USDA Forest Service
 

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

 

Gifford Pinchot
National Forest

Forest Headquarters
10600 N.E. 51st Circle
Vancouver, WA 98682
(360) 891-5000
TTY: (360) 891-5003

Cowlitz Valley
Ranger District

10024 US Hwy 12
PO Box 670
Randle, WA 98377
(360) 497-1100
TTY: (360) 497-1101

Mt. Adams
Ranger District

2455 Hwy 141
Trout Lake, WA 98650
(509) 395-3400
TTY: (360) 891-5003


Mount St. Helens
National Volcanic
Monument

Monument Headquarters
42218 N.E. Yale Bridge Rd.
Amboy, WA 98601
(360) 449-7800
TTY: (360) 891-5003

Johnston Ridge Observatory
24000 Spirit Lake Highway
P.O. Box 326
Toutle, WA 98649
(360) 274-2140

Mount St. Helens
Visitor Center
at Silver Lake

3029 Spirit Lake Highway
Castle Rock, WA 98611
(Operated by Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission)


TTY: Phone for the Deaf



Recreation

Campground Reservations

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Content Last Updated: April 2007


Campsites on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest are available for advanced reservation through the National Recreation Reservation Service.

Call Toll Free! 1-877-444-6777
  • Family campsites may be reserved 240 days ahead of the day of arrival, Group campsites may be reserved 360 days ahead. List of campgrounds maintained by Northwest Resources.
  • A reservation fee will be charged and all nights booked must be paid for at the time of making reservations.
  • You may cancel family recreation facilities 3 days or more prior to date of arrival for a $10 service fee. Group sites must be cancelled 14 days in advance. After these dates, the customer is charged the first night or day use fee, in addition to the $10 service fee to cancel.
  • Refunds must be applied for within 30 days of use date. Refunds will not automatically be issued.
  • Reservation campsites are managed for the Gifford Pinchot National Forest by Northwest Land Management, 675 Gilman Street, Palo Alto, California 94301-2528.
  • You may be asked to surrender your confirmation voucher and be issued another receipt upon arrival.
  • NLM will attempt to assign sites to families or groups making reservations at the same time. If you make reservations under the same name and at the same time, we will attempt to place you near one another.
  • You will normally be assigned a site according to the equipment you specified when making the reservation. If you change equipment, please contact NLM directly at the numbers listed below.
  • Once you have made a reservation you may request a specific site, specific adjacency or premium site, however, we can not accommodate every request made. Please call or write the site with special requests (include your confirmation number).

Northwest Land Management Offices

Mount Adams District Campgrounds

  • 509-427-7746
  • 12931 Wind River Rd.
    Carson, WA 98610
Cowlitz Valley District Campgrounds
  • 360-569-0519 - (Except La Wis Wis and Big Creek)

  • La Wis Wis and Big Creek Campgrounds - 360-569-0519
Gifford Pinchot Manager
  • 360-569-0519

About the National Recreation Reservation Service

The National Recreation Reservation Service is a joint program of the USDA Forest Service and US Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, providing a one-stop resource for customers to reserve camping facilities managed by these two agencies.

With over 49,500 camping facilities to choose from, at more than 1,700 locations, the NRRS™ is the largest camping reservation service in North America. Through their website, the NRRS™ offers convenient, round-the-clock access to an online reservation system. Or, if you prefer, you can call the NRRS™ reservation center by dialing 1-877-444-6777 (toll free), to speak with one of their agents.

US Forest Service
Gifford Pinchot National Forest - Vancouver, WA
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument - Amboy, WA
Last Modified: Tuesday, 03 April 2007 at 18:00:33 EDT


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