Fir Creek Campground
- End June - End of September
- season
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Fir Creek Campground open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists an alert for Salmon-Challis National Forest.
Stoddard Bridge Construction Closure
Agency alert covering Salmon-Challis National Forest · Order 0413-07-17 · USFS · Salmon-Challis National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Salmon-Challis National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
- At 6,400 ft
- Middle Fork Ranger DistrictSalmon-Challis National Forest
Fir Creek Campground is a Forest Service site in Idaho's Salmon-Challis National Forest, within the Middle Fork Ranger District. It is a simple base for overnight stays, with vault toilets as the only listed amenity and no fees required to use the site. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Deadwood Lodge show July highs around 82°F with lows near 40°F, while winter highs stay in the low to mid 30s. Bear Valley Marsh Creek is just 0.2 miles away, and Bear Valley Creek is about a mile off. For more camping, Bear Valley Campground sits roughly 4 miles away, and Elk Creek Cabins is about 5.6 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Stanley RV + Camp19 mi away
- Haven Hot Springs28 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Bear Valley Marsh CreekHiking0.2 mi
- Bear Valley CreekHiking1 mi
- CamptenderHiking3.3 mi
- Bear Valley CampgroundCamping4 mi
- Elk Creek CabinsCamping5.6 mi
- Banner Creek CampgroundCamping6.2 mi
- Marsh CreekCanoeing8.1 mi
Middle Fork Salmon RiverCanoeingPhoto: Rex Parker, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)8.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Boundary Creek CampgroundCamping · ~13 min drive
- Elk Creek Guard StationHut camping · ~10 min drive
- Bull TroutCamping · ~15 min drive
- Trap Creek CampgroundCamping · ~22 min drive
- Elk Creek Campground (sawtooth NF)Camping · ~27 min drive
- Elk Creek CabinsCamping · ~10 min drive
- Banner Creek CampgroundCamping · ~11 min drive
- Dagger Falls CampgroundCamping · ~12 min drive
- Boundary Creek Campground ComplexCamping · ~12 min drive
- Bench Creek CampgroundCamping · ~13 min drive
Best time to visit Fir Creek Campground
Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
35° / 8°
Feb
36° / 12°
Mar
42° / 16°
Apr
49° / 22°
May
61° / 30°
Jun
70° / 35°
Jul
82° / 40°
Aug
81° / 38°
Sep
73° / 32°
Oct
57° / 26°
Nov
40° / 16°
Dec
31° / 9°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Deadwood Lodge, ID, 14.6 mi away at 5,948 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
