Facility Details - NORTH FORK CAMPGROUND - St. CHARLES CANYON, ID

Overview

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. The group site is made up of five smaller sites.

Picnic tables and campfire rings are provided, as are vault toilets. Roads and parking spurs are gravel.

Nearby Attractions:

Minnetonka Cave is a short distance from the campground. Scenic Canyons offers guided, 90-minute tours through the nine-room cave with formations called the Bride and Groom, Three Sisters and Devil's Kingdom. The cave temperature is 40 degrees and the path through it includes 444 steps. Tickets must be purchased at the cave entrance.

Bear Lake's North Beach is 12 miles from the campground, offering swimming and fishing opportunities on one of the Inter-mountain West's largest natural lakes.

Bear Lake State Park Marina is 20 miles from the campground, with a seven-lane boat ramp, boat rentals, slips, a snack bar and general store.

Activities and Amenities

Within Facility
Accessible Vault Toilets Campfire Circles Group Camping Mountain Biking	Parking Area Picnic Area Trails Water
Less Than 1 Mile
Cave Tours Fishing	Hunting
Greater Than 1 Mile
Hiking
Within 10 Miles
Boating

Know Before You Go

Visitors please read the wildlife caution
Single sites 5-9 can be used on a walk-in basis if group area is not reserved
Pack out trash upon departure
Limited parking can accommodate small pop-up trailers only; no large trailers
Off-road vehicles not permitted in the canyon
There is no cell phone service

Getting There:

GPS Info. (Latitude, Longitude):
42.09611, -111.53306
42°5'46"N, 111°31'59"W

From Garden City, Utah, take Highway 89 north to St. Charles, Idaho. Drive west from St. Charles along Forest Road 412 for 8.1 miles, then turn right and follow the dirt road a short distance to the campground.