About Bartoo Island Boat-In Campground
Surrounded by clear waters of Priest Lake, the 25 sites on Bartoo Island provide the ideal getaway for people looking for a rugged, but highly rewarding, camping experience on the peaceful shores of Priest Lake. There are 24 single sites on the island as well as one group site known as Sunrise Group Site. This group site has been renumbered from site 001 to site 23 for groups of 10-30 individuals. All sites are only reachable by boat. Visitors enjoy all types of boating from kayaking to canoeing to power boating up the 3.5-mile thoroughfare, which leads to the Upper Priest Lake Scenic Area. The upper lake cannot be access by car, so water is an excellent navigation option. Fantastic birding and wildlife viewing is available, as well as Huckleberry picking from mid-july to early fall, when the sweet berries can be found in abundance throughout the forests of Northern Idaho. Swimming is a…
- Season: Late May – Late October
- Managed by: Idaho Panhandle National Forests, FS
- Where: 5 mi north of Coolin, ID · 48.55111, -116.86556
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jun–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–Apr.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalispell Island A Spur | Hiking | 1.7 mi | 0.4 mi |
| Kalispell Island | Hiking | 1.7 mi | 8.3 mi |
| Beach | Hiking | 1.8 mi | 23.7 mi |
| Bulldog Point | Horse | 2.0 mi | 1.4 mi |
| Neopit Point | ATV road | 2.1 mi | 0.1 mi |
| Neopit A | ATV road | 2.3 mi | 1.8 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
Verizon 4G · AT&T 5G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way shows rich detail, horizon to horizon.
Class 2 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 4.9 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.