Free Camp Guide
Aerial view of Deep Creek Wild and Scenic River

Idaho Bureau of Land Management

Deep Creek Wild and Scenic River

Free to campCamp anywhere in it
Free to camp The Bureau of Land Management record for this site says there is no charge to camp, as of August 2026. Records get old, so look for a sign when you pull in.

About this place

Deep Creek cuts a winding, vertical-walled canyon down to where it meets the Owyhee River. The water decides.

You can kayak or canoe it in early spring, when snowmelt pushes the flow into the hundreds of cubic feet a second.

Later in spring, and again in the fall, it is walking and backpacking country instead.

The facts

Cost
Free to camp
Type
Open area. Camp anywhere within it
Managed by
Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

About 50 miles west of Grand View, along the Mud Flat Road byway.

Coordinates 42.34583333, -116.6202778

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Nearest town and supplies

Owyhee is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.

Have you been here?

Fees and access change, and the records do not always keep up. If you have been, tell us what you found.

Add road notes for this site

The thing we cannot get from any government record is what the drive in is actually like. If you have done it, this is the most useful thing you can leave behind. We read everything before it appears, and we print a first name with it if you give one.

Where this information comes from

The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Bureau of Land Management’s own records, read in August 2026.