Picnicking
The Forest Service offers picnicking opportunities in developed areas throughout national forests, with amenities like picnic tables, vault toilets, and fire grates or rings, and some areas may require fees or reservations.
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Silver Springs Campground
Site Closed
This campground is along the White River in a beautiful section of old growth forest just outside the North Arch entrance to the Mt. Rainier National Park. Douglas-fir, cedar and western hemlock…
Suntop Lookout
Site Open
Attention: Use of Suntop Lookout and Picnic Area for special events (e.g. wedding ceremonies) is becoming very popular and advance notice to the Forest Service is highly recommended. Please contact…
Suntop Picnic Site
Site Open
This picnic area is immediately adjacent to Suntop Lookout. Please note that the use of Suntop Lookout and Picnic Area for special events (e.g. wedding ceremonies) is becoming very popular and…
Swift Creek Campground
Site Closed
Swift Creek Campground (formerly Baker Lake Resort) is located about halfway up on Baker Lake across the road from Park Creek. The cabins are no longer there, but the area has been upgraded with…
Troublesome Creek Campground
Site Closed
Troublesome Creek Campground offers 25 sites nestled in a mixed conifer forest on the banks of the scenic North Fork Skykomish River and its tributary, Troublesome Creek. Water is abundant in this…
US Highway 2 - Skykomish Area east to Stevens Pass
Traveling along Highway 2, enter the center of the forest along the Skykomish River, a rafting adventurers' dream.Grab your skis! In just two hours you will be gliding down the slopes at Stevens Pass…
Vista Picnic Area
Site Closed
Picnic Area. Day use area hours are 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. No tables, toilets, trash. Looks for bench overlooking the wilderness area.
White Chuck Overlook Picnic Area
Site Open
View White Chuck Mountain and spot mountain goats in late summer and early fall. An interpretive sign explains the railroad-mobile logging camp in the area during the 1930s.