National Park System · WA

Camping in Mount Rainier National Park

The Recreation.gov record puts 5 campgrounds inside the park. Of those, 4 take reservations and 1 is first-come, first-served. Entrance fees, alerts and hours for the park itself are on our sister site, Park Atlas.

5 campgrounds1 first-come

The park in figures

vehicle entrance fee
$30
recreation visits in 2025
1,635,342
campsites
492
campgrounds take reservations
4 of 5
longest RV or trailer allowed
35 ft

The entrance fee and visit count come from Park Atlas open data. The campground figures are totals across the 5 Recreation.gov records listed below, and the rig length is the longest any one of them allows.

Every campground

CampgroundSites
Ohanapecosh Campground192
Cougar Rock Campground184
White River Campground109
Cougar Rock Group Campground5
Ohanapecosh Group Campground2
Park campgrounds book out fastest of any on Recreation.gov. Most open six months ahead at 10 a.m. Eastern; the first-come loops are the fallback when the window is gone. The first-come playbook