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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Idaho and Utah

Sawtooth National Forest

Here, 11% take walk-ups.

38Campgrounds
4Take walk-ups
3Free to camp
$6–$10A night, across 11
100Sites, from 13
4,590–8,380 ftElevation
2States
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 38 of these 38 campgrounds

Where they are

38 of 38 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

38 campgrounds
Baumgartner CampgroundReservableSawtooth National Forest · IDfrom $1030 with a tent pad1 pull-through site31 sitesrigs to 76 ft5,780 ftdrinking watertoiletsThompson FlatReservableSawtooth National Forest · IDfrom $83 group sites13 sitesrigs to 60 ft8,040 fttoiletsPorcupine SpringsReservableSawtooth National Forest · IDfrom $103 group sites9 sitesrigs to 30 ft6,920 ftdrinking watertoiletsLake Cleveland - East SideReservableSawtooth National Forest · IDfrom $108 sitesrigs to 60 ft8,260 ftLower PenstemonReservableSawtooth National Forest · IDfrom $87 sitesrigs to 30 ft6,610 ftdrinking watertoiletsAbbott CampgroundOpenSawtooth National Forest · IDfrom $64,590 fttoiletsBoundary (ID)ReservableSawtooth National Forest · IDfrom $104 sites6,100 ftDiamondfield Jack CampgroundReservableSawtooth National Forest · ID4 sites7,000 ftLake Cleveland Campground - West SideReservableSawtooth National Forest · ID4 sites8,380 ftPettit CampgroundReservableSawtooth National Forest · ID4 sites6,880 ftSchipper CampgroundReservableSawtooth National Forest · ID4 sites4,590 ftSteer Basin CampgroundReservableSawtooth National Forest · ID4 sites5,120 ftTwin Lakes Campground (Sawtooth)ReservableSawtooth National Forest · ID4 sites8,190 ftUpper Penstemon CampgroundReservableSawtooth National Forest · ID4 sites6,660 ftBear Creek Transfer CampSawtooth National Forest · IDFree6,030 fttoiletsBear Gulch CampgroundSawtooth National Forest · ID6,000 fttoiletsBennett Springs CampgroundSawtooth National Forest · ID7,410 ftBird Creek CampgroundSawtooth National Forest · IDfrom $64,690 ftBostetter CampgroundFirst-comeSawtooth National Forest · ID7,160 ftBoundary Campground and Picnic AreaSawtooth National Forest · ID6,090 ftdrinking watertoiletsBowns CampgroundFirst-comeSawtooth National Forest · ID5,470 ftdrinking watertoiletsCanyon Transfer CampSawtooth National Forest · IDfrom $65,590 ftdrinking watertoiletsChaparral CampgroundSawtooth National Forest · IDfrom $64,620 fttoiletsClear Creek CampgroundFirst-comeSawtooth National Forest · UT6,320 fttoilets
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 · 25 mi
Roadless
Clear Creek7,188 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Mt. Harrison29,927 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Cache Peak26,138 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Sublett7,113 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Third Fork Rock Creek14,252 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Elk Ridge9,993 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 · 5.5 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

Sawtooth National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. 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
Blake Moore, official portrait
Blake Moore (R)UT 1st · 1 campground · 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