About this campground
Willard National Fish Hatchery, located on the Little White Salmon River, is unique because it does not hold adult salmon. The hatchery lies on the upper banks of the Little White Salmon River, above 30 foot Spirit Falls unnavigable by salmon. Established in 1952, Willard was originally coupled with the Western Nutrition Laboratory, now the U.S. Geological Service’s Columbia River Research lab. Today the hatchery rears two million Upriver Bright Fall Chinook salmon released each year into the Little White Salmon River, and around one million Coho salmon that are transferred to the Yakama Nation. Willard fulfills tribal, commercial, and sport fisheries obligations
Getting there
The Willard National Fish Hatchery is located five miles north of Highway 14 up the west end of the Cook-Underwood Road on the Little White Salmon River.
Activities
- INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS
- PICNICKING
- WILDLIFE VIEWING
- FISH HATCHERY
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Fort Vancouver Visitor CenterFort Vancouver National Historic Site18 mi
- Sunset Falls CampgroundGifford Pinchot National Forest25 mi
- Forest Road 30/Wind River HighwayGifford Pinchot National Forest33 mi
- Beaver CampgroundGifford Pinchot National Forest34 mi
- Carson National Fish HatcheryFish And Wildlife Service34 mi
- GOVT MINERAL SPRINGS GUARD STAGifford Pinchot National Forest34 mi
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Willard National Fish Hatchery 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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