Washington Campfire Rules and Burn Bans, With Live Fire Weather
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission sets the campfire rules for Washington's state parks. Burn bans and fire restrictions are posted by Washington Department of Natural Resources. Live National Weather Service fire weather alerts for Washington load on the page.
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Burn bans and restrictions: Washington Department of Natural Resources.
The campfire rule in Washington
Where fire restrictions are posted
When a burn restriction is in place, it prohibits outdoor fires on all state, county, city, and private land under DNR fire protection , including all state forests, DNR-managed forestlands and DNR campgrounds.Washington DNR, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Current restrictions: Washington Department of Natural Resources.
Quoted from pages read October 18, 2026. A county, a national forest or a single park can order a stricter ban than the state, so ask the local fire department or ranger district before you light a fire.
Camping in Washington
The Washington camping guide has the months when the weather works, how Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission books sites, the rule for camping outside a campground and a live weekend forecast for your campsite.
Washington campfire questions
Campfire rules in other states
Where this page’s facts come from
- State park, forestry and federal land pages (read October 18, 2026). Booking windows, reservation systems, campfire rules, fire restriction sources and rules for camping outside a campground, each quoted word for word with a link to the page it came from.
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020 (read October 18, 2026). Average monthly high, low and nights at or below 32 F at 150 reference stations, the same stations the heat season and heating season pages use.
- National Weather Service alerts (live, read in your browser when the page loads). Red Flag Warnings, Fire Weather Watches, Fire Warnings, Freeze Warnings and High Wind Warnings, read live from api.weather.gov.
- National Weather Service 7 day forecast (live, read in your browser when the page loads). The weekend forecast for the ZIP code a visitor enters, read live from api.weather.gov.