USDA Forest Service · Idaho
Grouse Campground
USDA Forest Service · Idaho, United States
- Sites
- 23
- Hookups
- 21 no hookups
- Season
- July 1 to September 15
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 6,378 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- AT&T weak · Verizon weak · T-Mobile none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- GROUSE CREEK CG (NFSR 50278) · crushed aggregate or gravel · suitable for passenger cars
- Lake
- Payette National Forest
- Nearest town
- MCCALL
- Address
- 102 LAKE STREET, P.O.BOX 1026, MCCALL, ID, 83638
- Activities
- Boating, Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Mountain Biking, Ranger Station, Wildlife Viewing
21 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Overview
Grouse Campground is located just 16 miles from McCall, Idaho, on the shores of Goose Lake. Visitors enjoy canoeing, fishing and horseback riding.
Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app, and the Scan and Pay feature. If this option is available, you will need to first download the free Recreation.gov mobile app https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or no cellular service.
Recreation
Goose Lake is a no-wake lake offering rainbow and brook trout fishing, canoeing and kayaking. Numerous hiking, horseback riding and dirt bike trails are in the vicinity, including Granite Mountain Lookout and Goose Creek Falls.
Facilities
The campground offers several single and double-family sites, all of which are accessible. Most sites have scenic lake views. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided, and a horse-unloading ramp and hitching rail is provided in the campground near the boat ramp. Roads and parking spurs are gravel.
Natural Features
Goose Lake is situated in the beautiful Salmon River Mountain range at an elevation of 6,500 feet. A forest of Engelmann spruce and lodgepole pines provides partial shade in the campground, which is a short, three-minute walk from the shoreline. Summer wildflowers are abundant.
Nearby Attractions
Brundage Mountain Resort, located nearby, offers scenic chairlift rides and excellent lift-served mountain biking and hiking.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 15° | -9° | 36° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 27° | 15° | -8° | 39° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 35° | 21° | 7° | 51° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 38° | 23° | 9° | 59° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 49° | 29° | 20° | 67° | 11 of 11 |
| June | 63° | 39° | 27° | 78° | 6 of 11 |
| July | 77° | 51° | 35° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 76° | 50° | 39° | 86° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 64° | 41° | 31° | 79° | 3 of 11 |
| October | 49° | 29° | 7° | 67° | 9 of 10 |
| November | 36° | 22° | -13° | 54° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 25° | 13° | -4° | 37° | 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.
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- Ponderosa State Park · Idaho State Parks · 11 mi · 192 sites
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