Campgrounds and RV parks near Coulee Dam, WA

Coulee Dam sits on the Columbia River in eastern Washington, where the river meets the massive concrete wall of Grand Coulee Dam. The town serves as the headquarters for Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, with its main office at 1008 Crest Drive in Coulee Dam. RV travelers use the area as a base for two distinct bodies of water: the 130-mile-long Lake Roosevelt, a feature of the Columbia River created by the Grand Coulee Dam and managed by the National Park Service, and Banks Lake to the south. Campground options range from full-hookup RV parks in town to lakeside National Park Service sites. Grand Coulee RV Park and Kings Court RV Park sit close to services in Grand Coulee, while Coulee Playland Resort and RV Park and Sunbanks Resort line the shores of Banks Lake in Electric City. Spring Canyon Campground offers 78 individual campsites with a boat ramp and docks, though trailers using the site will find no hookups. The region is high desert in character, dry, sunny, and warm in summer, with the dam itself drawing visitors for tours and a nightly summer laser show.

National Park Service sites on Lake Roosevelt use the federal reservation system. Reservations are made through Recreation.gov, and can be made up to six months in advance; most campsites book up in advance during the summer season from May through September, especially for weekends. Spring Canyon is by reservation only, and reservations must be made in advance. Private parks handle bookings directly. Sunbanks Resort, Coulee Playland Resort and RV Park, Grand Coulee RV Park, and Kings Court RV Park take phone and online reservations through their own websites. Holiday weekends, the July 4 fireworks weekend, and the Sunbanks blues festival weekends fill earliest, so RV renters targeting those dates should lock in sites several months out and confirm rig length limits and hookup type before arrival.