Big Creek in WA -- Campground & RV Camping
Big Creek in WA
CampgroundUSFS
17 mi from Eatonville
Official campground & reservations ↗
Road Access
- All 0.3 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, paved the whole way.
Rig fit
- Maximum published vehicle length: 20 ft.
- Longest published RV site: 20 ft.
- Longest published trailer site: 20 ft.
- 2 pull-through sites.
Campground details
Setting
Nestled among Douglas firs, hemlocks, alders, and maples in the Cowlitz Valley, Big Creek Campground offers single-loop campsites with a maximum vehicle length of 22 feet. The facility sits along Big Creek, providing access for brook trout fishing and direct entry to the steep Osborne Mountain Trail. Amenities include picnic tables, fire pits, vault toilets, and drinking water, though no showers are available. Located six miles from the Nisqually Entrance of Mount Rainier National Park, the campground serves as a gateway to surrounding wilderness areas.
Getting there: From Ashford, WA, take Forest Road 52 approximately 5 miles to the campground.
- Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 29-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Sits on broad, near-level ground.
- Osborne Mountain stands 3,198 ft above the map pin, 1.7 miles south.
- Most of them shaded.
- Nisqually River runs 0.7 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 43–58°F, 8.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 42 of 100.