Fir Creek Campground
The Fir Creek Campground is located along Forest Service Road 579 near the in beautiful but remote Bear Valley at an elevation of 6,400 feet. It is adjacent to the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness and scenic Elk Creek. Situated in a high mountain meadow dotted with Douglas fir and lodgepole pine amid the peaks of the Sawtooth Range, it is a perfect summer retreat. Deer, elk, moose, red squirrels, coyote and lynx all live in the area. The sounds of elk, coyote and wolf are often heard in the summer and fall months. In winter, wildlife enthusiasts can watch carefully for snowshoe hares or ermine with their white winter coats. Recreation.
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 | Mid-June to End of September |
| Forest | Boise National Forest |
| Booking | No reservations are necessary. This campground has 8 campsites and is on a first-come, first-serve basis. |
Weather by month
Getting there
| Coordinates | 44.4255° N, 115.2908° W · Directions ↗ |
Fire nearby
- PrescribedRx Lowman Wui
24 mi from the campground · 63 acres
- PrescribedRx Fawn Tussock
39 mi from the campground · 86 acres
- PrescribedRx High Valley
44 mi from the campground
- PrescribedRx Mores South
47 mi from the campground · 245 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.
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Worth a stop
- 0.2 miBluebunch / Bear Valley Trailhead ↗Trailhead
- 5.4 mi
Trails nearby
- 0.2 miBear Valley Marsh Creek4.4 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 0.2 miBlue Bunch Mtn4.2 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 1 miBear Valley Creek1.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
- 1.7 miStanley/ Landmark Trail, Rd #1 ↗9.5 mi trail · snowmobile, snowshoe, ski
- 1.7 miBoundry Creek Road Corridor ↗11.1 mi trail · snowmobile, snowshoe, ski
- 2.4 miWyoming-Fir Cr ↗8.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
Trailheads within three miles
- 0.2 miBluebunch / Bear Valley 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 Boise National Forest.
- inBoise National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 2,526,862 acres
- 9.1 miSalmon-Challis National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 4,396,382 acres
- 12.8 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 Fir Creek Campground?
No. Fir Creek Campground is first-come, first-served. No reservations are necessary. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.
Source: Forest Service
Can I bring an RV to Fir Creek Campground?
Fir Creek Campground is listed for tents only.
Source: Forest Service
What if Fir Creek Campground is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are Bear Valley Campground (4 mi, first-come), Lola Creek Campground (5.6 mi, first-come), and Banner Creek Campground (6.2 mi, first-come).
Source: Campgrounds nearby