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Camping in Idaho

On Birds Of Passage Idaho has 165 free camp spots, 301 paid or permit campgrounds, 67 cabins or lookouts, 114 more where the fee isn't confirmed, from the official land agencies and from campers who went.

National forests, parks and recreation areas

Boise National Forest112 camp spots in Idaho
Sawtooth National Forest67 camp spots in Idaho
Challis National Forest57 camp spots in Idaho
Payette National Forest52 camp spots in Idaho
Nezperce National Forest52 camp spots in Idaho
Targhee National Forest32 camp spots in Idaho
Clearwater National Forest25 camp spots in Idaho
Kaniksu National Forest24 camp spots in Idaho
Caribou National Forest23 camp spots in Idaho
Salmon National Forest21 camp spots in Idaho
St. Joe National Forest16 camp spots in Idaho
Cache National Forest14 camp spots in Idaho
Coeur d’Alene National Forest14 camp spots in Idaho
Bitterroot National Forest7 camp spots in Idaho

Free camping in Idaho

33 Lake Camping AreaFree camping
Adin Hall ReservoirFree camping
Agency Creek CampgroundFree camping
Backwaters Recreation SiteFree camping
Bear Creek Transfer CampFree camping
Bear Valley Horse CampFree camping
Bear Valley Trailhead/Upper CampgroundFree camping
Beaver Creek CampgroundFree camping
Big Bar Camping AreaFree camping
Big Bayhorse CampgroundFree camping
Big Cottonwood CampgroundFree camping
Big Creek CampgroundFree camping
Big Eightmile Campground/TrailheadFree camping
Big HoleFree camping
Black CanyonFree camping
Black Lee Camping AreaFree camping
Blair Trail ReservoirFree camping
Bridge Creek CampgroundFree camping
CCC CampgroundFree camping
Cedars CampgroundFree camping
Chamberlain Basin Camping AreaFree camping
Clark HillFree camping
Cougar Dispersed Camping AreaFree camping
Cougar Point CampgroundFree camping
Crane Creek ReservoirFree camping
Crater LakeFree camping
Crater PeakFree camping
Crooked River Campground #3Free camping
Cutthroat Trout CampgroundFree camping
Deadman Bar Camping AreaFree camping
Deadman Hole CampgroundFree camping
Ditch Creek CampgroundFree camping
Dixie Meadow CampgroundFree camping
Dry CanyonFree camping
East Blackrock CampsiteFree camping
Eightmile Camping AreaFree camping
Elk Summit CampgroundFree camping
Elkhorn BeachFree camping
Emigrant Reservoir Dispersed Recreation SiteFree camping
Fish Creek ReservoirFree camping
Fisher Bottom Recreation SiteFree camping
Five Mile CampgroundFree camping
French Gulch CampgroundFree camping
Garden Creek CampgroundFree camping
Geisinger CampgroundFree camping
Goodenough Creek CampgroundFree camping
Gooding City of Rocks Dispersed AreaFree camping
Goose Creek ReservoirFree camping
Goose Lake Camping AreaFree camping
Gormer CanyonFree camping
Granite Lake Camping AreaFree camping
Granite Springs CampgroundFree camping
Graves Creek CampgroundFree camping
Green Bay CampgroundFree camping
Halfway House CampgroundFree camping
Hawkins Reservoir CampgroundFree camping
Hawley Creek Lower CampgroundFree camping
Hawley Creek Upper CampgroundFree camping
Heart Mountain Springs Recreation SiteFree camping
Hitt Mountain Camping Area and TrailheadFree camping
Hot Springs Creek ReservoirFree camping
Indian Creek ReservoirFree camping
Indian Point Camping AreaFree camping
Indian Springs CampsiteFree camping
Iron Phone Junction CampgroundFree camping
Island Bar Recreation SiteFree camping
Jerry's Creek Camping AreaFree camping
Josephus Lake CampgroundFree camping
Juniper Grove CampgroundFree camping
Justrite CampgroundFree camping
Kepp's Crossing Dispersed Camping AreaFree camping
Kiwanis CampgroundFree camping
Knife Edge Campground and River AccessFree camping
Lake Creek Camping AreaFree camping
Leggett Creek CampgroundFree camping
Limber Luke Campground and TrailheadFree camping
Little Bayhorse Camping AreaFree camping
Little Boulder CampgroundFree camping
Little City of Rocks Dispersed AreaFree camping
Lolo Creek CampgroundFree camping
Lost Spring CampgroundFree camping
Lost Valley Reservoir Camping AreaFree camping
Lower Blackrock CampsiteFree camping
Lufkin BottomFree camping
Mackay Bar CampgroundFree camping
Maiden Rock CampgroundFree camping
Mallard Creek CampgroundFree camping
McClendon Spring CampgroundFree camping
Meadow Creek CampgroundFree camping
Medicine Lodge Creek Dispersed Camping AreaFree camping
Mill Flat CampgroundFree camping
Morgan Creek CampgroundFree camping
Morgans Bridge CampgroundFree camping
Morrow Reservoir Dispersed Recreation SiteFree camping
Morse Creek CampgroundFree camping
Mosquito Flat Reservoir CampgroundFree camping
Mud CreekFree camping
Navigation CampgroundFree camping
North Fork Slate Creek CampgroundFree camping
Norton Bay Recreation SiteFree camping
O'Hara Saddle CampgroundFree camping
Old East Fork Camping AreaFree camping
Orogrande Campground #1 and #2Free camping
Orogrande Summit CampgroundFree camping
Orphan Point SaddleFree camping
Oxbow CampsiteFree camping
Paddock ReservoirFree camping
Paddy Flat Camping AreaFree camping
Paradise CampgroundFree camping
Partridge Creek CampgroundFree camping
Patelzik Dispersed CampgroundFree camping
Pine CreekFree camping
Pipeline CampgroundFree camping
Plowboy CampgroundFree camping
Poet Creek CampgroundFree camping
Poison Creek Recreation SiteFree camping
Popcorn IslandFree camping
Race Creek CampgroundFree camping
Rapid Creek Camping AreaFree camping
Rattlesnake PointFree camping
Red Road Camping AreaFree camping
Reservoir Creek CampgroundFree camping
Riverwood Recreation SiteFree camping
Rocky Bluff CampgroundFree camping
Sage Hen Flats CampgroundFree camping
Sam's Creek CampgroundFree camping
Sheep SpringsFree camping
Shiefer CampgroundFree camping
Shorts Bar Recreation SiteFree camping
Silver City CampgroundFree camping
Silver Creek NorthFree camping
Silver Creek SouthFree camping
Sing Lee CampgroundFree camping
Slide Creek Dispersed SiteFree camping
Slims CampFree camping
Smith Lake CampgroundFree camping
Smokey Boulder Camping AreaFree camping
Smokey Cubs CampgroundFree camping
Solomon Lake FishingFree camping
South ForkFree camping
Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Camping AreaFree camping
Sublett CampgroundFree camping
Summit Creek CampgroundFree camping
Swan Falls CampgroundFree camping
Table Meadows CampgroundFree camping
Ten MileFree camping
The Forks CampgroundFree camping
Thorn Creek ReservoirFree camping
Tin Cup CampgroundFree camping
Tingley SpringsFree camping
Trail Creek Bridge CampgroundFree camping
Trapper Creek Camp AreaFree camping
Trapper Creek CampgroundFree camping
Trapper Creek Recreation SiteFree camping
Twenty-mile Bar Dispersed SiteFree camping
Twin Peaks Transfer CampFree camping
Upper Blackrock CampsiteFree camping
Upper Payette Lake Camping AreaFree camping
Warm SpringsFree camping
Weitas Creek CampgroundFree camping
West End CampgroundFree camping
Wet Creek SitesFree camping
Whiskey Rock Bay CampgroundFree camping
Wildhorse CampgroundFree camping
Wolf Flats Recreation AreaFree camping

Fees, seasons and closures change. Check with the managing agency before you go.

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