Warm Lake
Photo · U.S. Forest ServiceThe place
Warm Lake Campground is near the eastern shore of beautiful Warm Lake, at an elevation of 5,300 feet. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing, swimming, hiking and viewing local wildlife. Recreation Warm Lake offers great fishing opportunities for cutthroat, rainbow, lake and bull trout. Boating, canoeing and swimming are popular activities. A developed swim beach is available less than a quarter-mile away, at Warm Lake Lodge. Billy Rice Swim Beach is just over a mile from the campground, on the north side of the lake. The area offers a day-use site for picnicking and swimming. Keep reading
A boat ramp is located at nearby Shoreline Campground. The surrounding area offers great hiking, mountain biking, horseback and off-road vehicle riding, and hunting. The WeWuKiye (Wa Wu Kia) Trail No. 252 was recently built and can be accessed at Shoreline Campground. It is popular for hiking and mountain biking. For off-road vehicle enthusiasts, Telephone Ridge Trail No. 112 offers 20 miles of trails for all riding levels, with staging areas within the campground and up the road at Shoreline Campground. Facilities This small campground provides campsites equipped with a picnic table, campfire ring and grill. Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided at the campground, but electricity is not available. Roads and parking spurs within the facility are gravel. The lake is not visible from the campground. Natural Features The campground is situated in a scenic forest of towering, old-growth ponderosa pine, which provides partial shade in the campground. Chipmunk Creek runs alongside the campground. Summer wildflowers are abundant. A variety of wildlife including bears, deer, elk, fox, grouse, eagles, osprey, grosbeaks, whooping cranes and otters, lives around the lake. Nearby Attractions Warm Lake Lodge is located across the road from the campground and has a restaurant and small store with camping and fishing essentials.
The sites · 13
| Loop | Site | Type | Max rig | Electric | ADA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 001 | management | — | — | |
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 005 | management | — | — | |
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 008 | management | — | — | |
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 011 | management | — | — | |
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 012 | management | — | — | |
| MANAGEMENT SITES | XXX | management | 35 ft | — | |
| WARM | 002 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | — | |
| WARM | 003 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | — | |
| WARM | 004 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | — | |
| WARM | 006 Double Site | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | — | |
| WARM | 007 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | — | |
| WARM | 009 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | — | |
| WARM | 010 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | — |
Booking
Recreation.gov default: most campsites can be booked six months prior to arrival date. Most campgrounds go on sale at 7am PT / 8am MT / 10am ET, but not always; check the facility Seasons and Fees tab. Some locations also offer shorter supplemental booking windows.
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This campground sits in ID-01. This member’s public-lands record →