U.S. Forest Service · Colville National Forest · Washington

Swan Lake

Swan Lake Campground is located in a beautiful mixed pine setting approximately 14 miles south and west of Republic, Washington. Access to the campground is via State Route 21 and paved Forest Road 53 (Scatter Creek). The campground 26 campsites with a mix of back-in and pull-through sites that will accommodate everything from the smallest tent to the largest RV. The lakeshore loop will accommodate up to moderate size trailers and RVs and all provide lakeshore views. The non-lakeshore loop include all of the campground's pull-through sites. Each site is accessed by a paved road, but most parking spurs are gravel.

Closed for the season Partly reservable 26 sites From $8 per nightTents only

The group site takes reservations.

More like this: first-come in Washington · reservable in Washington · tent only in Washington

Check availability on Recreation.gov ↗

Photo from the area. Crispin Alexander Stichart (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons

4fires
active

Rep Rx - Walker 50 (prescribed burn) · 16 mi away · 313 acres

3 more within 50 miles

Incident details ↓

Site mix

Standard, no hookups

The group site takes reservations. For the first-come sites, arrive early on a weekday and take what is open. The booking page shows which of the reservable sites are open. The first-come playbook

Amenities & rules

Equipment	Tents
Fees	Camping: $8/single site. Group Camping: $35/group site (Reservation only) with a one time transaction fee of $10. Extra Vehicle: $2/per night

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

Season & status

Status	Closed for the season. Forest Service sites close for the season; check the official page for the reopening date.
Season	May 17 to October 28
Forest	Colville National Forest
Booking	Group site is available by reservation at Recreation.gov (1-877-444-6777).
Fees	Camping: $8/single site. Group Camping: $35/group site (Reservation only) with a one time transaction fee of $10. Extra Vehicle: $2/per night
Rules	Washington state fishing license required. Use of lead weights or lead jigs that measure 1.5 inches or less along the longest axis is prohibited. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Quiet hours between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Campfire in developed fire ring only. Fireworks are prohibited.

Colville National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →

The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Republic, 10 miles from the campground at 2,555 feet, station USC00456974 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 18 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 53 inches a year on the same inches scale. The shaded span is the published season, May 17 to October 28.

Getting there

Coordinates

48.5128° N, 118.8336° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

Prescribed
Rep Rx - Walker 50
16 mi from the campground · 313 acres
Prescribed
3R Rx - Coyote
26 mi from the campground · 841 acres
Prescribed
Rx - South Twin Wui
26 mi from the campground
Prescribed
Ton Rx - North Hull
33 mi from the campground · 332 acres

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

Supplies & services

Dump station	Dump station ↗	16.3 mi
RV sales & service	RV sales & service ↗	31.2 mi
Outdoor gear	Boulder Creek Saddle Shop ↗	36.3 mi

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

Explore

Video

Swan Lake RV Park Impressions | Vernon, British Columbia

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →

0.3 mi
Swan Lake ↗
1.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike · national_scenic_or_historic
1.3 mi
Fish Lake
0.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
1.3 mi
Long Lake
1.3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
3.3 mi
10 Mile ↗
2.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike · national_scenic_or_historic

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 →

Colville National Forest begins about 2 miles away, and it is the closest of these.

2 mi
Colville National Forest ↗
National Forest · Forest Service · 1,752,994 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.