Free Camping Collection
Established Camping
Waddington Creek Primitive Campsite
About
State Park
This 2.5-acre access offers primitive camping below US Highway 93. There is a beach area at low water along the Salmon River. A small boat could be launched here with difficulty. The road is unimproved and steep. Camp trailers and RVs are not recommended.
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonGood
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
Features
For Campers
- Phone Service
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
Great! Left slippers
I left my slippers :( So if you see them please let me know.
It’s a huge site and we were able to take my honda civic down. Super nice being next to a river, road wasn’t a problem with loud traffic. Good hammock trees
A gem in salmon country
It’s fall and the colors are outstanding. Yellows and oranges surround the banks, the river. I have the whole campground to myself—all two sites. But, of course, I only occupy one. The road down is steep and narrow—perfect for a small 4x vehicle. It’s also very short. I’m pretty close to the road but I don’t mind. I stopped up the highway at Camp Creek, which was doable but something told me to keep moving. After a few minutes I spotted this site and instantly knew I made a good call. It’s beautiful. And luckily calm and warm for this time of year. And there’s 9 bars of service to boot!
Primitive between the road and the river
Only one real site with a metal fire pit and an additional site with a rock fire pit, this site sits below the toad next to the Salmon River. Because you are so far below the road and right next to a beautiful stretch of river, you don’t really hear the road. You do hear the neighbors target shooting(kinda crazy during an extreme drought). No services here, not even a pit toilet. However, go a couple hundred yards north and cross the river on the one lane bridge to come back down river to check out Duggout Dick’s hermit house and orchard. I don’t k is if the orchard bears fruit, but you can see the interpretive signs about Duggout Duck and his interesting life and you can peer in some Windows of one of his hand build houses.
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Location
Waddington Creek Primitive Campsite is located in Idaho
Coordinates
44.932138 N
113.961809 W