USDA Forest Service · Washington
Wakepish Group Cg
USDA Forest Service · Washington, United States
- Cost
- Group Campground. $100/night. Reservation only available via Recreation.Gov.
- Group sites
- Yes
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 2,871 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- SNOW PARK (NFSR 9900011) · asphalt · moderate degree of user comfort
- Nearest town
- Randle, WA
About
US Forest Service campground. In a mature and varied forest setting, this site is near Mount St. Helens and Forest Road 99. There is a paved road to camp with a small shelter and toilet. Forest Road 99 ends at Windy Ridge, which provide sweeping views of Mount St. Helens and into the crater. Here visitors will find access to sweeping vistas, remote forest lakes, and high mountain elevations. In the winter this area becomes Wakepish Sno-Park. Not reservable through Recreation.gov, so plan on first-come, first-served; check with the ranger district for current conditions and fees.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 7° | 48° | 10 of 11 |
| February | 36° | 28° | 5° | 51° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 41° | 28° | 19° | 61° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 44° | 32° | 16° | 72° | 10 of 11 |
| May | 54° | 41° | 31° | 76° | 2 of 11 |
| June | 62° | 44° | 35° | 84° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 73° | 52° | 44° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 75° | 54° | 45° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 67° | 50° | 39° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 54° | 40° | 30° | 78° | 1 of 10 |
| November | 44° | 34° | 20° | 61° | 7 of 10 |
| December | 37° | 29° | 17° | 59° | 9 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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