Glacier View Campground Sawtooth National Forest Idaho
Redfish Lake RoadStanley, Idaho
928 537-8888
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Glacier View Campground has 65 campsites and is located on the north shore of Redfish Lake in a beautiful lodgepole pine forest at an elevation of 6,500 feet. The campsites have great views of the lake and Mount Heyburn.
Campground amenities include drinking water, flush toilets and trash collection. There’s also 2 playgrounds and a boat ramp less than a mile away. The nearest RV dump station is under two miles from the campground. Road and parking spurs are paved in the campground. Each campsite also has a table, fire ring and grate. Firewood is also available at the campground. Cell service is poor in the area.
Glacier View Area Recreation
Glacier View is located in the heart of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and has a variety of outdoor recreation activities. Redfish Lake has some great fishing for trout and wild cutthroat. You can also enjoy canoeing, kayaking, sailing, waterskiing, and swimming. Other outdoor recreation includes hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, picnicking, horseback riding, hunting and wildlife viewing.
Other campgrounds on Redfish Lake include Sockeye, Mt Heyburn, and Redfish Outlet. Chinook Bay and Mountain View campgrounds are located at nearby Little Redfish Lake.
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Campsite Types
- ADA
- RV
- Tent
- Trailer
Season:
Mid May – Mid September
Elevation:
6,547
# of Campsites:
65
Amenities
- BBQ Grills
- Boat Launch/Ramp
- Boat Ramp
- Campground Host
- Campsite Tables
- Cell Service Poor
- Drinking Water
- Equestrian trail
- Fire Pit
- Fire Rings
- Firewood Available
- Golden Age & Access Passports accepted
- Grills
- Group Camping
- Pets OK
- Picnic Tables
- Restrooms (Flush Toilets)
- Trash Collection
- Visitor Center
Activities
- Backpacking
- Biking
- Bird Watching
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Creek
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Nature Trails
- Photography
- Picnicking
- Playground
- Sailboarding
- Sailing
- Stargazing
- Swimming
- Visitor Center
- Walking Trails
- Wildlife Viewing
- Wind Surfing
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When can I make reservations for a spot at Glacier View Campground? I have a 36 Ft RV that I would like to park in site 7. Can you tell me if I will fit? My friends have already made the reservations, but I wanted to log on and look at the site, to make sure that MY RV will fit.
Hi Alan,
You can make reservations at Glacier View campground 6 months prior to the day of arrival. For example, if you’re planning to arrive July 20, then the first day you can try and reserve a site would be on Jan 20.
Check out the photos of each Glacier View campsite and then click on the ‘Make A Reservation’ button to check availability and reserve a site.
Since we are allowed 2 cars per site, can we also bring two tents? or is there a 1 tent rule?
Hi Abbey,
Yes you can have two tents – as long as they fit within your campsite boundary.
Thank you
I camped at Glacier View Campground in mid August. The campsites have nice spacing offering privacy from your neighbors, but it is full at all times with high turn-over. The paved roads are busy with bike traffic, motorcycles, and the cars loaded with water toys and kids making the constant trips to and from the beach.
If you have kids, this is a great place for them to bike and play on the beach. If you are twenty-something and want a lively beach vibe, this might also be good. Think about any beach in any major city and that is what you have here. Think Waikiki beach, Venice Beach, Hampton Beach. The draw of the beach brings crowds from half a dozen campgrounds in the area plus the day-use people from Stanley, Boise and beyond. There are lines at the restaurant/lodge, lines in the store, and lines at the beach bar.
The day use parking is full by 10 am. The trailhead parking at the nearby trails is also full. People are parking along the road and walking to the lodge or the beach at Redfish. I have seen the police patrols cruising campsites and parking lots. I have never seen this before at any campground, but it is because of the crowds and constant traffic. For me this is a deal-breaker. I go camping to get away from chaos, but this is like Walmart on black Friday.
The scenery is unbeatable. There were no mosquitoes. Just people. Hundreds of them. They spilled over onto dog beach, a place I should have been able to let my dog run free, but there were too many people. No animals are allowed on and of the beached around Redfish except dog beach, so this was inconvenient. Hundreds of people with dozens of speakers blasting a mish-mash of competing music genres. Sensory overload. There are so many campgrounds so close that there is a round-about on the road.
I think Glacier View campground is the only one near Redfish Lake that is reserveable. The rest are FCFS and some are tent-only (no trailers or RVs allowed). Most sites don’t have a lake view and only some have a view of the mountains. If you can go weekday, it might be different. I camped beginning on Thursday, departing on Monday and didn’t see much of a different between weekday and weekend.
The camp host at Glacier View was awesome. The place was well-kept and clean. The staff at the lodge were very nice and very helpful. Every one of them. Many of the campsites had short driveways, so if you have a long rig, you might have to unhook your truck and park across your driveway. Most campers did that, so do your homework on the length of the site you are reserving.
If you stay in camp, on your own site, you might be fine, but when you leave, you must drive through the circus outside the campground. I’m not sure the beauty of the Sawtooths is worth the rest.
Hi Michelle,
Thanks for the great review/write-up on Glacier View Campground. Too bad there were so many people 🙁 Sounded overwhelming to say the least. We’re hearing that is more often the case at most of the popular camping destinations. At least there were no mosquitoes 😉