What is a camping permit?

How do i get a wilderness camping permit?

• I'm not sure if "wilderness camping" is the right term, but my cousin and I thought it would be fun to hike in rather than go to a designated campground. We live in ...show more

• Answer:

  Wilderness areas typically do not require a permit. In National Parks, use may be high in volume, so backcountry offices exist to restrict access and ensure that users follow regulations governing the area. I avoid National Parks and go to National Forests whenever possible because the Department of Interior usually creates more permit requirements, while the Department of Agriculture manages such extensive lands that backcountry regulation is not as much hassle. You have a few options to investigate: Alpine Lakes Wilderness Boulder River Wilderness Buckhorn Wilderness Clearwater Wilderness Colonel Bob Wilderness Glacier Peak Wilderness Glacier View Wilderness Goat Rocks Wilderness Henry M. Jackson Wilderness Indian Heaven Wilderness Juniper Dunes Wilderness Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness Mount Adams Wilderness Mount Baker Wilderness Mount Rainier Wilderness Mount Skokomish Wilderness Noisy-Diobsud Wilderness Norse Peak Wilderness Olympic Wilderness Pasayten Wilderness Salmo-Priest Wilderness San Juan Wilderness Stephen Mather Wilderness Tatoosh Wilderness The Brothers Wilderness Trapper Creek Wilderness Washington Islands Wilderness Wenaha–Tucannon Wilderness Wild Sky Wilderness William O. Douglas Wilderness Wonder Mountain Wilderness