Grayback in ID -- Campground & RV Camping in Idaho
Grayback in ID
U.S. Forest Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Grayback Campground sits at 4,200 feet in a ponderosa pine forest two miles south of historic Idaho City. The facility offers 15 single and three double sites with paved pads, tables, lantern hooks, and fire rings, alongside two large paved group sites with serving tables and grills. Amenities include vault toilets, accessible hand pumps for drinking water, and trash dumpsters. The 1-mile Grayback Loop Trail originates on site, Mores Creek runs down the hill below, and the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway provides direct road access to local mountain trails.
Road difficulty 2 of 5 -- a moderate drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, paved, pitching to 10%, 33% of it on a shelf.
Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 14-site campground. Elk Creek runs 0.2 mi off. Warm Springs Point stands 2,096 ft above the site, 3.4 miles west. Most of them shaded. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. The nearest town, Robie Creek, is 12 mi off.
September normals 43–78°F, 0.8″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Set by U.S. Forest Service. Stage 1 and 2 orders change within days -- check the current order before you build a fire.
fs.usda.gov