About North Fork Campground - St Charles Canyon, ID
North Fork Campground is located in scenic St. Charles Canyon in southern Idaho, near Bear Lake. Visitors enjoy hiking, biking, horseback riding and motorcycling on local trails, and fishing in St. Charles Creek. **Natural Features:**A dense, mixed growth conifer forest covers the campground. St. Charles Creek flows gently through the site. **Recreation:**North Fork Trail, which has a trailhead within the campground, is open to motorcycles, horses, hikers and mountain bikers and connects with the Highline Trail, a 55-mile path along the backbone of the surrounding Wasatch Mountains. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game manages the river fisheries, providing excellent fishing most of the year, including in St. Charles Creek. In-season big game hunting is also a popular activity. **Facilities:**The campground offers an accessible group site that can accommodate a maximum of 50 guests.…
- Fees: For current fees, please go to [Recreation.gov](https://www.recreation.gov/) Open after season, First Come/First Served; No fee, No…
- Season: May
- Managed by: USFS - Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- Where: 7 mi west of St. Charles, ID · 42.09612, -111.53307
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–Aug (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–Apr.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fork St Charles | ATV road | at camp | 0.3 mi |
| St Charles | ATV road | at camp | 7.0 mi |
| North Fork St. Charles | Horse, Dirt bike | 0.1 mi | 4.4 mi |
| Middle Fk. St. Charles | Horse | 0.5 mi | 2.1 mi |
| Porcupine | Horse | 0.7 mi | 1.4 mi |
| Minnetonka | Horse | 0.8 mi | 0.5 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 shows rich detail, horizon to horizon.
Class 2 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 7.6 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Cloverleaf Campground 0.1 mi
- Porcupine Campground 0.7 mi
- Davis Canyon Campground 2 mi
- Egan Basin Guard Station 3.5 mi
- St. Charles Campground 4.4 mi
- Campsite · 8 mi NW of Garden City 5.2 mi