Elk Summit (FR 111) in ID

Road corridorNez Perce-Clearwater NF, Lochsa/Powell Ranger District

31 mi from Stevensville

0.0 mi off US 12 (straight line)

Maps 3,398 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 4.7–5.7 and 7.9–9.2 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 5/1–11/30Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

VerizonNONE

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkGOOD

Difficult

0.1 of this road’s 14.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.2 miles of dirt.
Near Jay Point.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~150 ft on the downhill side.
Winds through 7 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A gate 3.7 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road between mile 4.7 and mile 8.4: 4 mapped spots.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Jay Point stands 2,038 ft above the map pin, 1.5 miles southwest.
Lochsa River runs 0.1 mi off.

National Forests in Idaho and Dakota Prairie National Grasslands:…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

October normals 31–57°F, 3.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Elk Summit (FR 111) in ID -- Camping Rules & Access