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Recreation Groups

In the foreground, clouds reflect on the surface of a lake. In the center of the frame, a small boats sits in the lake. Forested hills rise on either side of the lake, and mountains, shaded by cloud cover, rise up in the distance. The sky if full of cumulus clouds, and its blue color gradually deepens in shade from the horizon upward.

Alturas Lake Recreation Complex

Alturas Lake is the southernmost of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area's big lakes.

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Highway 21 Recreation Complex

The Highway 21 Recreation Complex is located in the northwest corner of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. 

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Pettit Lake Recreation Area

Pettit Lake is nestled at the base of rolling hills and majestic peaks. Swimming, fishing, kayaking and canoeing are wonderful activities for Pettit lake. 

A boat sits on a lake in front of a shoreline lined with conifer trees. Jagged peaks from the Sawtooth Mountains rise into a blue sky with low-lying billowy clouds and wispy clouds at a higher elevation.

Redfish Lake Recreation Complex

Redfish Lake is at the headwaters of the Salmon River, the waters of which flow north to meet the Snake River and continue to the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean.

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Salmon River Recreation Complex

The Salmon River Area follows Hwy 75 east along the border of the Cecil D. Andrus – White Clouds Wilderness and the Salmon Challis National Forest. 

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Wood River Recreation Complex

Situated just north of Ketchum, Idaho, near the Sawtooth National Recreation Area Headquarters, the Wood River Valley is host to a number of campsites including:

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