Sam Owen in ID -- Campground & RV Camping in Idaho
Sam Owen in ID
U.S. Forest Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Sam Owen Campground occupies a forested peninsula of pine and cedar at 2,000 feet on the eastern shore of Lake Pend Oreille. Sharing the peninsula with the Sam Owen Game Preserve, the grounds feature a swimming beach, a boat ramp and dock, paved overflow parking, an amphitheater, drinking water, accessible flush toilets, and a dump station. Campsites lack electric hookups, but an electric group shelter is on site. Campers have access to the half-mile Sam Owen Trail #4 overlooking Owens Bay, alongside fishing for northern pike, trout, and kamloops.
Road difficulty 1 of 5 -- an easy drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved, pitching to 6%.
Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, an 80-site campground. Cougar Peak stands 3,903 ft above the site, 3.5 miles northeast. The Lake Pend Oreille shoreline is 0.1 mi off. 18 sit on the water -- most of them shaded. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. The nearest town, Kootenai, is 13 mi off.
September normals 42–73°F, 1.1″ 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