Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests

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Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests campgrounds provide beautiful and peaceful natural settings with privacy, proximity to rivers, hiking trails, and recreational opportunities. Visitors appreciate clean facilities, well-maintained and spacious sites, friendly and helpful campground hosts, and amenities such as cabins and electric hookups. However, recurring issues include limited or unavailable potable water, maintenance challenges especially in cabins and bathrooms, occasional noise and overcrowding, poor road access requiring high clearance vehicles, and problematic reservation systems or signage.

Beautiful natural and scenic locations

Peaceful, quiet, and private campsites

Clean and well-maintained bathrooms and facilities

Helpful and friendly campground hosts

Close to rivers, hiking trails, and recreational activities

Limited or no potable water availability

Maintenance and cleanliness issues, especially in cabins and bathrooms

Overcrowding, noise, and traffic concerns at times

Road access difficulties needing high clearance vehicles

Reservation, signage, and communication problems

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Peyton L

Campground:Walker Cabin

Loop:Area Walker Cabin

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Reviewed 16 days ago

It was peaceful and I stayed very warm by the fire while I crocheted the time away :)

Kathleen D

Campground:Ohara

Loop:Ohar

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Reviewed 18 days ago

My sister and I stayed two nights in mid-September in side-by-side campsites with our little campers. We were amazed to discover a lush green campground surrounded by much drier and more typical Idaho Rockies habitat--it was like a little patch of temperate rainforest, complete with large ferns and thick undergrowth. It rained almost the whole time we were there, so no wonder. We still thought the campground was beautiful and talked about staying there again some day. There is no electricity, wifi, or cell phone service (not even 5G), which we greatly enjoy, but which for some people is more than they can handle, so be forewarned. It's very remote and wonderfully quiet. If you are traveling there from the west along the Clearwater, be sure to drive east up the Lochsa River either as a day trip or if you are continuing eastward after camping. The drive along the Lochsa is one of the most beautiful in the Rocky Mountains!

Laurie B

Campground:Wilderness Gateway

Loop:Gw B

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Reviewed 25 days ago

This campground is in a beautiful location right along the Lochsa River. When we arrived, the iron ranger was damaged and covered up. Made us question the safety of the campground. Never did see a host or a ranger. We were in loop B site 5, a generously long pull thru. We had surprisingly few neighbors for such a nice stretch of weather.

Susan B

Campground:Powell Campground

Loop:A

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Reviewed a month ago

Chris H

Campground:Bald Mountain Lookout (Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, ID)

Loop:Area Bald Mountain Lookout

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Reviewed a month ago

Everything was great other than the appliances not working but knew about that ahead of time.

Steve Z