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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Idaho

Challis National Forest

Here, one in two take walk-ups.

37Campgrounds
18Take walk-ups
3Free to camp
$5–$30A night, across 15
127Sites, from 17
5,620–8,150 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 37 of these 37 campgrounds

Where they are

37 of 37 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

37 campgrounds
Sunny Gulch CampgroundReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · IDfrom $2445 with a tent pad45 sitesrigs to 35 ft6,450 ftdrinking watertoiletsStanley Lake CampgroundReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · IDfrom $245 group sites40 sitesrigs to 52 ft6,540 ftdrinking watertoiletsBonanza CCC Group CampgroundReservableChallis National Forest · ID1 group site1 siterigs to 45 ft6,530 ftdrinking watertoiletsCopper Basin Guard StationReservableChallis National Forest · IDSites from $1001 siterigs to 35 ft7,830 fttoiletsElk Creek Campground (Sawtooth NF)ReservableChallis National Forest · IDSites from $751 pull-through site1 group site1 siterigs to 40 ft6,520 fttoiletsLoristica Group CampgroundReservableChallis National Forest · IDSites from $301 pull-through site1 group site1 siterigs to 25 ft7,760 fttoiletsSheep Trail CampgroundReservableChallis National Forest · IDSites from $1501 pull-through site1 group site1 siterigs to 99 ft6,590 fttoiletsTrap Creek CampgroundReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · IDSites from $1001 group site1 siterigs to 30 ft6,690 fttoiletsCasino CreekReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · ID4 sites6,130 ftHolman Creek CampgroundReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · ID4 sites5,620 ftIron Creek Campground (ID)ReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · ID4 sites6,700 ftLower O'Brien CampgroundReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · ID4 sites5,890 ftMormon Bend CampgroundReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · ID4 sites6,100 ftRiverside Campground (ID)ReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · ID4 sites6,120 ftSalmon River CampgroundReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · ID4 sites6,140 ftUpper O'Brien CampgroundReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · ID4 sites5,850 ftWhiskey Flat CampgroundReservableSeasonalChallis National Forest · ID4 sites5,650 ftBig Creek CampgroundFirst-comeChallis National Forest · IDFree6,540 fttoiletsBlind Creek CampgroundFirst-comeChallis National Forest · IDfrom $56,000 fttoiletsCuster #1 CampgroundFirst-comeChallis National Forest · ID6,660 fttoiletsElk Creek Campground - Hwy 21SeasonalChallis National Forest · ID5,910 ftFlat Rock CampgroundFirst-comeChallis National Forest · IDfrom $106,090 ftdrinking watertoiletsIron Bog CampgroundFirst-comeChallis National Forest · IDfrom $107,170 ftdrinking waterLake Creek Trailhead & CampgroundFirst-comeChallis National Forest · IDfrom $58,020 ftdrinking watertoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Watch
Craters of the Moon National Monumentboundary, grazing · 20 mi
Roadless
Pioneer Mountains172,335 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Loon Creek3,157 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Camas Creek68,509 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Greylock11,825 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Copper Basin10,937 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Challis Creek44,306 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Roadless areas: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026
Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 9, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
East Fork fire · 35 mi from the nearest campground here · 266 acres · 5% contained
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 22, 2026

Who answers for this land

Challis National Forest’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Mike Simpson, official portrait
Mike Simpson (R)ID 2nd · 37 campgrounds · grade F
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly