U.S. Forest Service · Nezperce National Forest · ID

Rocky Bluff Campground

3Heads up3 fires, nearest 26 mi
Wildfire
Sheep fire · 26 mi away · 0 acres · updated Oct 17, 2026
Wildfire
Pollock Road fire · 28 mi away · 100 acres · updated Oct 17, 2026
Wildfire
Cedar Knob fire · 47 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
OpenThe agency lists it open
A night
FreeNo camping fee
Season
Year-roundOpen year-round
Drawn from the record · 5,590 ft · 67% tree cover · Mill Creek within reach · Bortle 2 sky
5,590 ftElevation
1,301 ftWater · Mill Creek
19.9 miSE of Grangeville, ID
67%Tree cover
Bortle 2Night sky · 94th darkest of 523 in ID
Open year-roundToday

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there

In the agency’s own words

Located on the cusp of the magical and mysterious Gospel-Hump Wilderness, hikers, campers, anglers, hunters and families alike will find four campsites with parking, picnic tables, firerings and a trailhead marking a trail which skirts the edge of the Wilderness. Campground area does not offer adequate room to maneuver towed trailers much longer than 15 feet, but pickup campers and mini motor homes would have little difficulty. Nearby fishing opportunities in Slate Creek, together with many historical mining sites in the vicinity makes Rocky Bluff Campground a unique and fun destination.

Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Creek
Source: Stated in the agency description

Nothing to book, just show up

One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first, and it costs nothing at all. 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 record
A nightFreeNo camping feethe agency’s fee record
A weekendNothingDerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
Runs itU.S. Forest Servicethe agency’s record
Every line of the receipt · 4

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
Camping feeFree
No Fee.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Nothing. This campground takes no bookings, so there’s no reservation fee to pay.
What a stay costs
A night, and a whole weekendDerivedNothing

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s own record says there’s no camping fee, and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

How we know this receipt · 5
Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this

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Getting there

the map and the coordinate

The weather

the next four days

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight48°Partly Cloudy
Saturday60°Mostly Sunny
Saturday Night40°Partly Cloudy1% rain
Sunday56°Mostly Sunny

NWS forecast for White Bird, ID

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless
North Fork Slate Creek12,792 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Little Slate Creek20,523 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Who answers for this land

Russ Fulcher, official portrait

Rocky Bluff 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: The agency lists it open right now.
Season: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026
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: White Bird, ID, 16.4 mi ESE. Straight line.