About Porcupine Campground
Porcupine Campground is located in pretty St. Charles Canyon, adjacent to St. Charles Creek approximately seven miles from Highway 89 and is close to Bear Lake State Park and North Beach. Pines and aspens forest the area, providing partial shade, and summer wildflowers dot the area. St. Charles Creek has good cutthroat trout fishing, and beautiful Bear Lake is nearby, with boating, waterskiing, fishing, swimming, and sightseeing.
- Fees: For current fees, please go to [Recreation.gov](https://www.recreation.gov/)
- Season: May
- Managed by: USFS - Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- Where: 7 mi west of St. Charles, ID · 42.09501, -111.51945
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porcupine Campground | ATV road | at camp | 0.2 mi |
| Porcupine Campground Loop A | ATV road | at camp | 0.2 mi |
| Porcupine | Horse | 0.1 mi | 1.4 mi |
| Minnetonka | Horse | 0.2 mi | 0.5 mi |
| North Fork St. Charles | Horse, Dirt bike | 0.7 mi | 4.4 mi |
| Middle Fk. St. Charles | Horse | 0.9 mi | 2.1 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: 6.9 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Cloverleaf Campground 0.6 mi
- North Fork Campground - St Charles Canyon, ID 0.7 mi
- Davis Canyon Campground 1.4 mi
- St. Charles Campground 3.8 mi
- Egan Basin Guard Station 3.8 mi
- Campsite · 8 mi NW of Garden City 5.1 mi