Elma, 98541

Schafer State Park

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Availability

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About this spot

Schafer State Park is a 119-acre camping park on the Satsop River, midway between Olympia and the Pacific Ocean. The park’s impressive buildings are constructed of native stone. The park offers supreme fishing on the Satsop River, for steelhead, cutthroat trout and salmon. The river also offers calm, shallow wading spots and joyous inner-tube floats.

Typical weather

Air temperature

Average daily high-low
Average daily high and low air temperature, January through DecemberEach vertical bar shows a monthly average daily high and low in degrees Fahrenheit.47°36°JJanuary: average high 47°F, average low 36°F47°35°FFebruary: average high 47°F, average low 35°F52°37°MMarch: average high 52°F, average low 37°F57°40°AApril: average high 57°F, average low 40°F64°46°MMay: average high 64°F, average low 46°F69°50°JJune: average high 69°F, average low 50°F75°53°JJuly: average high 75°F, average low 53°F77°55°AAugust: average high 77°F, average low 55°F70°52°SSeptember: average high 70°F, average low 52°F60°46°OOctober: average high 60°F, average low 46°F51°40°NNovember: average high 51°F, average low 40°F46°36°DDecember: average high 46°F, average low 36°F

5-year average · Open-Meteo

Satsop River

Average water temperature
Average water temperature for Satsop River, January through DecemberEach point shows the monthly average water temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.40°JJanuary: average water temperature 40°F42°FFebruary: average water temperature 42°F45°MMarch: average water temperature 45°F47°AApril: average water temperature 47°F50°MMay: average water temperature 50°F53°JJune: average water temperature 53°F58°JJuly: average water temperature 58°F58°AAugust: average water temperature 58°F54°SSeptember: average water temperature 54°F49°OOctober: average water temperature 49°F45°NNovember: average water temperature 45°F44°DDecember: average water temperature 44°F

Water: Water Quality Portal — 10 field-sample stations