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

Big Meadow

Big Meadow, part of Colville National Forest.

Reservable · Recreation.gov 16 sites

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

4fires
active

Lpr Rx - Paulke (prescribed burn) · 11 mi away · 331 acres

3 more within 50 miles

Incident details ↓

Site mix

Standard, no hookups

Most sites here open on Recreation.gov six months ahead, at 10 a.m. Eastern. Sold out is not final: cancellations come back into the pool, most of them two to three days out. How to catch one

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →

The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Colville, 2 miles from the recreation area point at 1,554 feet, station USC00451630 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 20 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 43 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Area	Recreation.gov lists no exact point for this campground. The recreation area is at 48.54° N, 117.90° W. Call the office before you drive.

Fire nearby

Prescribed
Lpr Rx - Paulke
11 mi from the campground · 331 acres
Prescribed
3R Rx - Coyote
17 mi from the campground · 841 acres
Prescribed
Sl Rx - Ione
24 mi from the campground
Prescribed
Rx - South Twin Wui
29 mi from the campground

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

Explore

Video

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Guidebooks for Washington

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Best Tent Camping: Washington
Ellie Kozlowski, 2018
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Washington camping
Tom Stienstra, 2018
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Hiking Waterfalls in Washington
Sawyer Scheer, 2019
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Big Meadow?

Sites at Big Meadow are reservable on Recreation.gov. Any walk-up sites are listed on the booking page.

Source: Recreation.gov

How many sites does Big Meadow have?

16 sites, including 16 standard sites without power.

Source: Recreation.gov