About Lower O'Brien Campground
Lower O'Brien Campground is composed of 10 campsites including 1 double-site on the Salmon River located in a lodgepole pine forest. All sites are first-come, first-serve. The Warm Springs Creek Trail is nearby. Visitors can fish for steelhead and trout or soak in the fabulous Sunbeam Hot Springs which maintains a temperature of 169 degrees fahrenheit. You can adjust the temperature by moving rocks to allow river water to flow in. A boat ramp at Yankee Fork is available for floating the river, which has 14 miles of Class III and IV rapids. An interesting trip is to explore the mining history of the area by touring the Land of the Yankee Fork north of the Sunbeam Dam and resort on Forest Road 013. Sunbeam Dam was the only dam ever built on the Salmon River, which remains one of the last free-flowing rivers in the west. The dam was intended to provide power to mining operations located on…
- Fees: [Sawtooth NRA Camping Fees and Information](http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1097846.pdf)
- Season: June – September
- Managed by: USFS - Sawtooth National Forest
- Where: 12 mi east of Stanley, ID · 44.25735, -114.69454
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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: Oct–May.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Obrien Cg | ATV road | at camp | 0.2 mi |
| Robinson Bar | ATV road | at camp | 7.1 mi |
| Lower Muley Creek | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 0.3 mi | 0.3 mi |
| Lower Muley Creek | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 0.5 mi | 4.4 mi |
| Warm Springs Creek | Horse | 1.0 mi | 20.8 mi |
| Peach Muley Cutoff | Horse, Dirt bike | 3.0 mi | 3.5 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.Stargazing nearby: Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve (Dark Sky Reserve), 17 mi.
Dump station: 15.4 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Marshall Creek Campground 0.4 mi
- Stovepipe Springs 0.7 mi
- Campsite · 11 mi E of Stanley 1.2 mi
- Dutchman Flat Dispersed Campground 1.4 mi
- Elk Creek Campground - Hwy 21 1.5 mi
- Blind Creek Campground 2.5 mi