Park Creek (idaho)

Park Creek Campground is located 4 miles from Lowman, Idaho, off the beaten path at the confluence of Park and Clear Creeks. Visitors enjoy fishing, hunting and exploring local trails. The campground contains two group sites, each of which can accommodate up to 100 people. The Rainbow Group Site is sites 1-12, and the Trout Group Site is sites 13-24. When not reserved as a group site, the sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis; if both the Rainbow and Trout Group Sites are taken there will be no first-come, first-served sites available. Picnic tables, campfire rings and grills are provided, as are vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection. Roads and parking spurs are dirt. This location is unstaffed. Park Creek and Clear Creek both offer good trout fishing. Various hiking, biking, horseback and off-road vehicle riding trails are in the vicinity. Towering Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir trees forest the campground, offering plentiful shade. Summer wildflowers dot the landscape, and a variety of wildlife lives in the area, including black bears, deer and elk. Beautiful Bear Valley is up the road from Park Creek, offering scenic views, wildlife watching and numerous trail opportunities for hiking, biking, horseback and off-road vehicle riding. Several natural hot springs pools can be found along the Banks-Lowman Highway, also known as the Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway, and Highway 21, the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway; both byways also offer pretty scenery, wildlife viewing, historical information kiosks and trail opportunities. Whitewater rafting and kayaking are popular activities on the South Fork and Main Payette Rivers, and several companies in the area offer guided half and full-day trips.