Forlorn Lakes — Attraction in Washington

The forest is awesome during the month of July. There were loads of Huckleberries everywhere!

It is a part of the National Forest so you can camp wherever you can find a spot if the regular spots organized by the rangers are already taken.

Plenty of wildlife and spectacular views. We got a non pay for spot on the South side of the NF-6040 before the NF-040 split.

It was great! Nobody around us, not a far trek from the car, and we were able to bump our portable music as loud as we wanted.

Make sure to LEAVE NO TRACE!!! The only reason I give this a 4 star instead of 5 was because we were next to a swampy area that had tons of mosquitos.

Also, we got a flat in our Subaru coming up the NF-6040, changed the tire, and then I was dumb and went down the NF-040 path back home on the spare.

Haha, great times on the lakes though. A bit...

The beauty is insane! Would love to be able to give it 5 stars but safety on two different trips was not okay. We were harassed by one older guy with a bunch of young girls. You know when your instincts don’t settle right. Well, everything was okay until us girls decided to stay an extra night by ourselves and that guy tried scaring us off and prowling our camp. Then the second time, we had some of the squatters (ones down those long dirt roads and you find a random camper with full long term set up…) sneaking around our camp during the night. It’s getting reputation for party spots. Sad that people gotta ruin...

Forlorn Lakes is a series of 8 lakes (all with the same name) in SW Washington. Each lake has a few camping sites that are paid for between May and September. They are always full. First come, no online reservations. We enjoy the lakes at the end of September when there are very few people around. They are fairly shallow. Some of them are deep enough for SUP boards and kayaks. I have seen people fishing on...