Pioneer Park in WA -- Campground & RV Camping

Pioneer Park Campground sits at 2,000 feet elevation along the Pend Oreille River in the southern expanse of Colville National Forest. Shaded by ponderosa pine, white pine, hemlock, and grand fir, the site features spacious campsites equipped with tent pads, picnic tables, campfire rings, and gravel parking spurs that accommodate any size RV. Facilities include drinking water, vault toilets, a boat ramp, a picnic shelter, and a swimming beach. The 0.3-mile Pioneer Park Heritage Trail boardwalk features 12 interpretive panels detailing the history of the Kalispel Tribe.

Getting there: From downtown Newport, travel east on U.S. Highway 2 for 0.75 miles. Immediately after crossing the Pend Oreille River bridge, turn left on LeClerc Road and travel 2 miles north to the campground.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 17-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Cooks Mountain stands 1,247 ft above the map pin, 1.3 miles west.
• The Box Canyon Reservoir shoreline is 0.3 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Most of them shaded.

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