Sawtooth National Forest - Grandjean Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 34 mi
This is how it should work.
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Grandjean Campground - This campground is managed by Sawtooth National Forest - Stanley Ranger Station - 208-774-3000. It is a first come, first serve basis only. NO RESERVATIONS. Because of the proximity of the campground to the Boise National Forest Lowman District, many forest vistors do not know that the Sawtooth National Forest manages the campground. Please refer all calls to the Stanley Ranger Station. The Idaho Centennial Trail heads south along the Payette River, ultimately reaching a lush alpine paradise filled with lakes. Once in the lake area, you can complete the loop back to Grandjean. Fishing in the South Fork of the Payette. Sawtooth Lodge and swimming pool is one mile away. Natural hot springs 1.5 miles away. Horse trips out of the Sawtooth Lodge. Ten sites for horse campers. Campground is located in an old growth ponderosa pine forest.
Around the campground
- On the water
- Hot springs, Lake, River
- Auto Touring
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Picnicking
- Swimming
- Wildlife viewing
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.
Every line of the receipt · 3
What you actually pay
How we know this receipt · 4
rules read Sep 7, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
BonnevilleBoise National Forest · 7.9 miIron Creek Campground (ID)Challis National Forest · 8.2 mi
Warm Springs Guard StationBoise National Forest · 8.5 mi
Stanley Lake CampgroundChallis National Forest · 9.0 miRedfish Inlet CampgroundSawtooth National Recreation Area · 10 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Stanley, ID
Typical weather
Typical October night 31°F, day 61°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December 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
Sawtooth National Forest - Grandjean 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 →