Salmon Creek Campground
The numbers that decide it
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Sites
- 32
- Electric hookups
- Not published
- Pull-through sites
- No
- Paved access
- No
- Accessible sites
- Not published
- Driveway grade
- Slight
- Bear boxes
- Not published
- Campfires
- Yes
- Shade
- Yes
- Group sites
- Not published
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. See it on Recreation.gov
Salmon Creek Campground
Salmon Creek is located two miles north of Bassetts on the Gold Lake Highway near Salmon Creek, there are 31 campsites- 7 of them have space for trailers. It has vault toilets and piped water. Salmon Creek Campground is surrounded by lodgepole pine and cedar trees. This area offers an abundance of beautiful high mountain lakes with a variety of accessibility along with scenic rugged geological features of granitic ridges and glacially serrated rock outcroppings.
Before you go
Season
May 21 – October 29
Reservations
Reservations accepted
Fees
$24 per site $5 for extra vehicle
Restrictions
Camping outside designated campground is prohibited in this area
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.