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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Idaho, Montana and Washington

Kaniksu National Forest

Here, one in seven take walk-ups.

34Campgrounds
5Take walk-ups
8Free to camp
$15–$31A night, across 7
212Sites, from 15
2,060–6,410 ftElevation
3States
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 34 of these 34 campgrounds

Where they are

34 of 34 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

34 campgrounds
Sam OwenReservableKaniksu National Forest · IDfrom $306 pull-through sites80 sitesrigs to 60 ft2,080 ftdrinking watertoiletsLuby BayReservableKaniksu National Forest · IDfrom $303 pull-through sites52 sitesrigs to 65 ft2,460 ftdrinking watertoiletsSouth Skookum LakeReservableSeasonalKaniksu National Forest · WA1 hike-in site25 sitesrigs to 54 ft3,550 ftdrinking watertoiletsGreen Bay CampgroundReservableKaniksu National Forest · IDfrom $1517 walk-in sites17 hike-in sites17 sites2,080 ftOspreyReservableKaniksu National Forest · IDfrom $3016 sitesrigs to 64 ft2,520 fttoiletsPanhandleReservableKaniksu National Forest · WAfrom $3113 sitesrigs to 33 ft2,060 ftdrinking watertoiletsBull River Guard StationReservableKaniksu National Forest · MTSites from $751 pull-through site1 site2,300 fttoiletsBull River PavilionReservableKaniksu National Forest · MT1 pull-through site1 group site1 siterigs to 60 ft2,230 ftdrinking watertoiletsDeer Ridge LookoutReservableKaniksu National Forest · IDSites from $451 site4,670 fttoiletsGem Peak Lookout RentalReservableKaniksu National Forest · MTSites from $451 pull-through site1 site6,090 fttoiletsLunch Peak LookoutReservableKaniksu National Forest · IDSites from $351 site5,560 fttoiletsMinton Peak LookoutReservableKaniksu National Forest · MTSites from $551 pull-through site1 site5,350 fttoiletsSex Peak. Lookout RentalReservableKaniksu National Forest · MTSites from $451 pull-through site1 site5,800 fttoiletsShorty Peak LookoutReservableKaniksu National Forest · IDSites from $451 site6,410 fttoiletsSnyder Guard Station (ID)ReservableKaniksu National Forest · ID1 pull-through site1 siterigs to 60 ft2,490 ftdrinking watertoiletsBrowns Lake CampgroundFirst-comeKaniksu National Forest · WA3,440 ftTrapper Creek CampgroundSeasonalKaniksu National Forest · IDFree2,640 ftCopper Creek CampgroundOpenKaniksu National Forest · IDfrom $152,620 ftdrinking watertoiletsMeadow Creek CampgroundOpenKaniksu National Forest · IDfrom $152,300 ftdrinking watertoiletsBad Medicine CampgroundFirst-comeKaniksu National Forest · MT2,330 ftdrinking watertoiletsBartoo Island Group Site/​CampgroundsKaniksu National Forest · ID2,620 fttoiletsBull River Campground and Group SiteKaniksu National Forest · MT2,220 ftdrinking watertoiletsGeisinger CampgroundSeasonalKaniksu National Forest · IDFree2,450 ftJackpine Flats CampgroundFirst-comeKaniksu National Forest · MT3,010 fttoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
critical
Roadless
Upper Priest13,655 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Hellroaring1,747 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Blacktail Mountain (sdpt)4,891 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Buckhorn Ridge2,943 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Buckhorn Ridge6,710 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Berray Mountain9,119 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 4, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Deer Creek fire · 23 mi from the nearest campground here · 1,099 acres · 100% contained
Wildfire
Slate fire · 26 mi from the nearest campground here · 2 acres
Wildfire
Nugget Hill fire · 33 mi from the nearest campground here · 70 acres
Wildfire
Easy fire · 41 mi from the nearest campground here · 1 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 22, 2026

Who answers for this land

Kaniksu National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 3 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Russ Fulcher, official portrait
Russ Fulcher (R)ID 1st · 21 campgrounds · grade F
Ryan Zinke, official portrait
Ryan Zinke (R)MT 1st · 10 campgrounds · grade F
Michael Baumgartner, official portrait
Michael Baumgartner (R)WA 5th · 3 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