Experience Washington’s take on Bavaria with an RV camping trip in Leavenworth.
In the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle sits one of the Pacific Northwest's most unusual towns: Leavenworth. This small vacation community is modeled after a Bavarian village of yore, complete with timber-framed structures, hand-painted signs, and souvenir shops selling cuckoo clocks and beer steins. Leavenworth gets its largest crowds around the holidays, when the Christmas spirit takes over. Just outside of town, Lake Wenatchee State Park is a great spot for RV camping, with dump stations and pull-through utility sites, though it's important to know that camping here is available on a first-come, first-served basis during winter—and it can get busy. If you want to guarantee you have a place to stay, consider booking a privately owned RV site at a campground or RV park in nearby Wenatchee or the surrounding hills.