Badger Creek Campground - Camp near Boise City-Nampa, ID, Idaho
~Forest Road 268BC, Boise National Forest, ID, USA,Boise City-Nampa,Idaho
43.6623665, -115.7115274
44.5 miles E of Boise City-Nampa, ID, Idaho
Address: ~Forest Road 268BC, Boise National Forest, ID, USA
GPS: 43°39'44.5"N 115°42'41.5"W
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State: Idaho

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3200-foot elevation. 5 campsites on the Middle Fork of the Boise River. Fishing for rainbow and cutthroat trout, and whitefish. The William Pogue National Recreational Trail is a few miles north of here.

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Directions

From Boise City-Nampa, ID, Idaho

  1. Head south on Boise St toward W Camelot Dr (138 ft)
  2. Turn left onto W Camelot Dr (0.1 mi)
  3. Turn left onto N Midland Blvd (0.7 mi)
  4. Turn left onto Caldwell Blvd/Nampa-Caldwell Blvd (0.7 mi)
  5. Turn right onto Midland Blvd (0.3 mi)
  6. Turn right onto the Interstate 84 E/ID-55 N ramp to Boise (0.4 mi)
  7. Merge onto I-84 E/ID-55 E
    Continue to follow I-84 E
    (22.8 mi)
  8. Take exit 57 for ID-21 toward Idaho City (0.2 mi)
  9. Turn left onto ID-21 N/E Gowen Rd
    Continue to follow ID-21 N
    (12.7 mi)
  10. Turn right onto E Spring Shores Rd (1.4 mi)
  11. Continue onto Arrow Rock Rd (3.1 mi)
  12. Continue onto Deer Creek Rd (1.7 mi)
  13. Continue straight onto N Fork Boise River Rd (1.9 mi)
  14. Turn right to stay on N Fork Boise River Rd (17.3 mi)
  15. Slight right onto Forest Rd 268BC (115 ft)
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Eighteen miles NE on Hwy 21 to Spring Shores Rd. Turn right and follow this road just over twenty-five miles to the campground. This is a slow, rough, winding, gravel road.

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