Dispersed camping NW - WA?

[jim lee]

Does anyone know if there's any "Dispersed camping" up here in the NW part of Washington? And if so where? And how do you find it? Is there a map somewhere?

Many thanks in advance!

-jim lee

 

[Aaron Niemi]

A quick google search pulled up quite a few places in western washington:
https://www.google.com/search?q=washington+state+dispersed+camping+areas&rlz=1C1TSNP_enUS517US517&oq=washington+state+dispersed+camping+areas&aqs=chrome..69i57.9140j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Have you checked those out?
HTH
-Aaron

 

[tbisaacs]

You can camp off any forest road in the Olympics provided that you a) don’t block the road b) have a Northwest forest pass.

I’ve dispersed quite a bit on the hood canal side.




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[Aaron Niemi]

Many forests require a shovel and a bucket as well.

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[jim lee]

Thanks for the replies so far.

Shovel a bucket? Who holds the rules to all this? National Forrest? State parks? BLM? Trump?

-jim lee

 

[jdunk]

Thanks for the replies so far.

Shovel a bucket? Who holds the rules to all this? National Forrest? State parks? BLM? Trump?

-jim lee

I always just went with shovel/fire extinguisher to be common sense. I guess I never really looked until now.

fs.usda.gov Information

Among other things, it does say that you should have a bucket, shovel, and axe to control the fire.

 

[RainGoat]

I always just went with shovel/fire extinguisher to be common sense. I guess I never really looked until now.

fs.usda.gov Information

Among other things, it does say that you should have a bucket, shovel, and axe to control the fire.

Oregon State Forest Fire Rules for Vehicles
Shovel 8+" blade & 26+" handle
Fire Extinguisher 2.5# or 1g H2O

 

[jim lee]

Checked out Mountain loop highway yesterday. Found this list O' rules about camping in the National Forest.

I guess Dispersed Camping is allowed in more places than I thought. Pretty slick!

Now all I have to do is get the truck working again..

-jim lee

 

[CallsignMigs]

Freecampsites.org is a decent resource. It has a lot of rest stops and walmart parking lots listed, but only close to cities. If you're looking in forested areas, it works well.

 

[jim lee]

Hey that's a pretty neat gizmo! Thanks! Here's the link made clickable : https://freecampsites.net/

-jim lee

 

[Merk]

Checked out Mountain loop highway yesterday. Found this list O' rules about camping in the National Forest.


I guess Dispersed Camping is allowed in more places than I thought. Pretty slick!

Now all I have to do is get the truck working again..

-jim lee

Me and my old lady drove through there on Saturday, we found a good campspot off of NF-49. There was quite a few cool spots right on the North Fork Sauk R.