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

Apgar Campground

Located along the Lochsa River and accessed by U.S. Highway 12, Apgar lies between the highway and on a river terrace filled with giant western red cedar and fir trees. Apgar is a quiet, rustic campground with aggregate surfaced roads, vault toilets, tables, and campfire rings. The Campground will accomodate 24-ft. RV's.

First-come, first-served

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Apgar Campground
Photo from the area. Scott Thompson (CC BY 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
4fires
active
Rx Stray Creek Lcrd (prescribed burn) · 10 mi away · 150 acres
3 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Apgar Campground30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 4.89 inches of precipitationFebruary: 3.86 inches of precipitationMarch: 4.63 inches of precipitationApril: 4.23 inches of precipitationMay: 3.31 inches of precipitationJune: 2.84 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.63 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.88 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.51 inches of precipitationOctober: 3.58 inches of precipitationNovember: 5.03 inches of precipitationDecember: 4.30 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 34.4°F averageFebruary: 37.3°F averageMarch: 44.0°F averageApril: 50.4°F averageMay: 58.2°F averageJune: 64.5°F averageJuly: 73.6°F averageAugust: 72.7°F averageSeptember: 63.1°F averageOctober: 50.7°F averageNovember: 39.6°F averageDecember: 33.4°F average0 in2 in4 in6 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Lowell Three Rivers, 6 miles from the campground at 1,480 feet, station USW00004109 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 40 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates46.2147° N, 115.5357° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Rx Stray Creek Lcrd

    10 mi from the campground · 150 acres

  • Prescribed
    Rx Rescue Jensen Nfrd

    21 mi from the campground · 44 acres

  • Prescribed
    Rx Barnyard Units Nfrd

    38 mi from the campground · 41 acres

  • Wildfire
    Moose Mountain

    42 mi from the campground · 5,832 acres · 90% contained

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 ↗34.3 mi

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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

Video

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Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 0.1 mi
    Apgar Creek
    4.3 mi trail
  • 0.1 mi
    Deception Point ↗
    9.5 mi trail
  • 0.5 mi
    Canyon Creek ↗
    12.5 mi trail
  • 0.6 mi
    Deadman Ridge
    2.2 mi trail
  • 0.8 mi
    South Fork Canyon Creek
    0.8 mi trail
  • 1.2 mi
    East Cabin
    3.3 mi trail

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 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.

On the National Register nearby

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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Apgar Campground?

No. Apgar 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

What if Apgar Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Glade Creek Campground (0.5 mi), Knife Edge Campground and River Access (3.1 mi, first-come), and Wild Goose Campground (6.8 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby