Sagehen Creek

Don't go at the end of August. The water level is to low to enjoy. Our spot #11 at Sage Hen campground looked like they recently leveled all the trees around it. If it wasn't for the camp host allowing us to move to a different site we wouldn't have stayed. as it was we only stayed 2 nights instead of the 3 we reserved. The area doesn't look like it used to:(

Sagehen, as others have noted looks much different than before the trees were cut. Certainly in the campsites. I booked 006 for the weekend of august 26-28 because the picture online makes the spot look awesome and big! In reality there is nowhere to put a tent and is very small with terrible shade. As someone else noted, this website needs a big time update. It’s not fair for it to remain inaccurate. Our camp host was a rock star though and as soon as he saw us offered us spot 009. Plenty of room and shade! Thanks host guy! We had a great time! I wasn’t aware how low the water would be, I’ll plan differently for that next time. Loved going after school started, very peaceful weekend :)

Roads made it impossible to pull the trailer up there, yet we paid for a trailer spot. last week of May roads were washed out and over 2 feet of snow on parts of the dirt road.

The lake and views are great however some of the campsites are very narrow and many are in areas where trees are clear cut (because of a tree disease) with tree limbs and sticks spread around. Even burn spots where the forest service burned some of the smaller trees and major branches. Our reserved sites
we’re horrible, so we moved to Hollywood campground (a first come fist served one). We found one site near the lake and one across the drive. A friend and I revisited this area after some 30 years finding camp site improvements with asphalt paved roads and site pads in the campground and a paved road around the lake. Also several camp sites have been added… it is a popular place. We fly fished for the better part of a day and a half in our pontoon boats and were disappointed… the fish were scarce.

Many cattle in the campsites. Their crap was everywhere. Smelled like a stockyard and had massive flies. The creeks and riparian areas were tore up. It drove my dogs nuts. Many campsites have had all trees removed with slash burn scars up to the campsites. Reserved four nights but departed after two. A massive bovine black bull in our campsite as we we were departing was a fairly nice guy but a bit much. The place is devastated and a poor choice. Will not be going back.

The campground just wasn't the same as it was several years ago. The forest service said come in and cut down several trees and also several cows wandering through the campsite.

This campground has been ruined by the logging to remove tussock moth infestation. There's no shade and most of the larger trees have been cut. No fault of the Forest Service but it's going to be decades before this campground is worth visiting again. Not to mention the low reservoir levels due to the drawdown for irrigation and the campground host allowing half a dozen kids to use the site as a four-wheeler race course (obnoxious), this stay was dreadful. Ended up moving to an entirely different campground and got lucky with an available site that hadn't been reserved. Do not stay here!

Didn't even start one night arrived at the camp site to find out most of the campground had been clear cut the year before. This needs to be stated on the reservation system and the pics need to be updated to show the very poor quality sites

A very misleading description of camp sites. Mine said it would accommodate up to 35 foot vehicles. I have a 30' 5th wheel, and the only way I could fit the trailer in was if I had helicopter to drop it in. The camp ground roads were so narrow there was was no way to maneuver into the site. After 30 to 45 minutes of attempting to get the trailer into space I just decided to forget it. I ended up down the road in a dry camp site and spent 5 days in the 3" deep dust and all the cows. I will be requesting a refund on my prepaid 5 day reservations. I will NEVER camp at Sage Hen again. The absolute worst experience I've ever had in 50 years of Idaho camping.

This was a great site, except for the cows. We weren’t aware of them prior to booking, and they were constantly in our site.