About this campground
The Kelly Creek area offers many opportunities for hiking, backpacking, camping, fly fishing, and a place to enjoy the quiet solitude beside a mountain stream. The area’s trailhead provides access to Little Moose Ridge Trail #760 which rolls from saddle to peak following a ridgeline 9 miles to connector trails, while Kelly Creek Trail #567 follows Kelly Creek and its tributaries for 22-1/2 miles. It’s an easy grade with scenic meadows with the last 3 miles climbing steeply toward the Bitterroot Divide. Kelly Creek, itself, is one of the best-kept fly fishing secrets in Idaho. Here, wild west-slope cutthroat trout leap to take a fly and then dive for the bottom. It is a remote location and truly a place where you will feel like you have the river all to yourself. Visit our Road Condition Updates page for more information and select "North Fork Corridor."
Activities
- HIKING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Scurvy Mountain LookoutNez Perce-Clearwater National Forests3 mi
- Junction Mountain TrailheadNez Perce-Clearwater National Forests7 mi
- KELLY FORKS CABINNez Perce-Clearwater National Forests8 mi
- Kelly Forks CampgroundNez Perce-Clearwater National Forests8 mi
- Hidden Creek CampgroundNez Perce-Clearwater National Forests9 mi
- Cedars CampgroundNez Perce-Clearwater National Forests10 mi
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Kelly Creek doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby Idaho campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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