Campground 5-19 Circuit
Campground 5-19 Circuit in Idaho has 10 bouldering routes across 9 grades.
Photo: photophat, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 10 routes
- V0 – V8
- Bouldering
Is Campground 5-19 Circuit open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for City of Rocks National Reserve.
As of · Source: NPS · City of Rocks National Reserve. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit Campground 5-19 Circuit
Best months: April–June and August–October. 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° / 16°
8 wet
Feb
39° / 19°
7 wet
Mar
48° / 27°
6 wet
Apr
55° / 33°
7 wet
May
65° / 41°
9 wet
Jun
75° / 50°
6 wet
Jul
86° / 59°
5 wet
Aug
85° / 57°
6 wet
Sep
74° / 48°
5 wet
Oct
60° / 35°
5 wet
Nov
45° / 24°
6 wet
Dec
35° / 17°
8 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Rosette, UT, 23.2 mi away at 5,685 ft. The station sits about 600 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Campground 5-19 Circuit is a bouldering area in Idaho's City of Rocks National Reserve, managed by State Park and Recreation. It sits among a cluster of climbing and hiking spots, with Practice Rock just 0.1 mile away and Elephant Rock - East and Electric Avenue each about 0.3 mile off. The area is a bouldering hub, with 10 routes listed, all of them boulder problems. Grades run from V0 to V8, with the median around V2. Among the named routes are Practice Offwidth at V0, Jiji's Path at V2-, and Site C center at V8. For comfortable weather, aim for late spring or early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Rosette, Utah, show May highs around 65°F and September highs around 74°F, with July the warmest month at about 86°F. That station sits roughly 600 feet lower than the reserve, so temperatures here run a little cooler.
Routes (10)
Backside Band(2)
Crumbly Boulder (Site 17)(2)
No Send No Pee Boulder(1)
Snowman Boulder(1)
UFO Boulder(1)
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