U.S. Forest Service · Sawtooth National Forest · Idaho

Riverside Campground

Open nowFirst-come, first-served

Sites are first-come, first-served. Recreation.gov lists this campground for paying on site, and you may be able to pay with the Scan and Pay feature of its app.

More like this: first-come in Idaho

Riverside Campground
Photo from the area. Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
3fires
active
Rx Lowman Wui (prescribed burn) · 32 mi away
2 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Season & status

StatusOpen
SeasonJune to September
ForestSawtooth National Forest
FeesSawtooth NRA Camping Fees and Information
RulesPets must be on a leash. All occupancy (includes developed/dispersed camping, boats, boat trailers, travel trailers, tents, etc): Occupancy limit is 10 days in a 30 day period within a 30 mile radius for all of SNRA. Campers must occupy the site the first night and cannot go more than 24 hours thereafter without occupying the site.

Sawtooth National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Riverside Campground10°20°30°40°50°60°January: 1.80 inches of precipitationFebruary: 1.44 inches of precipitationMarch: 2.02 inches of precipitationApril: 1.69 inches of precipitationMay: 1.67 inches of precipitationJune: 1.48 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.62 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.55 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.01 inches of precipitationOctober: 1.60 inches of precipitationNovember: 2.00 inches of precipitationDecember: 2.32 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 11.3°F averageFebruary: 15.9°F averageMarch: 25.6°F averageApril: 34.0°F averageMay: 43.2°F averageJune: 50.0°F averageJuly: 57.1°F averageAugust: 55.5°F averageSeptember: 47.7°F averageOctober: 37.4°F averageNovember: 24.0°F averageDecember: 11.4°F average0 in0.5 in1 in1.5 in2 in2.5 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Stanley, 5 miles from the campground at 6,249 feet, station USC00108676 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 18 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates44.2669° N, 114.8491° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Rx Lowman Wui

    32 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Paradise Rx

    39 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Bartlett Creek Rx

    41 mi from the campground · 2,000 acres

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

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗37.7 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or directions 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

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 1 mi
    Lower Basin
    2.9 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
  • 1.1 mi
    Martin-Big Casino ↗
    15 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
  • 1.1 mi
    Little Casino Creek ↗
    5.7 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
  • 1.8 mi
    Cove Hot Springs
    0.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 2.3 mi
    Kelly Creek Trail
    1.7 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
  • 3.2 mi
    Upper Harden Creek
    2.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more

Trailheads within three miles

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 Sawtooth 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

Do I need a reservation at Riverside Campground?

No. Riverside Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

How much does it cost to camp at Riverside Campground?

Sawtooth NRA Camping Fees and Information

Source: Forest Service

Is Riverside Campground open right now?

Open as of Oct 16, 2026. Season June to September.

Source: Forest Service status

What if Riverside Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Mormon Bend Campground (0.5 mi, first-come), Casino Creek (0.8 mi, first-come), and Salmon River Campground (1.6 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby