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Water activities on the Sawtooth National Forest include whitewater rafting, float and jet boating, hot spring bathing, and swimming. 

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Albion Division

Biking Hiking Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Horse Riding and Camping Water Activities Scenic Drives Winter Sports Off Highway Vehicles (OHV) Picnicking
The Albion Division, located approximately 20 miles southeast of Burley, Idaho, encompasses 95,000 acres of National Forest system land. Beautiful wildflowers can be seen and wildlife is abundant. In…

Alturas Inlet Campground

Picnicking Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Water Activities Hiking Outdoor Science and Learning
Alturas Inlet Campground, located on beautiful Alturas lake, is composed of 28 campsites including 8 double-sites. This site accepts reservations which can be made at www.recreation.gov or by…

Alturas Inlet Group Picnic Area B

Hiking Picnicking Outdoor Science and Learning Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Water Activities
Alturas Inlet Group Picnic Area B can accommodate up to 50 people and reservations can be made by visiting www.recreation.gov or by calling (877)444-6777. This site is located along the sandy…

Alturas Tent Camping Area

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This tent camping area is accessible by hiking in, and consists of 4 single-sites and 2 double-sites on the east side of beautiful Alturas Lake. It is first-come, first-serve. Experience a…

Baumgartner Campground

Picnicking Hiking Off Highway Vehicles (OHV) Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Water Activities
Baumgartner Campground is a group, fee, reservation campground composed of 39 camping units on the South Fork of the Boise River.  It is one of two campgrounds on the District that has a campground…

Baumgartner Group Site 100

Hiking Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Off Highway Vehicles (OHV) Outdoor Science and Learning Picnicking Water Activities
Group Site near Baumgartner Campground that can be reserved on recreation.gov for large group events. Site contains 9 camping sites, 2 vault toilets, and a covered picnic shelter. 

Big Hole

Water Activities Picnicking Hunting, Fishing and Shooting
Big Hole is a day use site on the South Fork of the Boise River located 6 miles west (down river) from the Big Smoky Gaurd Station area on Road No.227.  Popular for it's swimming hole, the area…

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness

Outdoor Science and Learning Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Hiking Water Activities Winter Sports
The White Clouds Wilderness was designated in 2015. In 2018, it was renamed the Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness in honor of Andrus, who served twice as Governor of Idaho and as the U.S.…

Chinook Bay Campground

Hiking Picnicking Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Water Activities Outdoor Science and Learning
Chinook Bay Campground is composed of 13 campsites on the north side of Little Redfish Lake on Little Redfish Creek and is situated in a lodgepole pine overstory. All sites are first-come,…

Glacier View Campground

Hiking Picnicking Outdoor Science and Learning Water Activities Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Winter Sports
Glacier View Campground is composed of 64 campsites including 9 double-sites on the north shore of Redfish Lake. The campsites accept reservations which can be made by going to www.recreation.gov…

Last updated March 22nd, 2025