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About this site
Overview Grayback Campground is located 36 miles northeast of Boise, Idaho, just off scenic Highway 21. Historic Idaho City is just two miles north of the campground. Visitors enjoy fishing in Mores Creek and exploring the Grayback Gulch Trail.
Recreation Mores Creek can be accessed just below the campground. Anglers fish for whitefish and rainbow trout. Grayback Loop Trail begins within the site, offering a 1-mile footpath for hikers.
Numerous trail opportunities are in the area just north of Idaho City, where hiking, biking, horseback riding and off-road vehicles can be enjoyed. During the winter, the area becomes a playground for back country skiers and snowmobiles. Facilities The group campground contains two group sites with picnic and serving tables, grills, campfire circles and paved site pads.
Site A can accommodate up to 150 people and 20 vehicles, and site B can accommodate up to 100 people and 15 vehicles. Both sites can be reserved at the same time, for even larger groups. The group sites share one accessible bathroom facility that has a men's and women's side, each with four stalls.
There is also an accessible hand pump for drinking water and a dumpster that is shared between the two sites. The campground hosts 15 single sites and 3 double sites, each equipped with a paved parking spot, picnic table, lantern hook, and campfire ring. Three vault toilets, a two accessible hand pumps for drinking water, and dumpster are provided in the campground.
gov and are first-come-first-serve. Natural Features The campground is situated on a hillside about a quarter-mile above Highway 21, at an elevation of 4,200 feet. A Ponderosa Pine forest covers the site, offering partial shade.
Wildlife and summer wildflowers are abundant in the area. Mores Creek flows nearby, down the hillside from the campground Contact Info This location is unstaffed.
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Campground data provided by Recreation.gov ยท Updated Apr 2026
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