Sunday, July 20, 2025
Black Rock Meadow Boondocking
Saturday, July 19, 2025
National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Friday, July 18, 2025
Hells Canyon Info Wayside
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Evergreen Campground
Site 7 appears to be a double site but it's not marked as such on the post, at the fee station, or on the national forest website so we paid the single fee. It has a wide paved parking pad and hard packed gravel around the high fire ring and two tables with extended tops. Of the seventeen sites, eight are designated as accessible which is very unusual. Five can be reserved.
Amenities include vault toilets and fresh water from a pump. No trash cans or cell service. The campground is right off of US 95 which has a lot of truck traffic that continues into the evening and starts again in early morning. The Weiser River Rail Trail can be accessed from the campground. It's a rough gravel trail so we did not try it. Campground 44.89224, -116.38885
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
White Bird Battlefield Overlook
The overlook has a shelter and several interpretive signs. Everything is accessible.
The parking lot is large enough for any vehicle. Overlook 45.80191, -116.2871Monday, July 14, 2025
US Route 12 Lolo Pass
The trail still exists as a primitive unpaved road built by the CCC in the 1930s - high clearance recommended. Fortunately Route 12, which follows the valley south of the Lolo Trail and winds along beside Lolo Creek and the Lochsa River, was completed in 1962 and is an easy and scenic route through the mountains.
We drove west along Route 12 from Lolo, Montana to Kooskia, Idaho and made a few stops along the way. Our first stop was just across the Montana/ Idaho border at Lolo Pass Visitor Center. The parking lot has long RV spaces. Exhibits in the center focus on Native Americans and the Louis and Clark expedition. A short paved and boardwalk trail makes a loop though the forest and wetlands. The trail is accessible but the bridge over a small stream does not meet flush with the ground at either end.
Powell Campground has both electric and non-electric sites. All but ten sites can be reserved so electric sites may not be available. We camped in site 9, one of the few non-electric sites available in late afternoon. We didn't see any accessible sites but many are usable. Amenities include tables, fire rings, and vault toilets. Restrooms with running water and flush toilets are located near the camp host's site.
Knife Edge Campground does not have a sign indicating that it is open for camping. The only sign is for a boat launch. This may be because the campground is very small and gets heavy use in the spring when the Lochsa River is high. From May 22 to June 30 half of the campsites are closed and the spaces are used for parking. The boat ramp is very rocky and seems like it's made for launching rafts, kayaks, and other small boats. We camped in the first site on the left which is a very long pull though site. We parked sideways for a better view. Amenities include tables, fire rings, a vault toilet, and changing rooms. None of the campsites are designated as accessible but they have tables with extended tops and high fire rings.