Got reservations?

Originally published May 22

-State parks: To reserve a campsite, contact Reservations Northwest, 800-452-5687 or 800-858-9659 TDD from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday or 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call 800-233-0321 or visit www.parks.wa.gov.

National forests

For reservations, call the National Forest Reservation System at least a week in advance at 877-444-6777 or visit www.reserveusa.com.

National parks

National Park Reservation Service: 800-365-CAMP or 888-530-9796 TDD or 301-722-1257 international.

What's available

Some of the campgrounds available in the region:

State parks

84 campgrounds -- about half require reservations. Fees from $13 to $19 for developed sites and $6 for primitive sites.

State forests

61 campgrounds in Western Washington. No reservations, simple toilets, no fees.

Capitol Forest

7 campgrounds, 90 campsites.

Olympic National Forest

23 campgrounds -- 7 full service with 265 sites. Fees from $10 to $14; 10 intermediate sites with 176 sites -- one with no fees, one at $5 and the rest $10; six rustic sites, 88 camp spots, no fees.

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

6 campgrounds at lower elevations in Western Washington are expected to be open for Memorial Day weekend. Big Creek, 28 campsites; La Wis Wis, 115; Iron Creek, 100, reservations required; Tower Rock, 25, reservations required; North Fork, 35, reservations required; Blue Lake Creek, 10.

Fees vary from $10 to $15 at most campgrounds. Other no-fee Forest Service facilities require Northwest Forest Pass at $5 per day or $30 per year per vehicle.

Dispersed camping outside developed campgrounds does not require fees or passes.

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Campsites on national forest land outside monument -- none inside monument.

Mount Rainier National Park

Five campgrounds open and White River Campground may open, depending on weather. Two largest are Cougar Rock, 173 individual sites and five group sites, and Ohanapecosh, 188 individual sites and one group site. The sites do not require reservations Memorial Day weekend. Fees $12 a night until reservations start, then go to $15. Reservations required from last weekend in June through Labor Day. Reservations not required at the other sites. Fees vary from free to $10.

Olympic National Park

16 campgrounds with 925 campsites -- all but three are open year-round. No recreational vehicle hook-ups. No reservations accepted. Fees $8 to $12. No fees at North Fork Quinault campground.

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