Fire restrictions:

National Parks:

• Mount Rainier National Park: There is a a parkwide fire ban as of 6/10/2025. All campfires and the ignition of wood, briquettes, or any fuel in fire pits, fire pans, and barbeque grills will be prohibited. This ban is in place to reduce the risk of human-caused wildland fire. This includes the developed campgrounds.

• North Cascades National Park: Campfires or the ignition of wood, briquettes, or any fuel in fire pits, fire pans and barbeque grills, are banned in all portions of North Cascades National Park Service Complex, which includes North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. This ban includes all National Park Service lands and campgrounds along State Route 20 as well as Hozomeen and the entire Stehekin Valley. Pressurized or bottled liquid fuel stoves, grills, or lanterns are allowed. Devices must have an on/off switch or valve that can immediately extinguish the flame. These restrictions went into effect 7/3/2025.

USFS:

• Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest: In addition to the Pomas Fire Closures, campfires are only allowed in a metal campfire ring in a developed and designated campground.

State Agencies:

• WDFW: Agency lands in eastern Washington are subject to the following restrictions: Campfires are banned, even if in fire rings, but personal camp stoves and lanterns fueled by canisters are allowed. Discharging firearms, including target shooting outside of an official shooting range, smoking outside a car. Parking is only allowed in developed trailheads and campgrounds or within 10’ of a road in areas with no vegetation. These restrictions went into effect 7/1/2025.

• WDNR: Campfires are banned east of the crest of the Cascade Mountains on lands that WDNR owns and those private lands that it provides fire protection services. Campfires may be permitted in approved, designated WDNR campgrounds but be sure to check for the latest status. This ban went into effect 7/4/2025.

Counties:

Check your county for latest fire restrictions. As of 7/8/2025 the following counties have county wide campfire bans.

• Chelan County: Residential campfires are not allowed. The use of commercial barbecues and camp stoves is allowed. The use of charcoal briquettes is only allowed in a commercially made barbecue grill.

• Kittitas County: A burn ban is in effect for all fire districts, no out door burning including campfires. Propane, briquette and pellet appliances are allowed at this time. 

• Okanogan County: A County Wide Burn Ban prohibiting ALL outdoor burning including campfires will go into effect July 11, 2025

• Yakima County: Outdoor open burning, including bonfires and recreational fires, or burning vegetation and waste materials, is not allowed. However, residential outdoor activities such as charcoal barbeques and wood pellet smokers may be used. This ban, which went into effect 6/1/2025 will expire on 9/1/2025.