Stevens County South Transfer Station

Stevens County South Transfer Station is the small county transfer site off Grouse Creek Road in Loon Lake where locals drop off household trash and seasonal cleanups instead of driving to a far-off landfill. Neighbors, cottage owners and small farms around the lake use it for regular loads. As a transfer station, trash gets compacted here and hauled out to a landfill elsewhere.

There’s a modest entrance with a booth area and a place to pull up before moving into the drop-off lanes. Many transfer stations have a scale, so plan for a brief stop on the way out if that’s in use. Expect big containers or pits and compacting equipment; recycling and yard-waste boxes are commonly grouped to the side at Washington facilities. Lines build up on weekends and during spring cleanup, and larger trucks or trailers can slow things down.