U.S. Forest Service · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests · Idaho

Rainy Day Campground

Rainy Day Campground provides campsites located in open timber on ridge top. Some spots screened from road by timber. A toilet is available at the site, as are metal fire rings. Road access to the site is rough and narrow in places.

First-come, first-served

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1fire
active
Rx Stray Creek Lcrd (prescribed burn) · 32 mi away · 150 acres
Interagency incident data as of 2026-10-16
Incident details ↓

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Rainy Day Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 3.39 inches of precipitation, 29.2 inches of snowFebruary: 2.34 inches of precipitation, 14.0 inches of snowMarch: 2.75 inches of precipitation, 19.0 inches of snowApril: 2.89 inches of precipitation, 10.2 inches of snowMay: 3.11 inches of precipitation, 1.1 inches of snowJune: 3.55 inches of precipitation, 0.1 inches of snowJuly: 1.21 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 1.09 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 1.61 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 2.60 inches of precipitation, 1.9 inches of snowNovember: 3.32 inches of precipitation, 17.3 inches of snowDecember: 2.78 inches of precipitation, 26.4 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 24.9°F averageFebruary: 28.2°F averageMarch: 34.1°F averageApril: 40.2°F averageMay: 47.9°F averageJune: 55.4°F averageJuly: 62.5°F averageAugust: 61.0°F averageSeptember: 53.2°F averageOctober: 43.4°F averageNovember: 32.1°F averageDecember: 23.6°F average0 in10 in20 in30 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Elk City 1Ne, 13 miles from the campground at 4,058 feet, station USC00102875 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 31 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 119 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Traveling east on State Highway 14 to the junction with Santiam-Sourdough Road #492. Turn south on Road #492 and follow it approximately 16.2 miles to the campsite.

Coordinates45.7618° N, 115.7029° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Rx Stray Creek Lcrd

    32 mi from the campground · 150 acres

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

Supplies & services

Outdoor gearRae Bros. Sporting Goods ↗22.9 mi

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Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

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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

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This campground sits inside Nez Perce-Clearwater 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.

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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Rainy Day Campground?

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

Source: Forest Service recreation page for this forest

Is there cell service at Rainy Day Campground?

FCC coverage maps show AT&T 4G LTE at the campground point. Terrain changes that from one site to the next.

Source: FCC Broadband Map

What if Rainy Day Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Leggett Creek Campground (5.7 mi, first-come), Oxbow Campsite (7.7 mi, first-come), and Wildhorse Campground (7.8 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby