U.S. Forest Service · National Recreation Area · Idaho

Sawtooth National Recreation Area

Here, one in eight take walk-ups.

24Campgrounds
3Take walk-ups
$20–$26A night, across 6
207Sites, from 18
6,260–7,620 ftElevation

Where they are

24 of 24 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

24 campgrounds
Glacier View CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · IDfrom $2657 with a tent pad68 sitesrigs to 67 ft6,550 ftdrinking watertoiletsAlturas Lake InletReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · IDfrom $241 pull-through site28 sitesrigs to 40 ft7,030 ftdrinking watertoiletsNorth Fork (ID)ReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · IDfrom $224 pull-through sites28 sitesrigs to 45 ft6,260 ftdrinking watertoiletsOutlet CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · IDfrom $2618 with a tent pad18 sitesrigs to 99 ft6,560 ftdrinking watertoiletsPoint CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · IDfrom $268 walk-in sites16 sitesrigs to 28 ft6,870 ftdrinking watertoiletsEasley CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · IDfrom $2010 sitesrigs to 70 ft6,590 ftdrinking watertoiletsChemeketan CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID1 group site1 siterigs to 30 ft7,620 fttoiletsRedfish CabinReservableSawtooth National Recreation Area · IDSites from $651 hike-in site1 siterigs to 20 ft6,560 ftWood River Group Overnight Area (Tent Only)ReservableSawtooth National Recreation Area · IDSites from $1251 group site1 site6,370 ftdrinking watertoiletsCaribou CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID4 sites6,530 ftChinook Bay CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID4 sites6,500 ftMount Heyburn CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID4 sites6,580 ftMountain View Campground (ID)ReservableSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID4 sites6,500 ftMurdock CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID4 sites6,390 ftNorth Shore CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID4 sites7,040 ftPettit Lake CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID4 sites7,000 ftSmokey Bear CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID4 sites7,030 ftSockeye CampgroundReservableSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID4 sites6,600 ftAlturas Tent Camping AreaFirst-comeSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID7,020 ftdrinking watertoiletsBuckhornSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID6,470 ftMountain View CampgroundFirst-comeSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID6,500 ftRedfish Inlet CampgroundFirst-comeSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID6,570 ftRedfish Lake Recreation ComplexSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID6,550 ftWood River CampgroundSeasonalSawtooth National Recreation Area · ID6,360 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Pettit3,100 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Huckleberry7,653 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Smokey Mountains304,936 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Hanson Lakes39,912 acres · 9 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.

Heads up

Wildfire
East Fork fire · 16 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 Recreation Area’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Mike Simpson, official portrait
Mike Simpson (R)ID 2nd · 24 campgrounds · grade F
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly