Glacier View Campground
GLACIER VIEW CAMPGROUND
Part of Sawtooth National Forest
Overview
Glacier View Campground is located next to beautiful Redfish Lake, beneath the Sawtooth Mountain Range, at an elevation of 6,500 feet.Facilities
The campground offers several family sites, many with views of the lake and rugged Mount Heyburn. Flush toilets and drinking water are provided. Roads and parking spurs throughout the site are paved.Younger visitors love the campground's two playgrounds. Sandy Beach Boat Ramp is less than a mile away and an RV dump station is just over a mile away.
Natural Features
Summer wildflowers are plentiful, lodgepole pines provide partial shade and Fishhook Creek is nearby. Temperatures are cool, with an average summer high of 78 degrees and a low of 40 degrees.Recreation
Glacier View is in the heart of the beautiful Sawtooth National Recreation Area, where outdoor activities abound.Redfish Lake offers excellent boating, water skiing, canoeing, kayaking and fishing for rainbow trout and Kokanee salmon. Little Redfish Lake is just down the road, offering additional fishing and canoeing.
The Redfish Lake Visitor Center is within 1/4-mile, offering interpretive activities, evening programs and wildlife, geology and historical exhibits.
Nearby Attractions
The Sawtooth National Recreation Area offers a myriad of excellent hiking and biking opportunities; an estimated 750 miles of trails crisscross the valley and surrounding mountains.Alpine Way, Fishhook Creek, Redfish Lake Creek and Bench Lakes Trails all offer trailheads in the immediate area. The Idaho Centennial Trail passes nearby.
The Salmon River offers excellent fishing for rainbow trout, Westslope cutthroat trout and occasional hybrid cutbows and bull trout.
Popular area events include an Arts and Crafts Fair in July, and Wagon Days, Salmon Festival, Quilt Fair, and Fireman's Ball in September.
Important Notices
Stay limit of 10 days is strictly enforced
Standard Single Family sites: Recreation Use Fee allows ONE camping unit ONLY.
Extra Vehicles: Your camp fee includes the first vehicle only in a single site and the first 2 vehicles in a double site. All other vehicles will be charged 50% of the posted camp fee at the time of check-in and cannot be paid for in advance. Coordinate with the host for payment and where to park.
Late Arrivals: campers are not considered a "no-show" until 24 hours after arrival date check in time. Our policy is that your site will not be released before that.
- Don't Move Firewood: Help prevent the spread of tree-killing pests in our national forests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
- Click here for more info about the Sawtooth National Forest
• Traffic delays of up to 10 minutes while traveling into the campground
• Work hours of 8am to 8pm Monday – Thursday, and 8am to 5pm on Friday (Noise Issues)
• Construction commotion during working hours
Opening and closing dates are weather permitting, please call 928-537-8888 for more information.
Notifications and Alerts
- There are no further closures for irrigation days. You can reserve all 10 days of the camping limit without a break.
Available Activities
- SWIMMING SITE - Swimming
- WILDLIFE VIEWING - Wildlife Viewing
- HORSEBACK RIDING - Horseback Riding
- HIKING - Hiking
- FISHING - Fishing
- CAMPING - Camping
- BOATING - Boating
- BIKING - Mountain Biking
Directions
From Stanley, Idaho, take State Highway 75 south approximately 4 miles. Go west onto Forest Road 214. Turn left at Glacier View Campground entrance sign.
Contact Information
Phone: 928-537-8888
SAWTOOTHSTANLEY, ID
Rental Options
Available Campsites
- Site 031, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 060, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 039, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 005, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 015, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 056, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 007, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 023, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 046, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 034, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 048, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 041, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 019, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 049, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 061, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 064, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 020, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 037, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 038, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 044, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 035, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 055, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 057, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 004, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 053, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 051, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 036, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 021, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 028, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 008, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 062, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 003, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 026, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 045, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 022, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 014, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 042, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 040, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 059, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 030, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 052, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 047, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 032, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 009, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 025, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 010, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 043, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 058, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 016, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 001, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 054, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 012, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 017, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 024, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 033, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 063, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 050, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 011, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 027, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 006, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 029, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 018, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 065, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 013, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
