Washington East on 20 or West on 20 -- US2
I am going to tow my 30 foot 5er from Seattle to Grand Coulee and back. The plans are to do the 20 & 2 loop. Question: Should the Northern legbe East or West? Then the Southern leg will be in the ...
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Can't comment on which hwy and which direction is best, but we feel that 20 is nicer and more visual (?) on the east side of the divide!! West from the lakes is basically a corridor through the tall trees, in my opinion. Spent 3 weeks last May/June over there and around Winthrop.
As to camping, great areas north of Winthrop, along the Chewuch River. Many open free sites, and some good NFS sites that you could get into. All are 6-12 miles out of Winthrop on good paved roads. Can see lots of them on freecampsites.net. Another nice spot (but not a dry site) is Bridgeport Marina RV Park in Bridgeport (!!). Clean, quiet, fair price ($25 a year ago) and hookups! From there to Coulee on 17 & 174 is definite eastern high desert, but good roads.
If you are going 20 to Kettle Falls, the Lake Roosevelt campgrounds are good, although we felt the ones around K-Falls were tight, close together, somewhat older sites without any hookups, but had dumps. Our trailer is 34 ft and we had to maneuver carefully just driving through to see the sites. We felt the best one was Gifford, about halfway down the lake. Newer, sites more spread out, very clean. Hunters, further south, is pretty good, but a bit more condensed than Gifford. Just a few thoughts for you to consider!!!
As to camping, great areas north of Winthrop, along the Chewuch River. Many open free sites, and some good NFS sites that you could get into. All are 6-12 miles out of Winthrop on good paved roads. Can see lots of them on freecampsites.net. Another nice spot (but not a dry site) is Bridgeport Marina RV Park in Bridgeport (!!). Clean, quiet, fair price ($25 a year ago) and hookups! From there to Coulee on 17 & 174 is definite eastern high desert, but good roads.
If you are going 20 to Kettle Falls, the Lake Roosevelt campgrounds are good, although we felt the ones around K-Falls were tight, close together, somewhat older sites without any hookups, but had dumps. Our trailer is 34 ft and we had to maneuver carefully just driving through to see the sites. We felt the best one was Gifford, about halfway down the lake. Newer, sites more spread out, very clean. Hunters, further south, is pretty good, but a bit more condensed than Gifford. Just a few thoughts for you to consider!!!
