Picnic Point (id)

Picnic Point Campground is located on a bluff overlooking beautiful Warm Lake, at an elevation of 5,300 feet. Warm Lake offers great fishing opportunities for cutthroat, rainbow, lake and bull trout, and boating, canoeing and swimming are popular activities; a boat ramp is located at neighboring Shoreline Campground. Billy Rice Swim Beach is within walking distance, offering a day-use site for picnicking and access to a swimming beach. The surrounding area offers great hiking, mountain biking, horseback and off-road vehicle riding and hunting. The recently built WeWuKiye (Wa Wu Kia) Trail No. 252 can be accessed nearby, at the entrance to Shoreline Campground, and is available for hiking and mountain biking. For off-road vehicle enthusiasts, Telephone Ridge Trail No. 112 offers 20 miles of trails for all riding levels, with staging areas at Shoreline Campground and at Warm Lake Campground down the road. The campground offers tent-only campsites, which can be accessed via a 50- to 200-foot hike from the parking area, and some sites overlook the scenic lake. Stairs lead to the lakeshore from three locations within the campground. Sites are equipped with a table, campfire ring and grill. Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided throughout the campground, but electricity is not available. The parking area is dirt, as are the pathways within the campground. The campground is situated beneath towering ponderosa pines, which provide partial shade, and summer wildflowers are abundant in the area. A variety of wildlife lives around the lake, including bears, deer, elk, fox, grouse, eagles, osprey, grosbeaks, whooping cranes and otters. Rustic North Shore Lodge is not far from the campground, offering a small restaurant, lounge and store with limited supplies.