Middle Fork of the Salmon River Campsites

Below are the campsites and hot springs on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Wildfires have become a common occurrence and can effect the availability of certain campsites. The size of your group also influences campsite assignments.

No.	Name	River Side	River Mile	Low Water Capacity <2.5'	High Water Capacity >6'	Frissell Condition 2014	Layover	Remarks
1	Teepee Hole	Left	0.7	10	10	II	Yes
2	Cable Hole	Left	1.6	10	0	II	Yes
3	Gardell's Hole	Right	2.4	20	10	II	Yes
7	Boy Scout Camp	Right	5.5	10	0	III	Yes
8	Big Bend Camp	Right	6.5	30	30	IV	Yes	High Use
9	Trail Flat	Left	6.9	30	30	V	No	Hot Springs
10	Rapid Camp	Left	8.1	5	0	I	Yes	Not on the map; across from Elkhorn Bar
11	Elkhorn Bar	Right	8.2	30	30	IV	Yes
12	Saddle Camp	Left	9.3	15	15	III	Yes	Tends to be wet; carry required
13	Boot Camp	Right	9.5	6	6	I	Yes	Carry at low water
14	Joe Bump Cabin	Left	11.8	30	30	IV	No	High Use- difficult at high water
14.5	Thimbleberry	Right	12.5	12	12	II	Yes	Not on map; New Camp as of 2013
15	Scout Camp	Left	12.7	30	30	IV	No	Hot Springs
16	Sheepeater	Left	13	30	30	IV	No	Hot Springs
17	Fire Island	Left	13.8	30	30	IV	No	High Use- Burned in 2007
18	Lake Creek	Right	14.9	30	30	III	Yes	Burned in 2007
19	Johns Camp	Right	15.2	30	30	IV	Yes	Burned in 2007
20	Oakie Point	Left	15.6	0	0	0	No	Closed, Hazard trees; not on river map; burned
21	Greyhound	Right	15.9	30	30	III	Yes	Burned in 2007
22	Dome Hole	Left	15.9	12	12	I	Yes	Burned in 2007. High rocky bench.
23	Rapid River	Right	16.5	30	30	I	Yes	Landing blocked; kayaks possible
24	Dolly Lake	Left	19	30	30	III	Yes	High Use (names corrected in 2011)
25	Big Snag	Right	19.1	30	30	III	Yes	High Use (names corrected in 2011)
27	Pistol Creek Camp	Left	21.4	30	30	IV	Yes	High Use
28	Airplane	Left	23.9	30	30	III	Yes
29	Indian Creek Beach	Left	24.7	0	0	III	Yes	Restricted Camping
30	Indian Creek Camp	Left	26.2	30	30	III	Yes	High Use
30.5	Anderson Camp	Right	27.3	12	12		Yes	Not on map; New Camp as of 2013
31	Pungo Creek (H)	Left	27.4	30	30	IV	No	Restricted Camping for Heritage Values
32	Little Soldier	Right	30.8	30	30	III	Yes	High Use
33	Marble Cr. Left	Left	31.7	30	30	IV	No	High Use
34	Marble Cr. Right	Right	31.7	30	30	III	Yes	High Use
35	Sunflower	Right	32.6	8	8	IV	No	Hot Springs; poison ivy
36	Lost Oak	Left	32.6	30	30	III	Yes	Difficult carry
36.8	State Land Left	Left	34.4	30	30		No	High Use
37	State Land Right	Right	34.6	30	30	IV	No	High Use
37.4	Little Creek Bridge	Left	35.6	20	10			Immediately above bridge
38	Little Creek Camp	Right	35.8	20	10	II	Yes	Difficult to find; end of pasture
39	Hood Ranch	Left	35.9	30	30	I	Yes	No access below 3.5’
40	Upper Jackass Flat	Right	37.3	30	30	IV	No	High Use
41	Lower Jackass (H)	Right	37.6	20	0	III	No	No access above 4’; Restricted camping
43	Mahoney	Right	41.6	20	10	III	Yes
44	Pine Creek Flat	Right	43.2	30	30	IV	Yes
45	Culver Creek	Right	45.6	10	0	II	Yes	Difficult access at low water
46	Whitey Cox	Right	46.2	30	30	III	No	Mites in the hot springs
47	Rock Island (H)	Left	46.3	30	30	III	No	High Use; Restricted camping
49	White Creek (H)	Right	47.3	30	30	III	No	High Use; Restricted camping
50	Shelf Camp	Right	48.1	30	30	IV	No	High Use
51	Big Loon	Right	49.3	30	30	IV	No	Hot Springs
52	Cow Creek (H)	Right	49.9	15	0	IV	No	High Use; Restricted camping
53	Cave Camp	Right	51.8	10	0	II	Yes
54	Hospital Bar (H)	Left	52.1	30	30	V	No	Hot Springs; Restricted camping
56	Cub Creek	Left	53.5	10	10	I	Yes	Burned 2007; small carry
57	Upper Grouse	Right	56.4	30	30	II	Yes	High Use
58	Lower Grouse	Right	56.5	30	30	IV	No	High Use
59	Tappan Island	Center	57	30	30	II	Yes
59.5	Tiny Tappan	Right	57.3	8	0		Yes	Not on map; New Camp as of 2013
59.7	Tappan Falls	Left	57.9	10	10		Yes	Not on map; New Camp as of 2013
60	Camas Creek (H)	Right	59.9	30	30	IV	Yes	High use; Restricted camping
61	Johnny Walker	Left	60.6	30	30	III	Yes	High use
62	Pool Camp	Right	61.1	30	30	III	Yes
63	Funston	Left	61.6	30	30	IV	No	High Use
64	Broken Oar	Right	61.9	15	0	II	Yes
66	Trail Camp	Right	64.5	30	15	IV	Yes	High Use; stock trail use
67	Sheep Creek	Left	65.3	30	30	IV	No	High Use
68	Flying B Camp	Right	66.8	2	0	I	Yes	Difficult to find; seldom used
70	Bernard	Left	68.7	30	30	I	Yes
71	Short Creek	Right	68.9	30	30	IV	Yes	Short carry
72	Cold Springs	Right	70.2	0	0	I	No	No space; landmark
73	Little Pine	Left	71.4	30	30	IV	Yes	High Use
74	Driftwood Flat	Right	72.1	30	20	IV	No	High Use
75	Wilson Creek	Right	72.9	30	20	III	No	High Use
76	Grassy Flat I	Left	73	30	30	III	No	High Use
77	Grassy Flat II	Left	73.1	30	30	III	No	High Use
78	Survey Creek	Left	74.8	30	30	IV	No	High Use
79	Woolard Creek	Right	74.9	30	30	V	No	High Use
80	Fly Camp	Right	75.7	12	0	III	Yes
81	Fish Camp	Left	77.4	5-30	0	I	Yes	Large cobblestone bar; some sand
82	Big Creek	Left	77.9	4	4	III	Yes
83	Last Chance	Right	78	20	20	IV	No	Prone to ground bees
84	Pine Bluff	Left	78.7	4	4	I	No
85	Cutthroat Cove	Left	78.9	10	0	I	No
86	Big Pine	Right	79.2	4	0	I	No
87	Elk Bar	Left	79.6	30	20	II	No	High Use
88	Love Bar	Left	79.7	10	0	I	No
89	Redside	Left	82.5	15	15	II	No	Sloped
90	Papoose	Left	84.4	5	0	I	No
91	Ship Island	Left	84.5	30	30	IV	No	High Use
92	Lightning Strike	Left	85	15	2	III	No	High Use
93	Parrot Placer	Right	86.2	30	10	IV	No	High Use
94	Parrot Cabin	Left	87.9	6	0	I	No
95	Cradle Creek	Right	88.6	30	20	V	No	Difficult stopping at 6’
96	Tumble Creek	Right	88.8	30	30	V	No	High Use
97	Ouzel	Left	89.6	10	0	III	No
98	Cliffside	Right	89.7	30	6	III	No	High Use
99	Stoddard Bar (H)	Left	90	30	30	IV	No	Difficult landing; Restricted camping
100	Otter Bar	Right	90.4	30	4	IV	No	High Use
101	Solitude	Left	92.7	12	0	I	No
102	Goat Creek	Right	94.9	6	0	I	No

(H) = Campsites with Heritage values

The US Forest Service provides a printable version of campsites as well.