Warm Lake

P.O. BOX 696
CASCADE, ID 83611

Overview

Warm Lake Campground is near the eastern shore of beautiful Warm Lake, at an elevation of 5,300 feet. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing, swimming, hiking and viewing local wildlife.

Recreation

Warm Lake offers great fishing opportunities for cutthroat, rainbow, lake and bull trout. Boating, canoeing and swimming are popular activities. A developed swim beach is available less than a quarter-mile away, at Warm Lake Lodge.

Billy Rice Swim Beach is just over a mile from the campground, on the north side of the lake. The area offers a day-use site for picnicking and swimming. A boat ramp is located at nearby Shoreline Campground.

The surrounding area offers great hiking, mountain biking, horseback and off-road vehicle riding, and hunting. The WeWuKiye (Wa Wu Kia) Trail No. 252 was recently built and can be accessed at Shoreline Campground. It is popular for hiking and mountain biking.

For off-road vehicle enthusiasts, Telephone Ridge Trail No. 112 offers 20 miles of trails for all riding levels, with staging areas within the campground and up the road at Shoreline Campground.

Facilities

This small campground provides campsites equipped with a picnic table, campfire ring and grill. Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided at the campground, but electricity is not available.

Roads and parking spurs within the facility are gravel. The lake is not visible from the campground.

Natural Features

The campground is situated in a scenic forest of towering, old-growth ponderosa pine, which provides partial shade in the campground. Chipmunk Creek runs alongside the campground. Summer wildflowers are abundant.

A variety of wildlife including bears, deer, elk, fox, grouse, eagles, osprey, grosbeaks, whooping cranes and otters, lives around the lake.

Nearby Attractions

Warm Lake Lodge is located across the road from the campground and has a restaurant and small store with camping and fishing essentials.

Camp site features

Across 7 camp sites:

Longest RV: 60 ft
Largest party: 16 people

Directions

From Boise, Idaho, travel 85 miles north on Highway 55 to Cascade. Turn east on Warm Lake Highway and travel 25 miles to Forest Road 579KA. Turn south and travel a short distance to the campground.

Stay Limit

Check in from 2 PM, check out by 1 PM.

Reviews

44 reviews

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Donald S

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Reviewed 3 months ago

Excellent Camp Host (Linda) was very knowable and helpful. Will be there again in September of this year

Ed P

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Reviewed 4 months ago

We stayed in Warm Lake Campground for 3 nights. Nice private site, not too noisy. Conveniently located near the Warm Lake Lodge. Great fishing, but the Shoreline public boat ramp is in bad shape. Big holes for trailer tires to fall into.

pamela r

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Reviewed 4 months ago

Campsite was nice but it's not shady all the time; due to recent storms/flooding lake was overflowing and mosquitos were horrendous. The area is nice and Warm Lake is very clean; caught some nice trout and would go again.

Chelsea H

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Reviewed 4 months ago

We loved this campsite. #9 was the best with sun in the morning and shade in the afternoon to keep us cool. Great campsite for kids as well. It is closer to campsite 10 so it is great if you want to go with friends or family. We had great neighbors so it didn’t bother us. It does have immediate access to the trash bins and drinking water pump just across the way. The camp host was very nice and available for all our question's. It does not have access to warm lake so you will need to drive over to north shore road for the beach and water. We had a great experience overall and will definitely return in the future.

Stephen R

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Reviewed 5 months ago

Beautiful, mile-high lake. Two accommodating campground hosts. An unusual Irish pub across from the campground with lits of arms and armor. Pleasant hosts at the pub/restaurant. Knox is a ghost town nearby.

Joel S

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Reviewed 5 months ago

Despite a cold front the campsite was really good it's the closest to the bathroom and close to the water pump. Nice firepit and picnic table and was able to fit a 14x9 cabin tent perfectly in the tent spot. The warmlake lodge is within walking distance Nice people and beautiful rustic place to hang out with good food as well. Just a little farther away is the north shore lodge where you can buy firewood fishing baits and more both have ice if needed having these resources handy is nice. It's my new favorite camping spot.

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