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Willow Flat is a popular campground, located on the banks of the Cub River, in southeastern Idaho. It sits in a pretty valley, surrounded by scenic mountain views, at an elevation of 6,300 feet. Visitors enjoy fishing the river and exploring numerous forested trails.
The Cub River provides great fishing for wild cutthroat and hatchery rainbow trout.
Numerous trails begin within the campground, including a 1/2-mile nature trail to Sam Parkinson Spring.
The multi-use Cub River Trail also begins at the campground, offering great hiking, mountain and dirt biking, as well as off-road vehicle and horseback riding. The trail accesses the Highline Trail, the North Fork of St. Charles Creek and the Cub River Guard Station.
This large campground contains six group campsites than can accommodate 24 to 100 people. Numerous single-family campsites are available at the campground as well.
Some single and group sites have picnic shelters. A few single sites must be accessed via footbridges over the river from the parking spur.
Amenities available at the campground include vault toilets and drinking water. An amphitheater with bleacher seating and a cement platform is located at group site G03. Roads and parking spurs within the campground are gravel.
A mixed forest of pines, spruce and hardwoods provides partial shade and beautiful scenery. The banks of the Cub River are lined with dense stands of willow, a favorite food of local moose. Deer and elk are often seen in the area as well.
From Preston, Idaho, head south on U.S. Highway 91 for approximately 3 miles. Turn east on the Cub River Road (Forest Road 406) and travel 3 miles past the Cache National Forest boundary to the intersection of Forest Road 406 and Forest Road 407. Bear right at the intersection, staying on Forest Road 406, and travel over a mile to the campground.
Get there early in the week its packed by friday. Camp hosts are great keep the unruly in check. Hear the creek all night, its soothing.
Really nice campground, good sites that are relatively private. Bathrooms are well kept and don't smell bad. There are some good hikes to go one that are really pretty and stunning! Fees are average for a developed campground. I would highly recommend this to anyone!
It was an amazing campsite. The bathrooms were super clean and smelled great! Would recommend a stay. Beautiful sites and a field of flowers. The river that creek that runs by the camp site is peaceful.
We LOVE Willow Flat! This was our second time, and we will be coming back at least yearly. Bathrooms are clean and smell clean! Campsites are roomy and gorgeous. Camp management is friendly. We hiked the trail to the springs, this is a must! Make sure you go past the sign for the trail to the lake (about 40 yards) and go all the way to the springs.
SORRY, LONG REVIEW AHEAD
My husband and I love Willow Flat, and we look forward to coming up for our yearly camping trips. However, very rude camp host (there are a few but we only had an encounter with one). The first thing that happened was at 6:45 in the morning, he decided to blow an air horn to scare the cows away that were near the campground. You know, the cows that were peacefully and quietly grazing and have as much right to be there as we do. We had a lot of unhappy campers that morning Mind you, this is someone who is supposed to reinforce noise ordinances. The second incident was when a bunch of people in our group went to go on our four wheeler ride. We had just gotten outside the campground and were waiting for the rest of our group when said camp host pulls up on his golf cart and told one of our people that he was driving too fast. Which I understand, it can be dangerous to speed through there as there are a lot of people, especially kids, who can appear from any corner. But the way he approached our group member was extremely hostile and aggressive and just otherwise very unnecessary. Like I said, I understand but you there was no reason for him to be as rude as he was. But then, he rode back to camp and complained about him to our group! Like they could do anything about it. It’s like he just needed something to be mad about. Enough for the negative though. It’s a nice, well maintained campground with flushing toilets and working sinks. And the views are just gorgeous. Listening to the river all night is so relaxing. Lots of fun trails to ride or hike on. In my personal opinion, this campground is worth coming to, despite the mean camp host. Just be aware that that might be something that you have to deal with.
