Upper O'Brien Campground

Near Stanley, Idaho

44.25922, -114.69828

Campground Camping — Sawtooth National Forest — The Upper O'Brien Campground is composed of 9 campsites including 1 double-site under lodgepole pines along the Salmon River. All sites are first-come, first-serve. Visitors can fish for steelhead and trout or soak in the fabulous Sunbeam Hot Springs which maintains a temperature of 169 degrees fahrenheit. You can adjust the temperature by moving rocks to allow river water to flow in. A boat ramp at Yankee Fork is available for floating the river, which has 14 miles of Class III and IV rapids. An interesting trip is to explore the mining history of the area by touring the Land of the Yankee Fork north of the Sunbeam Dam and resort on Forest Road #013. Sunbeam Dam was the only dam ever built on the Salmon River, which remains one of the last f