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Mokins Bay Campground is located near the eastern shore of Hayden Lake in northwest Idaho. Its picturesque setting in the northwest portion of the Bitterroot Mountain range, known as the Coeur d'Alene mountains, creates solitude in a forested setting at this campground. The lake is a 10 minute walk from the campground.
Fishing is popular in the surrounding lakes and streams, and cutthroat trout and large and small-mouth bass are the most common catches. Power boating and other water sports are also popular activities.
Drinking water, grills, paved parking spurs and vault toilets are among the amenities at Mokins. A horseshoe pit is also onsite. Access to campground is on a gravel road.
The small campground is surrounded by a heavy canopy of pines. Wildflowers like trillium and buttercups thrive in the springtime, creating a stunning backdrop for campers.
Hayden Lake boasts a 40-mile shoreline with a surface area of 3,800 acres. The lake was formed by the Missoula Floods that occurred nearly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age.
The town of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho is 21 miles away, and offers several tourist attractions, as well as restaurants, gas and groceries.
From Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, take Route 95 north for 6.1 miles to Lancaster Road. Turn right and continue 6.3 miles to a 'Y' intersection. Bear right and continue to Mokins Road, turn left go 0.1 mile to campground entrance.
Love this camping spot go here every summer with the family and is so peaceful and clean
It was quiet and clean. The park host cleaned up often and was a nice guy. Not a lot to do in camp other than relax but the lake is a short drive away. The road to get up there has a lot of tight switch backs which might make driving a motor home or pulling a camper of any size difficult.
THE GOOD: Few sites, and away from any traffic, so very quiet at night. Camp host was friendly.
THE BAD: Few flat spots for tents. Foliage not trimmed back in any area, incl. site driveways. Access to Hayden Lake is pretty sketch unless you drive 30 minutes. Switchbacks to the campground are a challenge, but just go slow: I made it in a RAM 1500 Crew Cab with a 24' RV trailer. Privacy between sites was so-so. Overall very unkempt, and run-down facilities and amenities. Unrepaired wind damage to sites, fallen trees, etc.
THE UGLY: Pit toilets unlit, gross, and not cleaned for at least 6 days according to list inside door. Most trash-laden campsite I have ever seen in my 40 years of camping; food, glass, paper waste. RV flat parking site was a challenge to get into. Another camper took 90 minutes to get into his with a 30' trailer.
FINAL: We will not return to this site. Just too poorly maintained and not worth the drive.
I travel the US going from one campground to another for two weeks each. This is the best campground I have been in the last five years. Everything was perfect. Campground was clean and pit toilets were spotless and cleaned regularly. If I am ever within 500 miles of this campground again, I will stop by.
The camp host is the best I have ever seen. please tell Bill the host, I said hello
