About Devils Elbow
Devil's Elbow Campground is perched on the banks of the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River, providing a perfect escape for a warm summer weekend. Here, visitors can camp in tents or RVs and spend their days fishing or floating the river. Rafting, swimming and kayaking are favorite activities on the river. Rafters will find class I-III rapids further down the river. Catch-and-release cutthroat trout fishing is also popular. Visitors also enjoy explore the river valley on foot to see nearby Downey Creek or Valitons Creek. Devil's Elbow Campground has 20 campsites including one host site and a group site. The group site can accommodate up to 50 people. Amenities include hand-pump drinking water and vault toilets. Campground roads are paved and parking spurs are short but wide enough for parking two vehicles alongside a trailer. The campground sits among lodgepole and other mixed pines along…
- Season: Memorial Day – Labor Day
- Managed by: Idaho Panhandle National Forests, FS
- Where: 17 mi north of Kellogg, ID · 47.76639, -116.01667
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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: Nov–Apr.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venus Creek | ATV road | 0.1 mi | 14.4 mi |
| Devil's Elbow Campground | ATV road | 0.8 mi | 0.3 mi |
| East Little Guard OHV | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 1.2 mi | 7.3 mi |
| Haystack Loop OHV | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 2.9 mi | 3.1 mi |
| Shoshone Ridge | Hiking | 3.0 mi | 14.2 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.
Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 16.4 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Berlin Flats 0 mi
- Kit Price 1.8 mi
- Little Guard Lookout 2.5 mi
- Berlin Flats Group Campground 3.7 mi
- Lost Creek Dispersed Campground 5.4 mi
- Big Hank 5.5 mi