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About Alturas Lake Inlet
Number of accommodations: 16
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Picnic Table
Restrooms
Fire Pit
Water and Hygiene
- Restrooms
Cooking and Fire
- Picnic Table
- Fire Pit
Water Access
- Lake Access
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Reviews (96)
What Guests Are Saying
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.
What Guests Are Saying
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.
Review Summary
Rachel S
VerifiedJuly 11, 2024 • Stayed at: 06, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET
Great family friendly beach, clean campsites within close proximity to bathrooms and sink washout. Friendly camp host and guests. We had a wonderful time.
Peter P
VerifiedJuly 15, 2024 • Stayed at: 10, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET
Great place just wished the Sun Valley people weren’t so rude at the beach. They acted like it belonged to them.
USFS needs to patrol the beach area and make sure everyone and their dogs are complying.
Tammy the host can’t do everything you need more help for the lake and beach.
Beth B
VerifiedAugust 15, 2024 • Stayed at: 09, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET
Tammy was amazing at helping us get unreserved, first come first served spots after our initial reservation. we eventually left on Aug 13. She was great. The campground and bathroom facilities were very clean.
Michael F
VerifiedAugust 29, 2024 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET
This is always a choice campground. Love the place and have for decades.
Beverly H
VerifiedSeptember 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.
Jeff S
VerifiedJune 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.
Derek T
VerifiedJune 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.
Mike W
VerifiedJuly 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.
Anna Quinn P
VerifiedJuly 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.
Pat H
VerifiedJuly 27, 2025 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: ALTURAS LAKE INLET
Good times were had.
Location Alturas Lake Inlet
Address:
Sawtooth Nra
Stanley, ID, 83340
United States
Elevation: 2144 feet
26 mi drive to downtown Stanley (about 35 min)
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: September 9, 2026
