Be advised that the NPS has issued alerts for this park.

Spring 2025 Prescribed Fire Notice at Lake Roosevelt

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area may implement the following prescribed burn during the spring of 2025.

Spring Canyon Seawall Replacement Project

Beginning Sunday afternoon, March 16, 2025, the lower parking lot at the Spring Canyon boat launch will close for the boat launch seawall replacement. The boat launch will remain open, but dock access will be limited. The upper parking lot will be open.

Miles Creston Road Project now open to traffic.

Miles Creston from Highway 2 to Copenhaver Road is currently a gravel roadway but will be hard surfaced in the late spring of 2025. Miles Creston is a main access to Lincoln Mill, Hawk Creek, and Seven Bays.

Landslide at Colville Flats on Friday, November 17, 2024

Landslide caused a large displacement wave on Lake Roosevelt. Water washed over HWY 25 north of Colville Flats. This led to an increase in debris in the lake that will float downstream in the coming days. The land is still moving and unstable. Use caution

Fee Changes beginning in January 2025

Beginning January 1, 2025, the National Park Service (NPS) at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area will increase camping and boat launch fees and introduce a new dump station/water fill fee.

Hawk Creek Lane Restriction at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

Due to undercutting action of Hawk Creek on the access road between the Hawk Creek campground and boat launch, the road will be reduced to one lane until further notice. Use caution while on this road.

Extended Fish Cleaning Station Closure

Park fish cleaning stations will remain closed while the NPS researches and tests better alternatives. This closure includes the restroom facility located at the Fort Spokane boat launch.

Title Lake Roosevelt
Park Code laro
Description The ancient geologic landscape of the upper Columbia River cradles Lake Roosevelt in walls of stone carved by massive ice age floods. Come explore the shorelines and learn the stories of American Indians, traders and trappers, settlers and dam bu...
Location
Contact
Activities
  • Auto and ATV
  • Scenic Driving
  • Astronomy
  • Stargazing
  • Boating
  • Motorized Boating
  • Sailing
  • Camping
  • Canoe or Kayak Camping
  • Car or Front Country Camping
  • Group Camping
  • RV Camping
  • Fishing
  • Freshwater Fishing
  • Food
  • Picnicking
  • Hands-On
  • Citizen Science
  • Volunteer Vacation
  • Hiking
  • Front-Country Hiking
  • Hunting and Gathering
  • Hunting
  • Paddling
  • Canoeing
  • Canoe or Kayak Camping
  • Kayaking
  • Junior Ranger Program
  • Swimming
  • Freshwater Swimming
  • Park Film
  • Museum Exhibits
Entrance fees
Campgrounds Count: 21

Cloverleaf Campground

  • All campsites are reservation only.

Evans Campground

  • All sites are reservation only.

Evans Group Site

  • The Evans group site must be reserved year-round on recreation.gov at https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234065.

Fort Spokane Campground

  • All sites are reservation only, year round.

Gifford Campground

  • All sites are reservation only, year round.

Gifford Group Site

  • The Gifford group site must be reserved year-round.

Haag Cove Campground

  • All campsites are reservation only.

Hawk Creek Campground

  • All campsites are reservation only.

Hunters Campground

  • All sites are reservation only, year round.

Hunters Group Sites

  • The Hunters group sites must be reserved year-round.

Jones Bay Campground

  • All campsites are reservation only.

Kamloops Island Campground

  • All campsites are reservation only.

Kettle Falls Campground

  • All campsites are reservation only, year round.

Kettle River Campground

  • All campsites are reservation only.

Locust Grove Group Sites

  • The Locust Grove group sites must be reserved year-round. Reservations must be made seven or more days in advance of your stay, and up to twelve months beforehand. Changes to your reservation cannot be made within seven days of your scheduled arrival. Reservations may have additional fees.

Marcus Island Campground

  • All campsites are reservation only.

North Gorge Campground

  • All campsites are reservation only.

Porcupine Bay Campground

  • All sites are reservation only, year round.

Snag Cove Campground

  • All campsites are reservation only.

Spring Canyon Campground

  • All campsites are reservation only, year round.

Spring Canyon Group Sites

  • The Spring Canyon group sites must be reserved year-round.
Places Count: 34

Bradbury Beach Boat Launch

A water access point on the shore of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area with a boat launch, dock, information kiosk, parking area, and vault toilet.

Bradbury Beach Day Use Area

Bradbury Beach Day Use area is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt that has picnic tables, grills, and vault toilets.

China Bend Boat Launch

China Bend is an access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, a boat dock, an information kiosk, and a vault toilet.

Cloverleaf Day Use Area

Cloverleaf Day Use Area is a small water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a vault toilet.

Crescent Bay Boat Launch

Crescent Bay Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, dock, vault toilet, large gravel parking area, and information kiosk.

Daisy Boat Launch

An water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat launch, parking area, vault toilet, dock, and information kiosk.

Evans Boat Launch

Evans Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, dock, information kiosk, and vault toilet. A campground is nearby.

Evans Day Use Area

Evans Day Use area is a water access area on Lake Roosevelt with picnic tables, grills, accessible sites, picnic shelters, and potable water and flush toilets during the summer season.

Fort Spokane Boat Launch

Fort Spokane Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, docks, vault toilets, an information kiosk, and large parking area.

Fort Spokane Day Use Area

Fort Spokane Day Use Area is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with picnic tables, grills, potable water in the summer season, vault toilets, picnic shelters, and a trailhead to the visitor center.

French Rocks Boat Launch

French Rocks Boat Launch is a water access point on the shore of Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, dock, vault toilet, parking area, and information kiosk.

Gifford Boat Launch

Gifford Boat Launch is a water access are on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, docks, parking area, information kiosk, and vault toilets.

Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center

Built at the location of Glacial Lake Columbia and at the head of the Grand Coulee signs of the Missoula Floods can be found throughout the region.

Hanson Harbor Boat Launch

Hanson Harbor Boat Launch is a water access point on the shore of Lake Roosevelt, with a boat launch, information kiosk, vault toilet, parking area, and picnic tables.

  • When facing the information kiosk, 16 feet to your right is a wayside with three upright information panels on boating safety. Directly behind the kiosk, a 3-foot-wide, concrete sidewalk stretches 50 feet away from you to a restroom with a pit toilet. In between the information kiosk and the toilet are two picnic tables, adjacent to the sidewalk on the grass and dirt areas. As the tables are not anchored, their exact location may change. Beyond the pit toilet are pine trees and cliffs of dark rock several hundred feet high. 150 feet to your right is the boat ramp and beach. The boat ramp is concrete, 20-feet-wide, and extends to the water line. The beach is sandy and stretches as far as you can see, and the water level varies by season. The lake is approximately a mile wide and the opposite shore contains bare, gently sloping hills with occasional steep cliffs of grey rock. Behind you, the parking lot extends for another 300 feet, before becoming grass with scattered pine trees. Left from the information kiosk is the entrance into the paved parking lot, beyond which is the paved entrance road, a neighborhood, and more tall, dark cliffs withs scattered trees.

Hawk Creek Boat Launch

Hawk Creek Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt, with a paved boat launch, dock, information kiosk, parking area, and vault toilet, adjacent to Hawk Creek Campground.

Hunters Boat Launch

Hunters Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, docks, information kiosk, paved parking area, and vault toilets.

Hunters Day Use Area

Hunters Day Use area is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with picnic tables, grills, potable water in the summer season, accessible walkways, picnic shelters, and restrooms.

Jones Bay Boat Launch

Jones Bay Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, docks, information kiosk, parking area, and vault toilets.

Keller Boat Launch

Keller Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, large parking area, information kiosk, and vault toilets.

Keller Ferry Day Use Area

Keller Ferry Day Use Area is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a large grassy area and plenty of large trees for shade. The day use area is adjacent to Keller Ferry Campground (made by reservation only through lakerooseveltadventure.com). Keller Ferry Day Use Area includes restrooms, a shaded pergola, and is walking distance to the Keller Ferry Boat Launch.

Kettle Falls Boat Launch

Kettle Falls Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved ramp, docks, information kiosk, and vault toilet.

Kettle Falls Day Use Area

Kettle Falls day use area is south of the campground and marina on Kettle Park Road. There are flush and vault toilets, picnic shelters, grills, a playground, cold showers, and potable water.

Lincoln Mill Boat Launch

Lincoln Mill is a water access point on the shore of Lake Roosevelt has a paved boat launch, dock, information kiosk, picnic area, and vault toilets.

  • When facing the information kiosk, directly in front of you is a 30-foot-tall isolated rocky hill covered in patchy grasses and shrubs. A concrete pathway extends 20 feet to your left to a restroom with a pit toilet. Beyond the restroom, an 80-foot-wide paved entrance road enters the site. Behind the road is a low gravel hill with low bushes. Rising above this hill are cliffs of dark rock several hundred feet high with thick clumps of pine trees on the lower slopes. Behind you, the paved parking area continues for 300 feet. The edge of the parking area and the shoreline of the lake stretches all along your right-hand side, approximately 150 feet away. Halfway across the lakeside edge of the parking area are two low signs with information on the history and geology of the area. The terrain on the opposite side of the lake varies. Almost directly behind you and stretching to your direct right, the opposite shore of lake to the northeast is several miles away and contains mountainous terrain with scattered forest. From your direct right to your slight right, the opposite shore to the north is .75 miles away and bare, with low sandy hills. The boat launch is 80 feet to your right. The ramp is 60 feet wide, concrete and extends to the waterline. In the middle of the ramp is a 100-foot-long floating metal dock. 30 feet to your right is a sign with three upright panels on boating safety.

Marcus Island Boat Launch

Marcus Island Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, dock, information kiosk, parking area, and vault toilet.

Marcus Island Day Use Area

Adjacent to Marcus Island boat launch is a small day use area with water access, picnic tables, and accessible vault toilets.

Mission Point

Mission Point is a bluff overlooking the old Kettle Falls and has seen over 9,000 years of human presence. St. Paul's Mission, established in 1845 by Father de Smet and two assistants, Father Ravalli and Father Hoesken, was to serve the Colville and other nearby tribes that assembled annually at Kettle Falls to harvest salmon. Explore St. Paul's Mission, take a short, self-guided walk, and overlook the site where Kettle Falls is submerged.

  • St. Paul's Mission is located at the end of a dirt road that served as the portage road to transport boats around the Kettle Falls. The building sits on a bluff surrounded by pine trees and is a rough hewn log building with no furniture inside. Outside, to the left facing the building, is the beginning of the Mission Point interpretive trail. Follow the trail to learn about Kettle Falls, the Hudson Bay Company, Fort Colvile, and the MacDonald family that operated the trading post there.

Napoleon Bridge Boat Launch

Napoleon Bridge Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat launch, parking area, information kiosk, and vault toilet.

North Gorge Boat Launch

North Gorge Boat Launch is a water access point on the north district of Lake Roosevelt. There is a paved boat launch, dock, information kiosk, and vault toilets.

Porcupine Bay Boat Launch

Porcupine Bay Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat launch, docks, information kiosk, and vault toilets.

Porcupine Bay Day Use Area

Porcupine Bay Day Use Area is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with picnic tables, grills, a large grassy area, picnic shelters, accessible restrooms, and potable water during the summer season.

Seven Bays Boat Launch

Seven Bays Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, docks, information kiosk, large parking area, and vault toilets.

Snag Cove Boat Launch

Snag Cove Boat Launch is a water access point on Lake Roosevelt with a paved boat ramp, dock, information kiosk, parking area, and vault toilet.

Spring Canyon Boat Launch

Spring Canyon Boat Launch has multiple paved parking areas, vault toilets, an information kiosk, and floating docks. A day use area with a swim beach is directly west of the launch area. A reservation-only campground is just uphill and to the west of the launch parking.

Spring Canyon Day Use Area

Spring Canyon Day Use area is a water access point on the shore of Lake Roosevelt. There is a large grassy area, picnic tables, picnic shelters, grills, and potable water, cold showers, and flush toilets during the summer season. There is some accessible areas and one accessible picnic shelter.

Visitor Centers Count: 1

Fort Spokane Visitor Center and Museum

  • Fort Spokane Visitor Center and Museum
  • Located in the former guardhouse of historic Fort Spokane, the visitor center and museum are open seasonally from Memorial Day to Labor Day of each year. This facility has no entrance fee. During the summer of 2024, the Fort Spokane Visitor Center and Museum will be open Thursday through Monday, 9:30 am to 5pm. These hours begin May 23 and end September 2. For an audio description of the park brochure, visit the Publications or Accessibility page of our website: nps.gov/laro
Things to do Count: 8

  • Fishing on Lake Roosevelt NRA
  • Lake Roosevelt offers hundreds of miles of shoreline, so you can relax and easily find a place to relax and drop in a line. Check out our links to local agencies where you can purchase your fishing license.

  • Canoeing & Kayaking at Lake Roosevelt NRA
  • 'If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.' Slow down and paddle the waters of Lake Roosevelt by kayak or canoe or board. Discover hidden coves and quiet beaches away from the busy campgrounds and day use areas. Learn about launch fees and permits here. Check the Boat Launch section for minimum reservoir/lake elevations for access points.

  • Become A Lake Roosevelt Junior Ranger
  • Download the activity book and earn your badge to become a Junior Ranger OR follow the link to the web site to find accessible activities for all ages: make a podcast, create a play, write or act out a story, pretend the floor is lava!

  • Boating at Lake Roosevelt NRA
  • The waters of Lake Roosevelt offer many opportunities for fun in watercraft from canoes and motorboats, to paddleboards and houseboats. Learn about launch fees and permits here. Check the Boat Launch section for minimum reservoir/lake elevations for access points.

  • Hike the Sentinel Trail
  • Located at Fort Spokane, this self-guided trail navigates to trailside markers telling the story of the people who lived and worked here in the late 1800s. For the adventurous, take the Bluff Trail 300 feet to the top of the bluff, with spectacular views of the fort grounds and the confluence of the rivers.

  • Hike the Mission Point Trail
  • A half-mile loop trail along a relatively flat bluff takes you through standing pine forests to the edge of Lake Roosevelt. From there you can see the site of Kettle Falls, a place used for millennia by the local tribes for salmon fishing.

  • Hike the Sherman Creek Wildlife Area
  • The Sherman Creek Wildlife Area is a cooperative trail system between the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Park Service. There are multiple access points to this trail network and the length of the trail depends on which pathway is taken. The trail network features a gentle grade and is great for wildlife viewing.

  • Hike the Bunchgrass Prairie Nature Trail
  • The Bunchgrass Prairie Trail is located at Spring Canyon Campground and Day Use Area. Hike along this trail to learn more about native plants in the channeled scabland ecosystem.
Tours Count: 0
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