Idaho Panhandle National Forests · Idaho

Luby Bay — how to get a site when it's sold out

Overview Luby Bay Campground is located near both Lamb Creek and Priest Lake. The campground is densely wooded with nicely secluded sites, and is within easy access to many great views of the Selkirk Mountains. Recreation Visitors enjoy kayaking, canoeing and power boating up the 3.

🏕️ 56 sites 🚐 Standard

Booking Luby Bay

Sites at Luby Bay are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.

Site facts

Total sites56
Site typesStandard
LocationPriest River, ID
Book throughRecreation.gov
Official listingRecreation.gov

The cancellation play at Luby Bay

Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.

itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Luby Bay around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.

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Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Luby Bay; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.