Hayfork Group CG
1Heads up1 fire 40 mi away
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 13 notices
In the agency’s own words
Hayfork Group Campground is located 49 miles northeast of Boise, Idaho, along scenic Highway 21. Historic Idaho City is just 12 miles south of the campground. Visitors enjoy fishing in Mores Creek and exploring local trails. Keep reading
Recreation
Mores Creek runs between the highway and the campground, offering whitefish and rainbow trout fishing. Numerous trails are in the area, providing ample opportunities for hiking, biking, horseback riding and off-road vehicle riding. In the winter, the area becomes a playground for back country skiers and snowmobiles.
Facilities
This group campground provides four drive-in single campsites, two walk-in single campsites, and one large tent-only group campsite. It can accommodate up to 50 people and is a great location for family reunions or small weddings. The site is equipped with multiple tables, a grill and a campfire circle with benches. There is also a large open general parking area for excess vehicles. Vault toilets, a handpump for drinking water and dumpster are provided. Parking spurs are paved. Due to the campground's proximity to the highway, some noise from passing traffic is to be expected. Campsites: Site 1: Tent only, general parking lot Site 2: Tent only, general parking lot Site 3: RV, Trailer, Tent Use; Driveway L= 25', W= 20' Site 4: RV, Trailer, Tent Use; Driveway L= 33', W= 25' Site 5: RV, Trailer, Tent Use; Driveway L= 43', W= 31' Site 6 (Group Site) : Tent only, general parking lot Site 7: Tent only, Driveway L= 44', W= 19' Natural Features The campground is situated at the foot of a Ponderosa Pine-forested hillside along Highway 21, at an elevation of 5,100 feet. The campsite, however, is in an open area with limited shade. Wildlife and summer wildflowers are abundant in the surrounding area. Hayfork Creek flows through the campground.
Nearby Attractions
Highway 21, also known as the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway, snakes along Mores Creek to Mores Creek Summit, Gold Fork and Banner Ridge, offering historic sites, hot springs pools and breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains and forest along the way. Contact Info This location is unstaffed. To speak with our main office for general information, please call: (208) 392-3700.
What the agency tells you
Reservation reserves the entire campground. Individual campsites are available on a first-come, first-served basis when there is no group reservation
Caution: bears frequent the area; all food must be kept in approved containers
Water from hand pump is tested monthly for contaminants and will be abruptly shut off if not currently potable. Please plan accordingly with your own water supply in case of a shut off during your stay.
Everything else this campground posts · 10
Pets must be on a leash at all times.
Campfires are allowed in fire rings ONLY, unless fire restrictions are in place. Contact Idaho City Ranger District for updates regarding fire restrictions.
Reservations cancelled last minute due to weather or smoke conditions will not be refunded unless campground is closed to the public
Closest cell service is in Idaho City (approx. 10 miles) or Mores Creek Summit (approx. 4 miles)
For questions regarding the campground, please contact the Idaho City Ranger District at 208-392-3700.
For questions regarding reservations and refunds, please contact Recreation.gov customer service.
Please click here for further information about the facility and recreation opportunities in the area.
Click here for more information on the Boise National Forest
Don't Move Firewood: Help prevent the spread of tree-killing pests in our national forests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
Idaho OHV Safety Message
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- VAULT TOILETS on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER (HAND PUMP) on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Playground
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Hot springs, Creek
- Fishing
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 458th darkest of 523 in ID
- Bortle 3
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
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One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 12
What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites · the site map
All 1 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 1 of the 1 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 1 of the 1 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| HAYF | 001 | group standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 66 ft | 84 ft | $150 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
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Ten Mile CampgroundBoise National Forest · 1.1 miEdna Creek CampgroundBoise National Forest · 5.2 mi
Beaver Creek Cabin (ID)Boise National Forest · 5.8 miWillow Creek Campground (Idaho City)Boise National Forest · 8.9 miFrom Idaho City, take Highway 21 north for about 11 miles to the campground. The entrance is on the east side of the road.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Idaho City, ID
Typical weather
Typical October night 31°F, day 58°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 15°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Hayfork Group CG is in Idaho’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Russ Fulcher (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →