U.S. Forest Service · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · Washington

Mystery

Small Group Site. This small, quiet, forested campground is located along the Twisp River about 12.5 miles west of Twisp. Enjoy hiking on nearby trails, bicycling on quiet forest roads or mountain biking on nearby Twisp River Trail.

First-come, first-served From $40 per nightTents only

Sites are first-come, first-served. Recreation.gov lists this campground for paying on site, and you may be able to pay with the Scan and Pay feature of its app.

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4fires
active

Sisi · 17 mi away · 4,615 acres

3 more within 50 miles

Incident details ↓

Amenities & rules

Equipment	Tents
Fees	$40/Night

Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.

Season & status

Season	April
Forest	Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Fees	$40/Night
Rules	Maximum stay limited to 14 days.

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →

The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Stehekin 4 NW, 12 miles from the campground at 1,257 feet, station USC00458059 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 37 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 130 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

From Twisp, turn west off State Highway 20 onto paved Twisp River Road (County Road #9114) which at 12 miles, turns into Forest Road #44. At 6 more miles, road turns into gravel Forest Road #4440. Road forks, stay to the left, drive 0.20 mile to Mystery Campground on the left before bridge crossing.

Coordinates

48.4020° N, 120.4717° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

Wildfire
Sisi
17 mi from the campground · 4,615 acres · 34% contained
Wildfire
Little Giant
32 mi from the campground · 172,912 acres · 95% contained
Wildfire
Ptarmigan
38 mi from the campground · 25,566 acres · 90% contained
Wildfire
Luna
44 mi from the campground · 8,553 acres · 42% contained

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Outdoor gear	Goat's Beard Mountain Supplies ↗	13.5 mi
Dump station	Dump station ↗	15.9 mi
RV sales & service	RV sales & service ↗	44.5 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Explore

Worth a stop

10.5 mi
Chickadee Trailhead ↗Trailhead

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →

0.1 mi
Twisp River Lower West
4 mi trail
0.3 mi
Twisp River Lower East
4 mi trail
0.3 mi
Twisp River Upper West
4.2 mi trail
0.3 mi
Twisp River Upper East ↗
6.6 mi trail
0.3 mi
Williams Creek ↗
7.1 mi trail
0.9 mi
Reynolds Creek ↗
6.2 mi trail

Trailheads within three miles

0.3 mi
Williams Creek Trailhead ↗
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · Season July
0.9 mi
Reynolds Creek Trailhead ↗
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · Season June
1.1 mi
Slate Creek Trailhead ↗
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · Season June

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness, which overlaps Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.

in
Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness ↗
Wilderness · Forest Service · 152,980 acres
in
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest ↗
National Forest · Forest Service · 3,858,129 acres
12 mi
Glacier Peak Wilderness ↗
Wilderness · Forest Service · 566,161 acres

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.