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Palisades Reservoir

2 federal campgrounds, 1 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

2Campgrounds
1With first-come sites
3Sites, from 1
5,580–5,650 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds
Reservable
BIG ELK
Palisades Reservoir · ID
3 sites3 group sitesrigs to 50 ft5,650 ftdrinking watertoilets
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.
Blowout CampgroundPalisades Reservoir · ID5,580 ftFirst-come
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Caribou City11,779 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Poker Peak19,587 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Palisades1,121 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Palisades122,099 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Wilderness Study Area51,961 acres · 8 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.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Who answers for this land

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

Mike Simpson (R)ID 2nd · 2 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
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly