Summit Lake Campground
Summit Lake Campground is a quiet retreat and a short distance from Warm Lake. The campground offers 3 campsites and the small but lovely Summit Lake is a treat. Natural Features. The campground is situated in a scenic pine forest, which provides partial shade in the campground. Lunch Creek runs alongside the campground and summer wildflowers are abundant. Recreation. The campground is near Johnson Creek and offering great fishing opportunities for cutthroat, rainbow, lake and bull trout. Billy Rice Swim Beach is a short drive from the campground toward Warm Lake. It is on the north side of the lake and is a fun place to go for an afternoon picnic and swim.
More like this: first-come in Idaho · tent only in Idaho
Amenities & rules
| Equipment | Tents |
Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.
Season & status
| Season | Beginning of June to Mid-September |
| Forest | Boise National Forest |
| Booking | No reservations are necessary and there are no fees with 3 campsites that is on a first come, first serve basis. |
Weather by month
Getting there
| Coordinates | 44.6450° N, 115.5856° W · Directions ↗ |
Fire nearby
- PrescribedRx Fawn Tussock
28 mi from the campground · 86 acres
- PrescribedMeadow Marsh Rx
31 mi from the campground · 70 acres
- PrescribedGoose Rx
36 mi from the campground · 529 acres
- PrescribedMill Creek Council Mtn Rx
38 mi from the campground · 2,070 acres
Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.
No site-by-site records, no fee schedule, no directions or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.
Explore
Worth a stop
- 2.1 miBear Creek / Warm Lake Trailhead ↗Trailhead
- 4.9 miNorth Fork Sulfur Creek Trailhead ↗Trailhead
Trails nearby
- under 0.1 miSummit Lake0.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
- 1.8 miJohnson Creek ↗30.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, snowmobile and 2 more
- 2.1 miBear Creek / Warm Lake3.3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
- 2.6 miRock Creek3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
- 2.9 miWarm Bear Saddle1.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
- 3.2 miWarm Lake / Deadwood ↗16.8 mi trail · snowmobile, snowshoe, ski
Trailheads within three miles
- 2.1 miBear Creek / Warm Lake Trailhead ↗Boise National Forest
Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.
Public land it sits in
This campground sits inside Payette National Forest.
- inPayette National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 2,407,306 acres
- 7.2 miBoise National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 2,526,862 acres
- 7.8 miFrank Church-River of No Return Wilderness ↗Wilderness · BLM/FS · 2,358,886 acres
Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.
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Questions people ask
Do I need a reservation at Summit Lake Campground?
No. Summit Lake Campground is first-come, first-served. No reservations are necessary and there are no fees with 3 campsites that is on a first come, first serve basis. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.
Source: Forest Service
How many sites does Summit Lake Campground have?
3 sites.
Source: Forest Service
Can I bring an RV to Summit Lake Campground?
Summit Lake Campground is listed for tents only.
Source: Forest Service
What if Summit Lake Campground is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are Penn Basin (3.3 mi), Buck Mountain Campground (3.4 mi, first-come), and Warm Lake (3.5 mi, partly first-come).
Source: Campgrounds nearby