Free Camping Collection
Established Camping
Silver City Campground
About
Bureau of Land Management
This small campground is located in a partially restored 19th-century mining town. Please plan to bring your own water. Don't use the water running through the campground from Jordan Creek because it may contain mercury from prior mining activity in the area.
Reservation Info
This site is seasonally closed from the first snowfall until Memorial Weekend. Please contact Owyhee County at 208-495-1154 for more information.
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
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Site Types
- Tent Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Tent Cabin
- Equestrian
Features
For Campers
- Picnic Table
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
Nostalgic
I would go back if I'm ever here again. The drive back there takes a little while and the roads are narrow. Cows all over the town. The historical buildings date back to the 1890's and earlier. I talked to a local and he said the town is on a historical register. Feels like I took a time machine…
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Camp in an old mining town
Free campsites right on the edge of town next to creek. The ride up is worth it!
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Central Idaho's Hidden Gem.
Thoroughly enjoyed camping in this area. Amazingly enough, we didn't run into a whole lot of other people while camping, only in the actual town. Getting there is interesting down a winding dirt road, but worth the trip to find all the trees in the middle of a desert. The landscape is this…
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Location
Silver City Campground is located in Idaho
Directions
70 miles southwest of Boise in the Owyhee Mountains; From Highway 78 near Murphy, turn south at the Silver City sign. From Jordan Valley on Highway 95 near Sheaville, turn off to Silver City.
Coordinates
43.00888862 N
116.72472297 W