RV travel guide
Clallam County
County seat Port Angeles, 1,738 sq mi across Washington. Everything an RV traveler should read before rolling in — where you can boondock, the roads worth the detour, and the local rule that actually matters.
The county in brief
A traveler's read on Clallam County
Hurricane Ridge Road inside Olympic National Park climbs from sea-level Port Angeles to 5,242 ft in 17 paved miles — the only US national park where you can drive from saltwater to alpine ridge in under 30 minutes, and the only NPS road on the Olympic Peninsula that opens reliably year-round (subject to winter weekend snow closures).
Clallam County wraps the entire northern Olympic Peninsula, Cape Flattery (the most-northwesterly point in the contiguous US), and the Hoh Rainforest's northern half. Port Angeles (population 19,960) is the only town with the Washington State Ferries terminal to Victoria BC. Heart O' the Hills Campground inside Olympic NP accepts rigs to 35 ft on first-come basis.
RV travel intelligence
Read the land before you roll in
The three things that shape an RV trip here — where you can boondock, the roads worth the detour, and the local rule that trips travelers up.
Dispersed camping
medium
Medium — mixed BLM / state-trust limits
Nearby National Park Service units
Olympic
Scenic drives & state byways
US-101 Olympic Peninsula Loop · Hurricane Ridge Road
Ordinance note for RV travelers
Olympic NF and Olympic NP permit RV camping in designated loops only; Port Angeles city prohibits overnight RV street parking.
Sourced & cited
Every fact traces to an official source
Population and land area from the US Census; ordinances and park adjacency from county.gov, the National Park Service, and the US Forest Service.
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Washington rules · last verified 2026-05-10
- Rental tax
- 9.50%
- Min driver age
- 21+ std · 25+ Class A
- Gravel roads
- Allowed — no restriction
- Generator quiet
- 22:00-07:00
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