Thompson Flat Campground

Camped near the end of October and all the other campsites were closed and locked. This one was open and I was the only one there. Beautiful campsites with tons of trees. Seemed like they all had stoves and picnic tables. There was service there too for Verizon.

We loved our stay at Thompson Flat! We had a fantastic time and our dogs loved it too. We were one of 3 campsites in use during out stay in the last half of September. We never saw a camphost anywhere, but the forest service were thinning trees during out stay.  There were clear markings on the trees from antler rubbing by deer and elk.  You are in direct line with a tower on another mountain peek to the East and we got excellent signal for both cell and tv. Lake Cleveland is approximately 2 miles away and has great fishing opportunities. Mt. Harrison Peak is 3.1 miles away and gives beautiful views into the South and West of Idaho.  There is a fire watch tower there along with an interpretive area to learn about the plants in the area.  There is also a monument dedicated to nine military men that died in a military plane, B-24, that crashed nearby in  February 1945. There are restrooms at the campground, lake and Mt. Harrison. The roads are paved until you turn off to the campground and lake just off the highway.

We reserved a site at Thompson Flat well in advance last summer. The drive up and into the campground was absolutely exquisite-beautiful meadows with flowers, and tree-covered mountains. You can imagine our surprise when we pulled into the campground and found that the ENTIRE place was completely overrun by large crowds of people. The campsites were all full with multiple vehicles that were spilling out into the road, loud music was playing, and it was almost like a party had rented the entire campground. There were no campground hosts present, and we realized that there was no way that we were going to be able to get a decent night's sleep if we stayed(we were tent-camping). We actually pulled out and left--something that we have never had to do before. I don't know what was actually going on here, and perhaps it was a fluke, but this was so disappointing for a national forest campground. Definitely not the remote, quiet, family camping experience that we enjoy.