Salmon Field Office (BLM) · Idaho
Overview McFarland Campground offer 9 campsites for both RVs and tent camping along the Lemhi River. The Lemhi Valley lies between the Beaverhead Mountains and the Lemhi Range, where the river creates a riparian zone in an otherwise arid region. Recreation McFarland Campground offers many recreation opportunities including public river access for fishing the Lemhi River, and area roads lead into the Beaverhead and Lemhi Ranges.
Sites at McFarland Campground 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.
| Total sites | 18 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Group |
| Location | Salmon, ID |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
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 McFarland Campground 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.
| Williams Lake Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
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| Morgan Bar Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Shoup Bridge Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tower Rock Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tarpons Roost Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for McFarland Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.