Salmon River (FR 60030) in ID -- Camping Rules & Access
Salmon River (FR 60030) in ID
Road corridorSalmon-Challis NF, North Fork Ranger District
41 mi from Salmon
Maps 2,939 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 6.3–6.8, 14.3–15.1, 16.4–16.8, 21.4–21.7, 33.8–34.8, 37.9–38.4 and 44.3–45 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Salmon-Challis National Forest ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 5 mi · does not apply within the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
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Road Access
Difficult
- 0.3 of this road’s 47.5 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly graded dirt with 1.4 miles of dirt.
- Near Corn Creek Trailhead.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 8 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Known camping along this road between mile 18.4 and mile 38.5: 1 mapped spot.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Butts Creek Point stands 4,895 ft above the map pin, 2.5 miles west.
- Salmon River runs 0.1 mi off.
Rules
Climate averages
October normals 37–62°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.