Pateros is the gateway to Okanogan Country. Setup camp in a tent, RV, or hotel. Wake up to twenty miles of reservoir, Lake Pateros, and almost 200 days of sunshine. From Pateros, explore Okanogan’s thousand miles of scenic trails, two-hundred water and wildlife access areas, and three million acres of public land. Pateros and the Okanogan offer year-round annual events and four seasons of recreation. Experience amazing apple pie, hydro races, a salmon bake, world-class golf, fishing derbies, incredible engineering of river dams, Fort Okanogan, and more.