Chamberlain Basin Camping Area

in Payette National Forest

The numbers that decide it

Recreation.gov publishes no site-level detail for this campground, so we cannot say what length of rig it takes. Call the managing office before committing to it in a large vehicle.

Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero.

Chamberlain Basin Camping Area

This very rustic dispersed campground is located adjacent to the Chamberlain Basin aristrip and is used primarily by pilots and their families flying in for the night. During hunting season it is also used as a staging area for outfitters and guides. Campground has outhouses and fire rings but no tables.

Before you go

Fees

no fee

Make it a night on a better road

Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.