U.S. Forest Service · St. Joe National Forest · ID

Partridge Creek Campground

2Heads up2 fires, nearest 41 mi
Wildfire
Nugget Hill fire · 41 mi away · 45 acres · updated Oct 17, 2026
Wildfire
Cedar Knob fire · 46 mi away · 0 acres · updated Oct 14, 2026
First come, first servedNo reservation, and none to be had: the sites go to whoever pulls in first.

This is how it should work.

Right now
OpenInside the published season, our reading; a database flag says not open
Season
May 1Opens May 1. No closing date published.
Drawn from the record · 2,990 ft · 69% tree cover · water within reach · Bortle 2 sky
2,990 ftElevation
341 ftWater · an unnamed stream
20.6 miNE of Orofino, ID
69%Tree cover
Bortle 2Night sky · 278th darkest of 523 in ID
Opens May 1. No closing date published.Today

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there

In the agency’s own words

Northeast of the Elk Creek Reservoir, located in Elk River, Idaho, the Partridge Creek Campground offers 13 developed campsites, the new 3.5 mile Patridge Creek ATV Trail, and an opportunity to drive our scenic Elk River Backcountry Byway!

Around the campground

On the water
Reservoir, River, Creek
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Nothing to book, just show up

One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.

recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.

BookingNo reservationsNothing to book, and no release date to wait forthe agency’s record
Runs itU.S. Forest Servicethe agency’s record
Every line of the receipt · 3

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
The U.S. Forest Service publishes no per-night rate for this campground that we can read, so there’s no sign price to print. That’s a gap in the record, not a free campground.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Nothing. This campground takes no bookings, so there’s no reservation fee to pay.
What a stay costs
The agency publishes no nightly rate for this campground, so there’s no total to show.
How we know this receipt · 4

rules read Sep 7, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this

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Getting there

the map and the coordinate

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight42°Partly Cloudy
Saturday62°Mostly Sunny1% rain
Saturday Night39°Partly Cloudy
Sunday59°Mostly Sunny

NWS forecast for Elk River, ID

Typical weather

Typical May night 34°F, day 63°F.

Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 34°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

90°32°10°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season

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.

Measured at: HEADQUARTERS, ID (USC00104150), 19 miles away and 210 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Russ Fulcher, official portrait

Partridge Creek 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 →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: Today falls inside the season the agency publishes, and it has posted nothing else. That reading is ours. The U.S. Forest Service’s own database, though, flags it not open with no reason or date; the flag is named under How we know all this.
Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: Elk River, ID, 1.3 mi E. Straight line.