Slab Camp is an old campground at the end of Forest Road 2875, in the foothills above Sequim, where the Slab Camp and Deer Ridge trails begin. There are no numbered sites and no tables: rock fire rings in a meadow edged with boulders, and more spots in the woods along a creek.
It is our all-time favorite in the Olympics. It cost nothing when we mapped it, it is 40 minutes from Sequim, and, as the note on our favorite spot says, we were always the only ones here.
Quick facts
- Run by
- Olympic National Forest
- Spots
- 16 on our map, unnumbered; rock fire rings, no tables
- Fee in 2019
- None
- Where
- The end of Forest Road 2875, at the Slab Camp and Deer Ridge trailheads
- From Sequim
- About 12 miles, 40 minutes
- From Portland
- About 230 miles, five hours or more
Which spot to take
- By the creek: Our favorite, by the creek, On the creek bank, Under the firs, In the woods by the creek Within 50 feet of the water.
- In the meadow, among the boulders: Along the boulders, The meadow, Behind the boulders, Among the rocks Two of them sit 20 feet apart. “Can get too cramped if you get people on the other side of boulders.”
- On your own: The secluded one, The abandoned spot 160 to 250 feet from the next spot. “Quiet and secluded from the main spots.”
- A view: The mountain view “There is a view on the mountain top.”
Every spot
| Spot | To a creek | Next spot | In our photo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our favorite, by the creek | 20 ft | 100 ft | a dirt pad and a rock fire ring, the creek just behind it |
| On the creek bank | 30 ft | 130 ft | moss and ferns right down to the water |
| In the woods by the creek | 50 ft | 130 ft | mossy ground among fallen logs |
| Under the firs | 30 ft | 100 ft | a shaded dirt pad with a fire ring |
| The grassy clearing | 130 ft | 100 ft | green grass, a path along one side |
| The grassy fire ring | 100 ft | 150 ft | a ring of white stones in a clearing |
| On the path | 360 ft | 110 ft | open ground with a path through it |
| The secluded one | 440 ft | 180 ft | a sunny grassy bench above the trees |
| Behind the boulders | 250 ft | 20 ft | a fire ring under a big fir |
| Along the boulders | 260 ft | 20 ft | a row of lichen-covered boulders on the meadow’s edge |
| The meadow | 310 ft | 50 ft | tall grass with boulders at the back |
| The mountain view | 210 ft | 70 ft | meadow grass; a mountaintop through the trees at sunset |
| Among the rocks | 210 ft | 30 ft | boulders around the fire ring |
| At the trailhead | 230 ft | 30 ft | an open pad right on the trail |
| By the road | 250 ft | 80 ft | dappled shade, the road in view |
| The abandoned spot | 230 ft | 250 ft | grown over with grass and young alders |
Distances are straight lines from each pin, to the water and to the nearest neighbor, so read them as “about”. Photos from May 2019 and June 2022.
Questions
- Is Slab Camp a campground?
- It was one. Today it looks like a campground nobody keeps any more: no numbered sites and no tables, just rock fire rings, a meadow edged with boulders, and more spots in the woods by a creek.
- Does it cost anything?
- Nothing when we mapped it in 2019.
- How do you get there?
- From Sequim, about 12 miles and 40 minutes to the end of Forest Road 2875, where the Slab Camp and Deer Ridge trails begin.
- Is it busy?
- “We were always the only ones here,” says our note from 2022.
Checked October 2026 with OpenStreetMap (Forest Road 2875 and the trails). Been there since? Tell us what has changed: support@tentspots.com.
Amenities
ACCESSIBLE
16 Camping Spots
