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Camping at French Creek near Cascade

Public campground · Cascade · 20 campsites

A forested campground near trout fishing, hiking, and mountain biking. Most campsites have no hookups, and RV fit varies by site.

About this campground

French Creek Campground sits at about 4,850 feet on the western shore of Lake Cascade, a short drive from the small town of Donnelly and roughly 85 miles north of Boise along Highway 55. The site is divided by West Mountain Road into two distinct neighborhoods: a cluster of lakeside spurs on the east side with closer access to the shore and clear lake views, and a hillside group on the west side where many sites sit under mixed conifers and offer partial views down to the water (several camps require a short set of stairs from the gravel parking spur to reach the tent pad).

4.0 on Recreation.gov · 44 reviewsBook on Recreation.gov
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At a glance

  • RV sites up to 45 ft

    Length limits vary by campsite.

  • No hookups
  • Pets welcome
  • Public land
OverviewCampsitesAmenities & locationReviewsPlan your stay

0 available sites

0 open of 20 sites
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Availability on Recreation.gov.

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No site is open for every night of your stay

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Amenities & location

Check-in
2:00 PM
Checkout
1:00 PM
Pets
Allowed (per listing)

Hookups (individual campsites): 20 no-hookup individual sites.

Location

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French Creek: questions answered

What is the maximum RV length at French Creek?
Longest RV site listed: 45 ft (20 of 21 RV sites list a length) (per the listing)
Does French Creek have RV hookups?
20 no-hookup individual sites (per the listing)
How do I reserve a site at French Creek?
Reservable on Recreation.gov (per the listing)
Are pets allowed at French Creek?
Allowed (per the listing)
Sources and details

At a glance

Official facts link to their source; “Listing” facts come from the Recreation.gov listing. Anything we can't source says so.

Max rig length
Listing Longest RV site listed: 45 ft (20 of 21 RV sites list a length)
Hookups & power
Listing 20 no-hookup individual sites
Pull-through / back-in
Listing 0 pull-through, 20 back-in
Road & site access
Listing 21 gravel site driveways
Pets
Listing Allowed
Cell signal
Listing Visitor-reported signal on Recreation.gov (higher is better): Verizon 3 (15 reports), T-Mobile 3 (11 reports), AT&T 3 (7 reports)
Shade
Listing 19 of 19 sites that report shade are listed as shaded
Booking
Listing Reservable on Recreation.gov
Price
Listing Lowest listed rate $20/night (live price once you pick dates)
Getting there
Listing Cascade, ID (map in Location below)
Generators · Quiet hours · Starlink / satellite · Water · Stay limits
Not listed — check with campground

Reviews

Themes from recent written reviews on Recreation.gov. Quotes are verbatim.

Quiet, wooded sites · 2 reviews

“Clean, quiet and just what we needed to tent camp, out of our side by side!”

Brandy S · Jul 2025

Selected reviews

Verbatim from guest reviews on Recreation.gov ↗ (44 reviews, ★ 4.0). Not written or edited by us.

“I enjoyed the spot, however the tent pad on my site had a lot of bushes/trees that needed trimmed down. I understand I'm camping, shouldn't be a concern haha but it did cause some falling pinecones that landed on my tent during the night. Other than that it was great! ”

Aemilia H 3 · Oct 2025 · Recreation.gov

“Site 3 was beautiful and well maintained. Perfect spacing between other spots. Exactly what we wanted. The tent pad was big enough for our 6 man tent and the parking spot worked well for our rooftop tent. ”

Jedd O 5 · Aug 2025 · Recreation.gov

“Clean, quiet and just what we needed to tent camp, out of our side by side! ”

Brandy S 5 · Jul 2025 · Recreation.gov
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✓ available · R reserved · X not available · C closed · W first come, first served · N not yet released

Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights1 site open for every night

Lone Pine

3.8 mi from French Creek (straight-line)
Sites $60/night
$120 total for Nov 13–15 · before taxes & fees
Rates & availability from Hipcamp · you book on their site
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Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights34 sites open for every night

Lake Cascade State Park

4.1 mi from French Creek (straight-line)
Sites from $31/night
$62 total for Nov 13–15 · before taxes & fees
Rates & availability from Idaho State Parks · you book on their site
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Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights1 site open for every night

Cascade Creek RV Retreat

7.2 mi from French Creek (straight-line)
Sites from $64/night
$128 total for Nov 13–15 · before taxes & fees
Rates & availability from Hipcamp · you book on their site
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Trip idea

Ideas for your stay

An idea to start from, built from this campground's listing and real tours nearby. Times, openings and prices change, so check each before you go.

  1. Day 1 · Arrive and settle in

    • Check in and set up camp.
    • fish for trout (per the campground listing)
  2. Day 2 · Get out and explore

    • Salmon River Full-Day Whitewater Rafting Adventure McCall area · 8 hr · from $121/person
    • Salmon River Half-Day Afternoon Whitewater Rafting McCall area · 3.5 hr · from $89/person
  3. Optional full-day extension

    Longer tours — plan travel time before and after.

    • Riggins Idaho 1-day Rafting Trip on the Salmon River McCall area · 7.5 hr · from $149/person
Ways to stay

Bring a tent or have an RV waiting

  • Tent camping here: 20 sites take tents. See open sites ↑

Need an RV for your stay?

Rentals that may deliver here and whose listed length fits sites up to 45 ft. Delivery may be available — confirm fees and dates with the owner before you book.

2021 Outdoors Rv Creek Side
2021 Outdoors Rv Creek Side

Travel trailer · 26 ft · sleeps 5 · 23 mi from campground

$235/night listed · Outdoorsy · Delivery may be available

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New 2024 Jayco Redhawk, Sleeps 7!
New 2024 Jayco Redhawk, Sleeps 7!

Class C motorhome · 32 ft · sleeps 7 · 61 mi from campground

$165/night listed · Outdoorsy · Delivery may be available

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2021 Jayco Jay Feather Micro 12SRK
2021 Jayco Jay Feather Micro 12SRK

Travel trailer · 12 ft · sleeps 2 · 62 mi from campground

$79/night listed · RVshare · Delivery may be available

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Things to do

Activities near French Creek

Bookable tours nearby

Paid experiences on Viator. Distances are from this campground when the tour lists its own start point.

Salmon River Full-Day Whitewater Rafting Adventure
Salmon River Full-Day Whitewater Rafting Adventure

McCall area · 8 hr · from $121/person

Salmon River Half-Day Afternoon Whitewater Rafting
Salmon River Half-Day Afternoon Whitewater Rafting

McCall area · 3.5 hr · from $89/person

Riggins Idaho 1-day Rafting Trip on the Salmon River
Riggins Idaho 1-day Rafting Trip on the Salmon River

McCall area · 7.5 hr · from $149/person

See 2 more bookable tours
Riggins Idaho half-day rafting trip on the Salmon River
Riggins Idaho half-day rafting trip on the Salmon River

McCall area · 4 hr · from $99/person

Best time to go

Seasons, rates and how booked it gets

  • Peak season May 16–Sep 15: RV & Tent $20 per night

Share of site-nights open, booked and closed on Recreation.gov for the next months, checked Nov 7. Months further out may not be released for booking yet.

MonthOpenBookedClosed
Nov 20260%0%0%
Dec 20260%0%0%
Plan your stay

How far ahead to book French Creek

For July weekends, book about 176 days ahead. Three in four July Friday and Saturday arrivals were booked later than that, and half were booked 141 days or less before arrival. Past timing is guidance, not a guarantee of what is open now.

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Arrival monthFri/Sat arrivals: half booked at leastA quarter at leastOther days: half booked at leastA quarter at least
May82 days ahead142 days ahead30 days ahead118 days ahead
June117 days ahead157 days ahead46 days ahead138 days ahead
July141 days ahead176 days ahead50 days ahead153 days ahead
August83 days ahead141 days ahead46 days ahead126 days ahead
September42 days ahead72 days ahead31 days ahead70 days ahead

Months with fewer than 30 reservations of that kind are left blank. Sites where nearly every booking was made the day of arrival (pay on arrival) are left out. Closed seasons, windows not yet released for booking, and currently unavailable nights are separate from this history.

Based on Recreation.gov reservations, FY2015–2025 (2,895 reservations in the years scored). Counts reservations made, not nights actually camped: cancellations aren't in the data, and nights a site was closed count as not booked. FY2020–21 (COVID) are left out of the scores.

Compare site types

20 individual reservable campsites from Recreation.gov, checked Nov 7. Rates are the listed nightly rates.

Standard sites (tent or RV)

Tent, van or small RV, no power

20 sites · $20/night

0 open Nov 13–Nov 15

Salmon River Half Day Rafting in Riggins Idaho
Salmon River Half Day Rafting in Riggins Idaho

McCall area · 3 hr · from $99/person