genuinely dramatic. The campground sits directly on the south flank of Mount St. Helens — the active stratovolcano that reshaped southwest Washington on May 18, 1980, and has since become one of the most actively studied volcanic environments in the world. The Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, the Ape Cave lava tube, and the Lewis River system's fishing and water recreation are all immediately accessible. Summer is peak for monument access and the Lewis River. Reserve ahead for July and August weekends.

from $22/night