About this campground
Provides access to: Gotchen Creek Trail #40 from the north. Primitive parking lot with limited parking. Up to 2 cars maximum.
Getting there
From Trout Lake, WA take Mt. Adams Road for about 2 miles to Forest Road 80. Continue on Forest Road 80 for over 3 miles to Forest Road 8040. Continue on Forest Road 8040 (towards South Climb) for about another 4.5 miles to the trailhead.
Directions
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- BIKING
- HIKING
- HORSEBACK RIDING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Trailhead: Stagman RidgeGifford Pinchot National Forest4 mi
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- Gotchen Guard StationGifford Pinchot National Forest12 mi
- Takhlakh Lake CampgroundGifford Pinchot National Forest12 mi
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Trailhead: Upper Gotchen Creek (FR 8040) doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby Washington campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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