ALTURAS LAKE INLET
ALTURAS LAKE INLET
ALTURAS LAKE INLET
ALTURAS LAKE INLET
ALTURAS LAKE INLET

Featured amenities

Picnic Table Picnic Table
Restrooms Restrooms
Fire Pit Fire Pit

About Alturas Lake Inlet

Alturas Lake Inlet Campground is located on the shores of scenic Alturas Lake at the foot of the Sawtooth Mountain Range.

Available sites

16 total sites

Seasonal information

2026 (Current year)

2026 Season availability

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Campground Amenities

Most popular amenities

Picnic Table Picnic Table
Restrooms Restrooms
Fire Pit Fire Pit
Water and Hygiene

Water and Hygiene

  • Restrooms
Cooking and Fire

Cooking and Fire

  • Picnic Table
  • Fire Pit
Water Access

Water Access

  • Lake Access
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Rates, Sites & Availability

Select check-in and check-out dates to see real-time availability for each site.

16 Sites Available

Site
Price
🚐 02, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
Gravel
🚐 03, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
Gravel
🚐 06, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
Gravel
🚐 07, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
Gravel
🚐 09, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
Gravel
🚐 10, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
Gravel
🚐 11, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
Gravel
🚐 13, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
🚐 14, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
🚐 16, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
🚐 17, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
🚐 22, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
🚐 23, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
🚐 24, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
🚐 27, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV
🚐 28, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET RV

Reviews

104 reviews

Summary

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Alturas Lake Inlet is a beautiful lakeside campground set against the picturesque Sawtooth Mountains, featuring clean facilities and attentive camp hosts. The campground offers ample space and privacy, with easy access to the lake for swimming, fishing, and hiking. While it can get crowded on weekends and mosquitoes are prevalent, many guests find it well worth the trip for the stunning scenery and overall enjoyable experience.

Based on guest feedback

4.3

Overall rating

Based on 104 reviews

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5 stars 63.5% (66)
4 stars 15.4% (16)
3 stars 14.4% (15)
2 stars 5.8% (6)
1 star 1.0% (1)

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JoEllen P

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August 14, 2025 Stayed at: 09, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET

Our second time there in 2 years! We hope to get another spot next year beautiful lake, clean campground , great hosts, clean bathrooms! Hiking trials were very close and beautiful!

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steve d

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August 7, 2025 Stayed at: 09, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET

Location was nice place camphost was basically MIA. Cars speeding through the campground. I think I saw the park coast once driving through the campgrounds on a three night stay I contacted him four times to try and get my day pass for the lake finally on the fourth time, he filled one out for me

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Julie M

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August 4, 2025 Stayed at: 13, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET

The camp hosts is great and the sites are clean. We had a wonderful visit.

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Anna Quinn P

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July 20, 2025 Stayed at: 11, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET

Beautiful setting, excellent camp host. But the amount of generators is astounding for tent campers or those who enjoy quiet time in nature.

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Mike W

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July 7, 2025 Stayed at: 16, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET

We loved site 16! It was very large and accommodated our few tents nicely. It’s close to the restrooms and trash without being too close.

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Derek T

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June 23, 2025 Stayed at: 02, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET

We went in mid-June. The campground was really quiet. As everyone else said, the bathrooms were really clean. The Camp attendant was super help and always around to answer questions. The campground has many bathrooms and water stations.

The lake level was pretty high and the river was moving pretty fast. So it was harder to fish on foot. Luckily we had a kayak and paddleboard. Caught some really nice fish. Kokanee, Rainbows and Bulls.

We had a deer visit our campsite one of the mornings!

We originally booked site 2 but it wouldn't have fit our (large) tent very well. so we took one of the other available sites, site 10.

The weather was amazing, the campground was clean, the lake was beautiful.

We drove by Redfish on the way out. While the Sawtooths towering over the lake are beautiful, I much prefer the quiet solitude at Alturas lake.

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Jeff S

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June 21, 2025 Stayed at: 09, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET

Being that we were there the opening week of the season, there was still some standing water from snowmelt and the mosquitoes were terrible. The campground and area are both beautiful. The campground hosts were very attentive and the vault bathrooms were the cleanest we’ve ever seen.

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Beverly H

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September 2, 2024 Stayed at: 27, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET

Great sites—big and private. Beautiful Grounds. Bathroom bathrooms are clean lakefront is accessible big Sandy water is great. Tammy is a super host. Very friendly, knowledgeable, professional highly recommend this campground.

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Location & Directions for Alturas Lake Inlet

Sawtooth Nra, Stanley, ID 83340 United States

Elevation: 2,144 ft

Nearest town

Stanley, ID - 26 mi

About 35 min to downtown

Policies & Rules

General

  • Standard Single Family sites: Recreation Use Fee allows ONE camping unit ONLY. Double sites: refer to Specific Site # for capacity limits.
  • Extra Vehicles: Fee is half the Standard Single Family rate and CANNOT BE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE - upon arrival coordinate with the host for payment and where to park.
  • There are no electricity, water or sewer hookups at this campground.
  • Late Arrivals: campers are not considered a "no-show" until 24 hours after arrival date check in time. Our policy is that your site will not be released before that.
  • FIRST COME FIRST SERVE sites must be booked in person. DO NOT call to determine availability, as they are only available on-site.
  • Beach access not included in site fees AND no pets are allowed at beach area. NO JET SKIING permitted on the lake.
  • Idaho Off-road Vehicle Safety Message
  • Don't Move Firewood: Help prevent the spread of tree-killing pests in our national forests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
  • Click here for more info about the Sawtooth National Forest
  • Opening and closing dates are weather permitting, please call 928-537-8888 for more information.

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Last updated: October 23, 2026

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