Kirkham in ID -- Campground & RV Camping in Idaho
Kirkham in ID
U.S. Forest Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Kirkham Campground sits at 4,000 feet elevation along the South Fork Payette River, with a scattered ponderosa pine landscape. Accessible single sites and a double site feature picnic tables, campfire rings with grills, and optional shade shelters, backed by paved spurs, vault toilets, drinking water, trash service, and a resident host. Staircases lead directly from the grounds down to Kirkham Hot Springs' riverside pools and steaming waterfalls. The river provides trout fishing and whitewater kayaking, while the 35-mile Kirkham Ridge Trail starts less than a quarter-mile away.
Road difficulty 1 of 5 -- an easy drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, paved, pitching to 2%. Flat ground is scarce -- under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
Banner Ridge stands 2,873 ft above the site, 2.6 miles southeast. South Fork Payette River runs 0.1 mi off. Exposed here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 14-site campground. Most of them shaded. The nearest town, Robie Creek, is 37 mi off.
September normals 44–79°F, 0.9″ 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