USDA Forest Service · Idaho
Warm Lake
USDA Forest Service · Idaho, United States
- Sites
- 13
- Hookups
- 7 no hookups
- Season
- May 16 to September 15
- Max RV length
- 60 ft
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 5,377 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- WARM LAKE CG-NORTH (NFSR 579KC1) · native material · suitable for passenger cars
- Lake
- Boise National Forest
- Nearest town
- CASCADE
- Address
- P.O. BOX 696, CASCADE, ID, 83611
- Phone
- 208-382-7400
- Activities
- Biking, Boating, Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Swimming, Wildlife Viewing
12 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Overview
Warm Lake Campground is near the eastern shore of beautiful Warm Lake, at an elevation of 5,300 feet. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing, swimming, hiking and viewing local wildlife.
Recreation
Warm Lake offers great fishing opportunities for cutthroat, rainbow, lake and bull trout. Boating, canoeing and swimming are popular activities. A developed swim beach is available less than a quarter-mile away, at Warm Lake Lodge.
Billy Rice Swim Beach is just over a mile from the campground, on the north side of the lake. The area offers a day-use site for picnicking and swimming. A boat ramp is located at nearby Shoreline Campground.
The surrounding area offers great hiking, mountain biking, horseback and off-road vehicle riding, and hunting. The WeWuKiye (Wa Wu Kia) Trail No. 252 was recently built and can be accessed at Shoreline Campground. It is popular for hiking and mountain biking.
For off-road vehicle enthusiasts, Telephone Ridge Trail No. 112 offers 20 miles of trails for all riding levels, with staging areas within the campground and up the road at Shoreline Campground.
Facilities
This small campground provides campsites equipped with a picnic table, campfire ring and grill. Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided at the campground, but electricity is not available.
Roads and parking spurs within the facility are gravel. The lake is not visible from the campground.
Natural Features
The campground is situated in a scenic forest of towering, old-growth ponderosa pine, which provides partial shade in the campground. Chipmunk Creek runs alongside the campground. Summer wildflowers are abundant.
A variety of wildlife including bears, deer, elk, fox, grouse, eagles, osprey, grosbeaks, whooping cranes and otters, lives around the lake.
Nearby Attractions
Warm Lake Lodge is located across the road from the campground and has a restaurant and small store with camping and fishing essentials.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 19° | -3° | 45° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 33° | 20° | -7° | 46° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 40° | 25° | 8° | 56° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 43° | 28° | 14° | 66° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 52° | 33° | 24° | 71° | 10 of 11 |
| June | 68° | 43° | 30° | 84° | 5 of 11 |
| July | 82° | 54° | 41° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 81° | 54° | 42° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 69° | 46° | 34° | 83° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 54° | 34° | 9° | 72° | 7 of 10 |
| November | 44° | 27° | -5° | 61° | 9 of 10 |
| December | 33° | 17° | 4° | 44° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Shoreline · USDA Forest Service · 0 mi · 33 sites
- Picnic Point (Id) · USDA Forest Service · 1 mi · 8 sites
- South Fork Salmon River Campground · USDA Forest Service · 2 mi
- Summit Lake Campground · USDA Forest Service · 3 mi
- Stolle Meadows Cabin · USDA Forest Service · 4 mi · 1 sites
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