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Cedar Springs Campground is set on the forested banks of the Bumping River, within Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. The area offers a delightful setting for visitors seeking recreation and relaxation.
Cedar Springs Campground offers outdoor enthusiasts the opportunity to hike, fish, ski, raft and enjoy a multitude of year-round recreational activities.
The Bumping River runs next to the campground, offering a scenic backdrop for swimmers braving its cold, refreshing waters. Anglers enjoy casting a line into the deep pools lining the shore. Populations of rainbow, brook and steelhead trout prevail in this waterway.
American Ridge Trail is open to hikers, backpackers and horseback riders. Extending from Bumping River to the notable Pacific Crest Trail, the American Ridge Trail offers over 26 miles of towering forests, stretches of meadows, alpine lakes and ridgeline views.
The Cedar Springs Campground offers sites that can accommodate tents, trailers and RVs. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided, but electrical hookups are not available.
The Okanogan-Wenatchee is comprised of glaciated alpine peaks that tower along the Cascade Crest. Lush valleys of old-growth forest define its western boundary and at its eastern edge, rugged shrub-steppe country comprises a more arid region. Elevations range from below 1,000 feet to over 9,000 feet.
Precipitation varies greatly throughout the area, ranging from approximately 140 inches along the Cascade Crest to only 10 inches along the eastern edge. Visitors can expect many days of warm, sunny weather in the summer, and clear skies and plenty of snow in winter.
Boulder Cave National Recreation Trail is one of the most popular places in the Naches District. Visitors can walk the accessible trail along the river or explore Boulder Cave. Interpretive signs along the way explain the geology, plants, animals and fire history of the area.
The Chinook Scenic Byway, considered one of Washington's premier driving excursions, beings in Naches and follows along Highway 410. Spectacular views of Mount Rainier, old-growth forests, alpine peaks, jagged ridges and river canyons dominate this 92-mile journey.
Visitors enjoy making day trips to nearby Mount Rainier National Park. The park offers fantastic glimpses of glaciers, subalpine ecology and volcanic landscapes.
Hikers may want to traverse a portion of the spectacular Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), one of the world's premier National Scenic Trails. This trail showcases some of North America's best scenery as it winds its way from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington.
This location has limited staffing. Please call (661) 702-1420 for general information.
Cancellations
Individual Campsites: Cancellations up to 2 days before a reservation start date incur a $10.00 cancellation fee.
A visitor who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee including tax and applicable add-on for a campsite.
Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee.
No-Shows
A no-show visitor is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. Staff will hold a campsite until check-out time on the day following the arrival date.
No-shows are assessed $20.00 service fee and forfeit the first night's rate, taxes and applicable add-on for a campsite.
Refunds
Visitors may submit a refund request through their Recreation.gov profile within 7 days of the end date of their reservation. Refunds will not be issued after the 7 days has ended.
Refunds for debit or credit card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bank or credit card used to pay.
For check or cash purchases, Recreation.gov will mail a Treasury check for refunds of cash, check, or money order payments to the address associated with the reservation. Treasury check refunds may take up to 6-8 weeks to arrive.
In the event of an emergency closure, the Recreation.gov team or facility manager will refund all fees and will attempt to notify you using the contact information within the Recreation.gov visitor profile.
**From Naches,** take Highway 410 to milepost 88.4. Turn left on Bumping Lake Road and go 0.6 miles to the campground.
Extra Vehicle Fee $8.00
Very beautiful location. Lots of natural firewood to be used, make sure to bring an axe/saw though. Secluded and clean. Would definitely return again and again.
Restrooms are out houses and are centrally located. Showed up anticipating no camp fires but was told me ranger fires ok in fire pits. Had a little puppy with us and other dogs about also.
Very nice and spacious spaces, I love the river and felt like it had a good amount of privacy. No bugs!
Nice campground. We got spot 15 and it was clearly marked with our last name and the dates we reserved. You can hear cars driving by to other recreational sites but at night there's no traffic or light pollution. There are 4 total pit toilets and two dumpsters. The hosts seem on top of keeping toilets stocked with toilet paper but I always advise bringing your own. There are spots along the river that look bigger but ours could fit maybe 2 tents and 2 vehicles. It's a really rocky area so plan on bringing some cushion to sleep on! GPS takes you to the wrong campground which looks like it used to be connected and is now only connected by foot path, follow the road until you see the cedar springs campground sign. I'd give more stars if only there was river access for the sites not along the water.
I’ll echo what someone else said, which was very helpful: the GPS will take you to the American Forks campsite. Just keep going past that one, and you’ll see Cedar Springs on the left.
We had spot 9, which was right on the water. You couldn’t see the river from the site, you had to walk over to the edge, and it was a bit of a scramble to get down/up, but still perfectly safe for older kiddos. I wouldn’t want to have tiny ones there, without watching them. We were there in early August, so the water wasn’t very deep at all. You could walk all the way across it.
The campground allows dogs, and most of the dogs were well-behaved, and so were most of the campers. Unfortunately right after dark, a group showed up across the street from us, partying until after midnight. (Mostly it was one guy— I kept falling asleep and then he’d shout something and wake me up.)
Their site was right by the bathrooms, so every time we would go to the bathroom, their dogs would rush at us, barking, and the people would yell at their dogs to be quiet and to come back. The next night (Saturday), the whole group was a lot quieter, so the whole campground was really peaceful. The dogs ended up coming over to our site a lot during the day (after hiking, before dinner), and we made friends with the dogs. (We knew their names from hearing our neighbors shout at them so much.)
Never saw the host, but their site was easy to discern, and the vault toilets were clean and well stocked with TP. Apparently the men’s seat is rusty and gross (according to my partner), but the women's was just fine. (There’s really no point in having them differentiated anyway, since they’re single occupancy! Hopefully they’ll change that soon, as all-gender single-occupancy bathrooms are becoming the new standard.)
This campsite is about an hour from Sunrise, and there’s a little store & restaurant & gas station half an hour in the other direction in Naches. Didn’t try the restaurant, but the store had ice, water, and random camping supplies you might have forgotten.
Sites are pretty open, and you can see your neighbors pretty clearly, and at times their headlamps were bright enough to shine all the way into our eyes while we were sitting around our fire. I understand there’s not a lot for privacy to be made in a desert alpine forest; just noting it.
Overall this was a great location. Would have been five stars if the host had tried to enforce quiet hours, or if there was more privacy. If I could give 4.5 stars, I would.
