Bear Creek #1
Dept. Fish & Wildlife
Write a Review Bear Creek Rd. Winthrop, WA 98862 509-754-4624 360-902-2515 Official WebsiteGPS: 48.4895, -120.116
Overview of Bear Creek #1
A Discover Pass or Vehicle Access Pass is required to camp on Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) Lands.
Last Price Paid: $0
Reported by EmEss on 6/19/2023
Longest RV Reported: 21 feet (Travel Trailer)
Reported by HS Woodrum on 7/13/2021
Pad Type dirt
Elevation 2,723 ft / 829 m
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Reviews of Bear Creek #1 7 people have reviewed this location.
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Confirmed by 5 Users
Last reported 6/19/2023
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Last reported 8/17/2015
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Last reported 9/10/2022
“Peaceful”
Reviewed 6/19/2023
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 4 |
| Site Number: | 0 |
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No trains. planes, road, ATV noise. Great Cell connection. A bit tricky to find as there is no sign (a post with a marker missing - there's a fish and wild life board after a cattle crossing) at about 2mi east past the state park. Sharp left off Bear Creak road arrow to keep right. Bear Creek #2 camp right next door. A bouncy 1/2 mile... more
No trains. planes, road, ATV noise. Great Cell connection. A bit tricky to find as there is no sign (a post with a marker missing - there's a fish and wild life board after a cattle crossing) at about 2mi east past the state park. Sharp left off Bear Creak road arrow to keep right. Bear Creek #2 camp right next door. A bouncy 1/2 mile. Plenty of mostly level spots with decent solar exposure. An ADA paved pad with a fire ring right next to next to the pit toilet. Walk or bike the FS roads or sit and be quiet. There's one ?apple/crab apple? tree near BC #1 toilet to check out in the fall.
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EmEss would stay here again
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“Beautiful Very Quiet. Great Verizon & T-Mobile”
Reviewed 9/10/2022
| Days stayed: | 3 |
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Tons of sites. Close to great town & bike trails. There are great sites going right at entrance. We went left seeing a pit bathroom, had great site there. Rode bikes and saw all the other choices the other way. Close to creek.
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Lorid would stay here again
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“Closed- temporarily due to fires”
Reviewed 8/27/2021
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 0 |
| Site Number: | 0 |
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Tried to camp here and Sno Goat on 8.26.21. Both closed due to fires.
Assume they will open back up but just an FYI for now.
Mnwoodchuck would stay here again
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“Nice and quiet”
Reviewed 7/13/2021
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 4 |
| Site Number: | 3 |
| RV Length: | 21' (Travel Trailer) |
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Read several reviews before picking a place to stay. The place is so quiet except birds and the creek. We had a great time hiking up the road to Cougar lake. They also had some wild raspberry’s we picked Nice place you could also camp there. We had on other person at this camp ground for one night. There are at least 12 sites on this... more
Read several reviews before picking a place to stay. The place is so quiet except birds and the creek. We had a great time hiking up the road to Cougar lake. They also had some wild raspberry’s we picked Nice place you could also camp there.
We had on other person at this camp ground for one night. There are at least 12 sites on this side of the road and several more down in the little canyon. If you go up the road across the creek there is another part to this camp ground. You can camp right by the water.
We had private access to the creek and a huge camping spot. If you need to get away but not be to far out of town then this is the place. It looks like hunting season would be busy here. Several of the camping spot have small logs attached for hanging animals.
The drive to get here is easy and the road is in pretty good shape.
The only thing I notice and it’s not the camp grounds fault; people left trash in several of the camp sites. We picked ours up but you shouldn’t have to if people really cared about the great place they have to stay with only a state pass.
HS Woodrum would stay here again
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“Beautiful Campsite in the trees”
Reviewed 5/25/2021
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
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Great little campground tucked into the trees. Very quiet, peaceful and well maintained. There is a small bathroom too. I spent the day at Pearrygin Lake and zipped a few miles up the road to camp for free instead of paying $40 bucks at the lake. I also refilled my water at the campground. You need a Discover Pass for the lake and the... more
Great little campground tucked into the trees. Very quiet, peaceful and well maintained. There is a small bathroom too. I spent the day at Pearrygin Lake and zipped a few miles up the road to camp for free instead of paying $40 bucks at the lake. I also refilled my water at the campground. You need a Discover Pass for the lake and the campground. It’s such a nice overnight location that it’s weird no one is here. Verizon had 3 bars too!!!!
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Fred would stay here again
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“Great”
Reviewed 10/15/2020
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
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Had a great peaceful sleep here as we were passing through Winthrop. No trouble accessing in our mid size suv. It was clean, quiet, and we enjoyed our evening there. Plenty of space for our pup to run around before the sun went down. I believe There was signage that you need some kind of pass to get in, but we had our National Park... more
Had a great peaceful sleep here as we were passing through Winthrop. No trouble accessing in our mid size suv. It was clean, quiet, and we enjoyed our evening there. Plenty of space for our pup to run around before the sun went down.
I believe There was signage that you need some kind of pass to get in, but we had our National Park Annual Pass which we put in our windshield. In any event, no one came to check.
Janine would stay here again
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“Complete solitude (assuming it isn't hunting season)...”
Reviewed 8/17/2015
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 5 |
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This and the Bear Creek #2 across the road are truly wild, natural settings...real, free boondocking in the forest, something we haven't been able to find much of in Washington. Most of the more natural settings have been National Forest Campgrounds, which come with fellow campers and fees. We were the only people in Bear Creek #1 a... more
This and the Bear Creek #2 across the road are truly wild, natural settings...real, free boondocking in the forest, something we haven't been able to find much of in Washington.
Most of the more natural settings have been National Forest Campgrounds, which come with fellow campers and fees. We were the only people in Bear Creek #1 and there was only one RV in #2 while we stayed.
The place is definitely for hunters, there are poles nailed or tied between trees at every spot that appear to be used to hang a deer. Or maybe they're for fish. I don't know, the last time I tried to shoot a deer or catch a fish the meat market guy called the cops.
Bear Creek #2's toilets are super nasty vaults. Bear Creek #1's are slightly nicer. Forest service guys came through at least once a day, too.
But the pondos are massive and the cell service is banging, so this is a downright gem in my mind. Only didn't give it a 5 star because I'm a little cranky after a mildly washboard road drive in and it's 4 minutes past 5:00 and my beer is warm. And I hate how the hunting camper types seem to find it impossible to not leave at least seventeen empty cans of Coors Light scattered around every campsite. Other than that, great stuff!
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Nathan @ Wand'rly would stay here again
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