Iron Creek Campground

Great overnight stop. No Verizon service. Vault toilet. Quiet campsite. Walk to the trailhead. Multiple hike options. Be bear aware. There was snow this visit. We camped on the creek and could see/hear the water. Cell coverage at the entrance to the camp (start of the long bumpy road in). Nobody drove past the campsite that we noticed.

Iron creek is a basic no frills forest service campground run by an outside concessionaire. There are only 8 sites and they fill up fast because they are right by a very popular trailhead. There is one water pump and one vault toilet in the campground and another vault toilet at the trailhead. The Iron Creek runs behind about 5 of the 8 sites and sounds great. You are far away from the main road so no toad noise but sometimes the hikers will accidentally drive thru the campground loop instead of turning left to get out of the trailhead. The big reason to camp here is access to the hiking trails, especially trail#460 that will take you up the mountains to Sawtooth Lake. AMAZING hike.

This was the first night of a 7 night camping trip for my friend and I and this was by far our favorite spot of the 3 campsites we stayed at between Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Quiet, spaces were spread out, and quick access to the Iron Creek trailhead for the sawtooth lake hike and goat lake. The road to get back to the campsite is pretty rough, but if you have a higher clearance vehicle it would be okay (we still made it with a Honda Civic).