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.

Recreation Sites

  • Standard Nonelectric
  • Management
  • Overnight

Activities

  • Swimming Site
  • Wildlife Viewing
  • Horseback Riding
  • Hiking
  • Fishing
  • Camping
  • Boating
  • Biking

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.

Getting Here

Latitude
44° 8' 51.0000" N
Longitude
114° 54' 42.9998" W
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.

Need to Know

  • 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.

  • Opening and closing dates are weather permitting, please call 928-537-8888 for more information.

  • 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.

  • North Shore Picnic area (next door) will be under construction in 2024. There may be road delays, noise and dust during construction.

  • Please read the Idaho Off-Road Vehicle Safety Message if you're bringing a side by side or quad.
  • Click here for more info about the Sawtooth National Forest

  • From May through June 2024 the reconstruction and improvement project of the North Shore Day Use may affect your visit, please plan your trip accordingly.

    • 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

    • Contact Information

    SAWTOOTH
    STANLEY, ID

    For campground inquiries, please call: 928-537-8888

    camping@rrmofa.com

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