North Cascades National Park · Washington
Overview Campgrounds in Lake Chelan National Recreation Area are walk-in sites located in the Stehekin Valley. Harlequin Camp is located along the Stehekin River, 4. 5 miles up the Stehekin Valley Road from Stehekin Landing and approximately 6.
Sites at Harlequin Campground are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 8 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Tent only, Group |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Harlequin Campground around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Newhalem Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Colonial Creek South Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Colonial Creek North Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Goodell Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Gorge Lake Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lower Goodell Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Upper Goodell Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Harlequin Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.