About Pole Flat Campground
This campground is away from the main road and up the hill overlooking the river and the dredge ponds. Campsites include picnic tables tent pads fire rings with cooking grills. Campground amenities include a vault toilet and drinking water. Sites accommodate trailers and motorhomes up to 32 feet long.
- Fees: $10/Night for single unit
- Season: 5/25
- Managed by: Salmon-Challis National Forest, FS
- Where: 12 mi northeast of Stanley, ID · 44.30379, -114.71946
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–May.
Fly over it in 3D, check today's weather and fire news, plan the drive and print a trip plan.
Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polecamp C G | ATV road | at camp | 0.2 mi |
| Yankee Fk | ATV road | at camp | 5.7 mi |
| Silver Creek | Horse, Dirt bike | 1.0 mi | 2.9 mi |
| Ramey-Fivemile | Horse, Dirt bike | 1.0 mi | 7.8 mi |
| Hay-Knapp Creek | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 1.2 mi | 29.8 mi |
| Lower Muley Creek | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 2.1 mi | 4.4 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), 19 mi.
Dump station: 14.7 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Flat Rock Campground 0.9 mi
- Blind Creek Campground 1.7 mi
- Jerry's Creek Camping Area 1.8 mi
- Dutchman Flat Dispersed Campground 2.6 mi
- Elk Creek Campground - Hwy 21 2.6 mi
- Campsite · 11 mi E of Stanley 2.7 mi