Rainbow Point in ID -- Campground & RV Camping in Idaho
Rainbow Point in ID
U.S. Forest Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Rainbow Point Campground sits at 4,850 feet on the western shore of Lake Cascade, surrounded by a tall conifer forest. The small facility offers single-family campsites equipped with picnic tables, fire rings, and grills, with select sites providing direct shoreline access and water views. On-site amenities include vault toilets, drinking water, trash service, gravel parking spurs, and a boat ramp. Visitors use the site for launching motorized watercraft, sailing, fishing for trout and bass, swimming, and accessing local hiking and biking trails.
Road difficulty 2 of 5 -- a moderate drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, gravel, pitching to 4%.
The Lake Cascade shoreline is 0.1 mi off. Lone Tree stands 2,996 ft above the site, 3.7 miles southwest. Exposed here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 12-site campground. Most of them shaded. Night skies measure Bortle 2 -- true dark-sky territory. The nearest town, McCall, is 14 mi off.
September normals 36–72°F, 1.0″ 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