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Point Campground is located next to beautiful Redfish Lake at the foot of the Sawtooth Mountain Range at an elevation of 6,500 feet.
Point Campground is in the heart of the beautiful Sawtooth National Recreation Area, where outdoor activities abound. Redfish Lake offers excellent boating, water skiing, canoeing, kayaking and fishing for rainbow trout and Kokanee salmon. Little Redfish Lake is just down the road, offering additional fishing and canoeing.
A designated swimming beach and dock are located at the adjacent public day-use area. Sandy Beach Boat Ramp is across the lake, about a mile away.
This small campground offers eight walk-to tent sites and eight sites for tents, trucks with campers and vans only; no motor homes or trailers allowed. Most sites have lake views.
Flush toilets and drinking water are provided. Roads and parking spurs are paved. A dump station is nearby.
Summer wildflowers are plentiful, lodgepole pines provide partial shade and Fishhook Creek is nearby. Temperatures are cool, with an average summer high of 78 degrees and a low of 40 degrees.
The Sawtooth National Recreation Area offers a myriad of excellent hiking and biking opportunities, and an estimated 750 miles of trails crisscross the valley and surrounding mountains.
In the immediate area are trailheads for the Alpine Way, Fishhook Creek, Redfish Lake Creek and Bench Lakes Trails. The Idaho Centennial Trail passes nearby.
Redfish Lake Lodge is nearby with a restaurant, general store, boat and kayak rentals, mooring services, lake tours and a lake shuttle.
Popular area events include an Arts and Crafts Fair in July, and Wagon Days, Salmon Festival, Quilt Fair and Fireman's Ball in September.
Take State Highway 75 south from Stanley, Idaho, for 6 miles. Go west on Forest Road 214 for approximately 1.7 miles. Turn right onto Forest Route 213, drive a short distance and turn at Point Campground entrance.
Nice Sandy Beach, clear water, shallow near the shore. Good place for young children to swim. Dock that allows you to meet up with your ski boat (no boat ramps.) Not a lot of shade so you should bring your own. Parking is $8 and since it is not a Idaho State Park, your sticker doesn't get you in. This place can be very crowded, especially on weekends.
Great (tent only) campground with water access/beaches on all sides. Beautiful views. Some car camping spots, some walk-in spots (they provide wheeled carts to help with getting stuff to your site.) Water spigots throughout campground. Flush toilets provided. Fire pits, picnic tables, stove stands, and nice tent pads at each site (some big enough for two tents, some not.) No soap or showers. Wood delivered to your site for $7 per big bundle if desired. Two parking spots exist for each site (one free, one $10 a day.) Good easy fishing for kids. Several hiking trailheads about .5 miles from campground.
Site #11, the tent pads are too small and even though there is two vehicle spots for this site it's an extra $12 per vehicle per night. Amazing site, but the fees are killer.
Absolutely gorgeous campground. Crystal clear water. We just stopped by on our drive back from Stanley to Ketchum to put our toes in the sand and it was lovely. We plan on coming back to camp one day.
Great beach, clean flushable toilets, & nice sites (tents only). Firewood available for purchase on site. The camp host (Rich & wife Connie) were awesome to deal with and make you feel welcome!
