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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Idaho

Payette National Forest

Here, 5% take walk-ups.

38Campgrounds
2Take walk-ups
8Free to camp
$10–$20A night, across 27
332Sites, from 29
1,740–7,280 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 38 of these 38 campgrounds

Where they are

38 of 38 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 24, 2026

The campgrounds

38 campgrounds
Cold Springs Campground - Payette NF (ID)ReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1018 with a tent pad2 pull-through sites34 sitesrigs to 24 ft4,820 ftdrinking watertoiletsLast ChanceReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1025 sites4,650 ftdrinking watertoiletsGrouse CampgroundReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1023 with a tent pad23 sites6,370 ftdrinking watertoiletsUpper Payette Lake CampgroundReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1023 with a tent pad2 group sites23 sites5,570 ftdrinking watertoiletsCabin CreekReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1020 sites4,140 ftdrinking waterSpring Creek CampgroundReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1015 sitesrigs to 32 ft4,830 ftdrinking watertoiletsBig FlatReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1014 sites4,080 ftdrinking waterEvergreen CampgroundReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $103 with a tent pad1 pull-through site14 sitesrigs to 35 ft3,890 ftdrinking watertoiletsHazard LakeReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1014 sites7,060 ftKennally CreekReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1013 sites5,640 ftBrownleeReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $101 pull-through site12 sites4,190 ftdrinking waterBuckhorn BarReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1012 sites3,890 ftdrinking waterRainbow PointReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $205 pull-through sites12 sitesrigs to 45 ft4,840 ftdrinking watertoiletsLake ForkReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1011 sites5,340 ftdrinking watertoiletsPonderosaReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $101 pull-through site11 sites4,030 ftdrinking waterChinookReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $1010 sites5,700 ftHuckleberryReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $101 pull-through site10 sites4,820 ftLaffertyReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $101 pull-through site9 sites4,290 ftPoverty FlatReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $104 walk-in sites9 sites4,230 ftdrinking waterJeanetteReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $107 sites6,140 ftdrinking watertoiletsAmanitaReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $206 sitesrigs to 40 ft4,840 ftdrinking watertoiletsBurgdorfReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $105 sites6,090 ftdrinking watertoiletsCamp CreekReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $105 sites4,070 ftFour MileReservablePayette National Forest · IDfrom $105 sites4,200 fttoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 24, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
critical
Roadless
Caton Lake45,439 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Patrick Butte80,724 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Cuddy Mountain41,031 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Crystal Mountain13,012 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Council Mountain16,579 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Rapid River53,221 acres · 4 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 5, 2026

Who answers for this land

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

Russ Fulcher, official portrait
Russ Fulcher (R)ID 1st · 38 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