Huckleberry Campground
1Heads up1 fire 26 mi away
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 10 of the next 30 nights read 16:54 UTC
- Sites
- 3331 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Huckleberry Campground is located along the shores of the St. Joe River, 29 miles east of St. Maries, Idaho on the St. Joe River Road. Reserve a campsite here: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/273785/campsites . Keep reading
Recreation
RV Camping, Fishing, Wildlife Viewing. In close proximity to Forest Service lands Facilities Huckleberry Campground has 33 RV camp sites. Sites 1-30 are single RV sites with a total maximum combination capacity of four registered vehicles/campers/OHVs/utilitiy trailers and 15 people per single site. Each single site has one paved parking spur, one potable water and electric hookup, and one picnic table and a camp fire ring. Sites 31-33 are group RV sites with three electric and water hookups with a maximum combination capacity of 12 registered vehicles/campers/OHVs/utility trailers and 25 people per group site. Each group site has gravel parking, three potable water and electric hookups, two picnic tables, and two fire rings. The campground supports on-site hosts, six concrete vault toilets restrooms, an undeveloped non-motorized boat ramp, a small day-use parking area next to the boat ramp, an RV dump station for Huckleberry overnight geusts only, two self-serve information and paystations, and two day-use horse shoe pits.
Natural Features
Riverfront Campground Nearby Attractions The campground's location serves as a central hub for campers and recreationists recreating along the river between Calder and Avery Idaho. Multiple hunting, fishing, and ATV/UTV user groups travel to the campground and use it to access the nearby miles of US Forest Service and Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) roads. The campground also serves as a central location to stage for fishing and floating trips.
What the agency tells you
The Coeur d’Alene Field Office is happy to announce Huckleberry reservations arrivals can now be secured between May 21 through October 25, 2026. Thank you for your patience while campground improvements continue occur during the 2026 season! The Coeur d'Alene Field Office has also updated Huckleberry's visitor occupancy and general campground rules. Updates are as follows: Huckleberry Rules • Camping allowed in designated sites only • Quiet hours: 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. • Check in: 3 p.m. Check out: 11 a.m. • Campers must occupy and pay for site within 30 minutes of arrival • No site saving • Site must be occupied first night and every 24 hours thereafter • No cutting of live vegetation • All pets must be leashed • Maximum length of stay: 14 nights • Citations may be issued for failure to pay fees • Campers may not leave personal property unattended for more than 24 hours • No shooting • No fireworks • Commercial uses require Special Recreation Permit Campsite Capacity • Additional vehicles must park in designated day-use parking areas. • Proof of purchase must be visible on vehicle/trailer. • Dump station is for registered Huckleberry overnight camping guests only. Single RV Sites o Capacity: 15 people and 4 registered vehicles including utility/boat trailers, OHVs, campers and passenger vehicles. o All vehicles must remain on pavement within site. o Parking spur dimensions are 60’ x 14’. o Max RV length: 40’. o Any additional vehicles over 4 must pay extra vehicles fee. Group RV Sites o Capacity: 25 people and 12 registered vehicles including utility/boat trailers, OHVs, campers and passenger vehicles. o All vehicles must remain on gravel surface within site. o Max RV length: 40’. o Any additional vehicles over 12 total must pay extra vehicle fee. Please note that the annual potable water system shutdown will begin sometime during the week of October 20th. Should weather conditions warrant, the water system may be shutdown without notice before that date. For any further questions, please contact the BLM’s Coeur d’Alene Field office at (208) 769-5000.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 33 · 3 group
- Hookups
- 31 electric, 33 water
- Paved pads
- 30 of 33
- Accessible sites
- 30
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…supports on-site hosts, six concrete vault toilets restrooms, an undeveloped non-motorized boat ramp,…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 33 of 33 campsite records, DRINKING WATER (PEAK SEASON) on 33 of 33 campsite records
- Dump station
- Yes
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
- Fishing
- Water access
- Wildlife viewing
18 of 62 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:54 UTC
recreation.gov lists 31 of the 33 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
OpenBookedNot reservable
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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
recreation.gov availability, read 16:54 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
33 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 31 mapped sitesAll 33 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 3 of the 33 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| A | 1 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 92 ft | 191 ft | |
| A | 10 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 69 ft | 152 ft | |
| A | 11 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 69 ft | 174 ft | |
| A | 12 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 77 ft | 127 ft | |
| A | 13 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 59 ft | 148 ft | |
| A | 14 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 59 ft | 104 ft | |
| A | 15 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 42 ft | 122 ft | |
| A | 16 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 42 ft | 80 ft | |
| A | 17 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 70 ft | 124 ft | |
| A | 18 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 70 ft | 82 ft | |
| A | 19 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 117 ft | 101 ft | |
| A | 2 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 147 ft | 115 ft | |
| A | 20 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 110 ft | 216 ft | |
| A | 21 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 117 ft | 201 ft | |
| A | 22 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 94 ft | 116 ft | |
| A | 23 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 42 ft | 92 ft | |
| A | 24 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 42 ft | 87 ft | |
| A | 25 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 97 ft | 231 ft | |
| A | 26 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 97 ft | 235 ft | |
| A | 27 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 46 ft | 142 ft | |
| A | 28 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 30 ft | 170 ft | |
| A | 29 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 30 ft | 185 ft | |
| A | 3 | rv electric | 30 amp | yes | 92 ft | 142 ft | |
| A | 30 | type not stated | 30 amp | yes | 223 ft | ||
| A | 31 | group standard electric | 30 amp | 95 ft | 200 ft | $180 | |
| A | 32 | group standard electric | 30 amp | 95 ft | 236 ft | $180 | |
| A | 33 | group standard electric | 30 amp | 121 ft | 319 ft | $180 | |
| A | 4 | rv electric | 50 amp | yes | 62 ft | 181 ft | |
| A | 5 | rv electric | 50 amp | yes | 62 ft | 135 ft | |
| A | 6 | rv electric | 50 amp | yes | 103 ft | 187 ft | |
| A | 7 | type not stated | 50 amp | yes | 152 ft | ||
| A | 8 | rv electric | 50 amp | yes | 56 ft | 204 ft | |
| A | 9 | rv electric | 50 amp | yes | 56 ft | 160 ft |
25 of 33 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Shadowy St. Joe Campground15 mi
Arid Peak LookoutSt. Joe National Forest · 16 miCedar Creek CampgroundSt. Joe National Forest · 18 miFrom St. Maries, ID go south on Highway 3 for a half mile then turn right (east) onto the St. Joe River Road. Once on the St. Joe River Road travel for approximately 29 miles.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Wallace, ID
Typical weather
Typical October night 36°F, day 55°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 24°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
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Huckleberry Campground 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 →