U.S. Forest Service · Salmon-Challis National Forest · Idaho

Horse Creek Hot Spring & Campground

6200-foot elevation. Disperse camping near the border of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness and Montana's Bitterroot National Forest - restroom facilites, but no picnic tables or fire-rings. Trout fishing in Woods Creek. No trailheads from campground, but a number of trails branch in all directions from the trailhead 4 miles west on Forest Road 065.

Booking not publishedTents only

More like this: first-come in Idaho · tent only in Idaho

4fires
active
Rx D4 West Fork Hand Piles South (prescribed burn) · 8 mi away
3 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Amenities & rules

EquipmentTents

Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.

Season & status

ForestSalmon-Challis National Forest

Salmon-Challis National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Horse Creek Hot Spring & Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 24.0°F averageFebruary: 28.8°F averageMarch: 40.8°F averageApril: 48.4°F averageMay: 56.7°F averageJune: 63.8°F averageJuly: 72.3°F averageAugust: 70.7°F averageSeptember: 61.1°F averageOctober: 47.6°F averageNovember: 34.7°F averageDecember: 24.6°F averageTemp °F
The line is the average temperature at Shoup, 12 miles from the campground at 3,400 feet, station USC00108395 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020.

Getting there

Coordinates45.5039° N, 114.4600° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Rx D4 West Fork Hand Piles South

    8 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Rx D4 Hughes Creek

    12 mi from the campground · 200 acres

  • Prescribed
    Rx D4 Wilderness Corridor Hand Piles

    18 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Rx D4 Piquett Creek

    27 mi from the campground · 2,210 acres

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

RV sales & serviceHamilton RV Sales Of Montana ↗55 mi

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Limited data for this unit

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

Video

Horse Creek Campground Aerial View w/ Site reference [Feb 2026]

Worth a stop

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →

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

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Salmon-Challis National Forest.

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.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

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Reference

Questions people ask

Can I bring an RV to Horse Creek Hot Spring & Campground?

Horse Creek Hot Spring & Campground is listed for tents only.

Source: Forest Service

What if Horse Creek Hot Spring & Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Alta Campground (11.3 mi), Spring Creek Campground (12.6 mi, first-come), and Ebenezer Campground (14 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby