Northeast Region Recreation Information
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The mostly mountainous Northeast Region reaches from east of the northern Cascade Range to the northwestern Idaho border. Landscapes include forests, shrub-steppe, agriculture, and grazing lands. The region offers a wide array of recreational opportunities with 27 recreational sites that include  campgrounds near lakes and rivers, single-track motorcycle trails, high country hiking and horseback riding, and lowland hunting. In the Northeast Region, DNR manages about 567,000 acres of mostly forested and grazing lands and provides stewardship of 29,000 acres of conservation lands, including Loomis Natural Resource Conservation Area—the largest of DNR's Natural Areas.

Updated: September 9, 2009
Find out which recreation sites in the state are open or closed...and more. 

Please note: Due to budget constraints, DNR has reduced services at many recreation facilities. There may not be amenities such as outhouses, picnic tables, signs, or garbage service. Some gates may be locked, but the public is welcome to access the areas on foot. Please pack out what you pack in. For updated information, go to a  recreation site on this page, or download a map of Washington state that shows reduced services or other restrictions.

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Major DNR Recreation Sites: 

Recreation areas by county:

 

Please note: DNR may close a recreational facility or trail either temporarily or permanently for the purposes of protecting the environment, public safety, property, or to ensure DNR meets its management and administrative obligations. (Learn more | WAC 332-52-100

Pets
Pets are allowed on department-managed lands, except in areas that are closed to pets or animals for the protection of wildlife, sensitive natural systems, special cultural areas, or for other purposes. All pets must be on leash. If pets are accompanying livestock, they can be off leash but must be voice controlled. (Learn more | WAC 332-52-140)

LITTLE PEND OREILLE (Stevens County)

Recreation AreaStatus Additional Information
Flodelle CreekOpen
Little Pend Oreille Snowmobile TrailsCLOSED
LPO Information SiteOpenSome or all of the facilities have been removed.
LPO TrailsOpenOpen May 1, weather dependent
Narcisse Snowmobile TrailsCLOSED
Radar Dome TrailheadOpenOpen May 1, weather dependent
Sherry Creek CampgroundOpenOpen May 25, weather dependent

 

LOOMIS STATE FOREST (Okanogan County)

Recreation AreaStatus Additional Information
Chopaka LakeOpen
Cold SpringsOpen
North Fork NinemileOpen
Palmer LakeOpen
Toats Coulee CampOpen
Toats JunctionOpen

LOUP LOUP STATE FOREST (okanogan County)

Recreation AreaStatus Additional Information
Leader LakeOpen
Rock CreekOpen
Rock Lakes & TrailOpen
Sportsman CampOpen

 

Okanogan County

Recreation AreaStatus Additional Information
Loomis State Forest  
Loup Loup State Forest

 

Pend Oreille COUNTY 

Recreation AreaStatus Additional Information
Skookum CreekOpen 

 

Spokane COUNTY 

Recreation AreaStatus Additional Information
Dishman Hills Natural Resources Conservation AreaOpen 
Dragoon CreekOpen

-- Facilities have been removed. Pack-in; pack-out.

-- Day use only.

 

Stevens County

Recreation AreaStatus Additional Information
Douglas Falls Grange & TrailOpen 
Lake SpokaneCLOSEDCampground and boat launch closes for the season Sept. 15, 2009.
Lake Spokane Indian PaintingOpenNo camping.
Little Pend Oreille
Rocky LakeOpen

Day use only

Sheep Creek CampgroundOpen

-- Gate closed.
-- Outhouses locked.
-- Walk-in and day-use only.
-- Pack-in; pack-out.

Starvation LakeOpen

-- Gate closed.

-- Walk-in only.

-- Day-use only.

Williams LakeOpen

-- Gate closed.

-- Walk-in only.

-- Day-use only.

-- Pack-in; pack-out.

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recreation@dnr.wa.gov

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