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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Idaho

Salmon National Forest

9 federal campgrounds, 3 of them with first-come, first-served sites, and 1 free to camp.

9Campgrounds
3With first-come sites
1Free to camp
3Sites, from 2
4,890–9,150 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 9 of these 9 campgrounds

Where they are

9 of 9 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 9

9 campgrounds
ReservableOpen
Meadow Lake Campground
Salmon National Forest · ID
2 sites2 with a tent padrigs to 28 ft9,150 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Twin Creek Campground Group Camping Site
Salmon National Forest · ID
1 site1 pull-through site1 group site5,150 ftdrinking watertoilets
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.
Cougar Point CampgroundSalmon National Forest · IDFree · 6,600 ftDeep Creek CampgroundSalmon National Forest · ID4,890 ftHorse Creek Hot Spring & CampgroundSalmon National Forest · ID6,070 ftMcdonald Flat CampgroundSalmon National Forest · ID5,400 ftWallace Lake CampgroundSalmon National Forest · ID8,150 ft · drinking waterFirst-comeWendover CampgroundSalmon National Forest · ID8,020 ftFirst-comeWilliams Lake CampgroundSalmon National Forest · ID5,690 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
Oreana7,574 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
South Panther6,336 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Perreau Creek8,164 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Napias9,287 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Deep Creek7,145 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Anderson Mountain18,494 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.

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

Heads up

Wildfire
Scimitar fire · 16 mi from the nearest campground here · 334 acres · 0% contained
Wildfire
Cooper fire · 24 mi from the nearest campground here · 310 acres · 0% contained
Wildfire
Doublesprings fire · 28 mi from the nearest campground here · 1,779 acres · 50% contained
Wildfire
Sand Creek fire · 32 mi from the nearest campground here · 35,509 acres · 36% contained
Wildfire
Moose fire · 35 mi from the nearest campground here · 6,005 acres · 15% contained
Wildfire
Skull fire · 37 mi from the nearest campground here · 67 acres · 0% contained
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 7, 2026

Who answers for this land

Salmon National Forest’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 · 9 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