Prairie Creek Camping

This is free dispersed camping on a dirt road loop, just off highway 75. It is located just north of Sun Valley by a few miles on highway 75 as you head towards Galena summit. It's only a couple hundred yards off the highway, but at night there's hardly any traffic. And it's pretty quiet. There's probably approximately a dozen sites in this loop. We've been there twice, and it's always been quiet and casual, and everybody's been mellow. good spacing between. spacing between sites and privacy. awesome view of Boulder Mountain. If you have binoculars or a telescope, you can oftentimes see the Mountain goats on the higher ridges. It's free camping. Verizon cell Is weak but usable. The Galena Lodge is about 15 minutes up the road. They have great lunches, rental Mountain bikes and plenty of hiking paths. There is a creek just to the east side of the campground. Sun Valley is back down the highway. 75 about 15 minutes drive.

 There are about 6 designated spots here in this free little campground.  Camping is allowed in designated sites only and there is a 10 day stay limit.

Site #1 is all by itself to the right at the fork, and it was the best site, in our opinion. 

Each site has a fire pit (no fires allowed at this time!). There is no picnic bench. There is one vault toilet and no garbage collection and no water.  There are no bear boxes but proper bear-proof food storage is required.

A small creek runs along this campground and the views are incredible. Nice shade cover and trees. This area is fine dirt and so-so in terms of flat spots. Campground is right on the road so you hear the cars but considering how beautiful and free the campground it, the cars aren’t bothersome. Plus it quiets down at night. 

Zero cell service.

 There are about 6 designated spots here in this free little campground.  Camping is allowed in designated sites only and there is a 10 day stay limit.

Site #1 is all by itself to the right at the fork, and it was the best site, in our opinion. 

Each site has a fire pit (no fires allowed at this time!). There is no picnic bench. There is one vault toilet and no garbage collection and no water.  There are no bear boxes but proper bear proof food storage is required.

A small creek runs along this campground and the views are incredible. Nice shade cover and trees. This area is fine dirt and so-so in terms of flat spots. Campground is right on the road so you hear the cars but considering how beautiful and free the campground it, the cars aren’t bothersome. Plus it quiets down at night. 

Zero cell service.

This campground is just outside sun valley, Idaho. When we stayed it was very quiet and many different choices of campsites, you can here the road from your site but it was not disruptive. The bathroom is far from most sites and no cell service but consequently was not the issue, the views were breathtaking. The creek was accessible. Firewood is easily available if you’re willing to collect it. The roads are a little rough but animals were no concern. We camped in our tent and had a wonderful time, and it was free!

My family has camped all along this creek and we love it. It has a lot of dispersed camping spots of varying sizes. There is a big group spot (or spot with a little less privacy for those who don't mind camping near other people) at the beginning of the road and at the end. There is a trail head sort of at the middle point of the road, and it has a pit bathroom. There are another two trailheads at the end of the road with some parking, and there is a pit bathroom there as well. So, camping near these two will provide a bathroom within a minute or two walk. 

The spots here are really fun because they are right on the creek! My family loves walking through them and exploring them (most of the creek is shin deep, sometimes there are little swimming holes that could come up to your waist). Be warned, the water is freezing! The sites also all have very fine dust so embrace the dirty camping spirit! 

There is a spot that has a steep decline right off the road into a camping spot, but if you cross the creek right there with your truck and high clearance towable, there are more cool spots right on the other side of the creek!

One FS potty. That's it. No designated sites. Just a dirt road meandering between a creek and the highway. No potable water. Only one place with reasonable creek access. A very weird plywood covered "bridge" across the creek. Probably unsafe to walk across.