West Side Priest Lake (FR 2512) in ID -- Camping Rules & Access

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West Side Priest Lake (FR 2512) in ID

Road corridorIdaho Panhandle NFs, Priest Lake Ranger District

26 mi from Bonners Ferry

Maps 2,512 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.2–0.7 and 3.3–11.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Idaho Panhandle National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 11/16–3/31Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi · No more than 14 days in any 30-day period · No more than 14 days in any 30-day period, then move 5 mi
VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 4.6 of this road’s 12.4 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly paved with 4.1 miles of dirt.
  • Winds through 7 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road at mile 9.1: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Watson Mountain stands 1,397 ft above the map pin, 2.1 miles northwest.

Rules

  • Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 14 consecutive days within a calendar year … Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 28 cumulative days within a calendar year
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 32–55°F, 2.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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