About this campground
Summit View Campground near Montpelier, ID. Summit View Campground is located eight miles east of U.S. Highway 30, near Georgetown, Idaho. It is in a forested setting, high in the Bear River Range. Visitors enjoy exploring area trails, including the Great Western Trail, and picking seasonal wild huckleberries.
Summit View Campground is a 19 single-family site campground located 8 miles east of US Hwy 30. Situated in a forest setting, this campground can host RV's tents and trailers of varying sizes. There are 3 Group Use Sites as well, with capacities of 25 and 50 persons respectively. Summit View Campground is located in the Great Western Trail corridor, with excellent trail opportunities close by. During the fall berry season, huckleberries abound in the campground. The campground is 17 acres in size, with an amphitheater and excellent scenery.
The campground contains 18 single-family campsites and three group sites. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. An amphitheater is on-site. Roads and parking spurs within the campground are dirt.
The campground is situated in a lodgepole pine forest, where summer grasses and wildflowers are plentiful. During the fall, wild huckleberries can be found in abundance throughout the campground.
Summit View sits within the Great Western Trail corridor, which offers excellent hiking, biking, horseback riding and off-road vehicle riding opportunities. The Harrington Peak trail, a 3.5-mile one-way trail to the summit, begins within the campground.
What campers say
Summit View Campground sits in dense woods with large, well-spaced sites that accommodate bigger trailers and a few pull-through spots. Vault toilets are consistently described as clean; however, water availability has been reported as intermittent due to a broken pipe. The site is popular with ATVs and dirt bikes, which can bring noticeable noise and activity, especially around group sites. Camp hosts are generally helpful when present, and roads are reported as well maintained. Expect a remote feel—services are several miles away—and cool nights at roughly 7,200 feet elevation.
Our summary of 25 traveler reviews.
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- Back-In
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- Mountains
- Forest
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- Bathrooms
- Biking
- Campfire
- Dirt
- Dogs
- Family Friendly
- Firepits
- Fishing
- Forest Service
- Hiking
- National Forest
- Park
- Pets
- Primitive
- Public Park
- Pull-In
- Rural
- Scenic
- Seasonal
- Shade
- Tents
- Tourist
- Trails
- Trees
- Walking Trail
- Wildlife
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Location
- Address
- Georgetown Canyon Rd, Montpelier, ID 83254
- GPS
- 42.5592° N, 111.2969° W
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