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U.S. Forest Service · Idaho

Upper Priest Lake Scenic Area

4 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted, and 4 free to camp.

4Campgrounds
4Free to camp
2,450–2,640 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 4 of these 4 campgrounds

Where they are

4 of 4 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 4

4 campgrounds
Geisinger CampgroundUpper Priest Lake Scenic Area · IDFree · 2,450 ftOpenNavigation CampgroundUpper Priest Lake Scenic Area · IDFree · 2,450 ftOpenPlowboy CampgroundUpper Priest Lake Scenic Area · IDFree · 2,470 ftOpenTrapper Creek CampgroundUpper Priest Lake Scenic Area · IDFree · 2,640 ftOpen
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Upper Priest13,655 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Blacktail Mountain (pl)5,286 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Little Grass Mountain3,601 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Little Grass Mountain4,285 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Salmo - Priest20,278 acres · 10 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
Pyramid fire · 11 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Wildfire
Parker Lake fire · 13 mi from the nearest campground here · 1,531 acres · 0% contained
Wildfire
Silver fire · 14 mi from the nearest campground here · 2,593 acres · 30% contained
Wildfire
Upper Smith fire · 16 mi from the nearest campground here · 4,848 acres · 41% contained
Wildfire
Porcupine fire · 49 mi from the nearest campground here · 180 acres · 0% contained
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 8, 2026

Who answers for this land

Upper Priest Lake Scenic Area’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Russ Fulcher (R)ID 1st · 4 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