Sam Owen has always been one of our family's favorite spots to camp over the years. It's located in a very beautiful spot on Lake Pend Orielle. The lake is always clear, clean and refreshing. We've camped here many times over Memorial weekend, and also later in the summer. The lake is comfortable later in the summer of course but we've swim a few times in spring as well.

The campground lost a ton of trees a couple of years ago due to high winds, so it's quite exposed now. It sadly doesn't have the same privacy it had before, but it's still a great place.

Sometimes we'll take a walk over to the Beyond Hope resort area and get a drink at the restaurant there and soak up in the sun and the view from the deck. There's a great pizza place in Hope only a few minutes away, which is a fun addition to a camping trip with the family.