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Warm Lake

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USDA Forest Service
7Supported overnight records
1Published site categories
7Sites with a reported party limit
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A closer look at the campground

Overview Warm Lake Campground is near the eastern shore of beautiful Warm Lake, at an elevation of 5,300 feet. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing, swimming, hiking and viewing local wildlife. Recreation Warm Lake offers great fishing opportunities for cutthroat, rainbow, lake and bull trout. Boating, canoeing and swimming are popular activities. A developed swim beach is available less than a quarter-mile away, at Warm Lake Lodge. Billy Rice Swim Beach is just over a mile from the campground, on the north side of the lake. The area offers a day-use site for picnicking and swimming. A boat ramp is located at nearby Shoreline Campground. The surrounding area offers great hiking, mountain biking, horseback and off-road vehicle riding, and hunting. The WeWuKiye (Wa Wu Kia) Trail No. 252 was recently built and can be accessed at Shoreline Campground. It is popular for hiking and mountain biking. For off-road vehicle enthusiasts, Telephone Ridge Trail No. 112 offers 20 miles of trails for all riding levels, with staging areas within the campground and up the road at Shoreline Campground.Facilities This small campground provides campsites equipped with a picnic table, campfire ring and grill. Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided at the campground, but electricity is not available. Roads and parking spurs within the facility are gravel. The lake is not visible from the campground.Natural Features The campground is situated in a scenic forest of towering, old-growth ponderosa pine, which provides partial shade in the campground. Chipmunk Creek runs alongside the campground. Summer wildflowers are abundant. A variety of wildlife including bears, deer, elk, fox, grouse, eagles, osprey, grosbeaks, whooping cranes and otters, lives around the lake. Nearby Attractions Warm Lake Lodge is located across the road from the campground and has a restaurant and small store with camping and fishing essentials.

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Party limit
7
Vehicle limit
7
Vehicle length
7
Driveway entry
7
Shade
7

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Standard Nonelectric
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Operator directions

From Boise, Idaho, travel 85 miles north on Highway 55 to Cascade. Turn east on Warm Lake Highway and travel 25 miles to Forest Road 579KA. Turn south and travel a short distance to the campground.

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THE ACTUAL SITES

7 published campsite records

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SITE / LOOPTYPEEQUIPMENT LIMITSPEOPLE / VEHICLESDRIVEWAYELECTRIC / SHADE
Site 002
WARM
Source updated: 2025-12-05
Standard Nonelectric
Rv: 30 ft
Tent: 30 ft
Trailer: 30 ft
Numeric screening only
8 people
2 vehicles
Pull-through
50 (raw length)
Not reported
Shade: Yes
Site 003
WARM
Source updated: 2025-12-05
Standard Nonelectric
Rv: 35 ft
Tent: 35 ft
Trailer: 35 ft
Numeric screening only
8 people
2 vehicles
Back-in
36 (raw length)
Not reported
Shade: Yes
Site 004
WARM
Source updated: 2025-12-05
Standard Nonelectric
Rv: 35 ft
Tent: 30 ft
Trailer: 35 ft
Numeric screening only
8 people
2 vehicles
Back-in
40 (raw length)
Not reported
Shade: Yes
Site 006 Double Site
WARM
Source updated: 2025-12-05
Standard Nonelectric
Rv: 60 ft
Tent: 60 ft
Trailer: 60 ft
Numeric screening only
16 people
4 vehicles
Back-in
60 (raw length)
Not reported
Shade: Yes
Site 007
WARM
Source updated: 2025-12-05
Standard Nonelectric
Rv: 40 ft
Tent: 60 ft
Trailer: 40 ft
Numeric screening only
8 people
2 vehicles
Back-in
46 (raw length)
Not reported
Shade: Yes
Site 009
WARM
Source updated: 2025-12-05
Standard Nonelectric
Rv: 60 ft
Tent: 60 ft
Trailer: 60 ft
Numeric screening only
8 people
2 vehicles
Back-in
60 (raw length)
Not reported
Shade: Yes
Site 010
WARM
Source updated: 2025-12-05
Standard Nonelectric
Rv: 60 ft
Tent: 60 ft
Trailer: 60 ft
Numeric screening only
8 people
4 vehicles
Back-in
50 (raw length)
Not reported
Shade: Yes

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