Beauty Creek Campground

Stayed 2 nights at Beauty Creek CG. Stayed in site 14 ( double site). Very nice small campground, about 1/2 mile from Lake Coeur d lane. Had a little trouble with site due to reservation site that was supposed to be open. Seem to have more trouble with forest service campgrounds that are run by consessionairs. Campground could definitely use some improvements. Host was super nice!

Campsite 11 wasn’t too bad. But when I got here I paid for 2 stacks of fire wood with my fee for staying 2 nights at the self service area, but there was no camp host at all while I was there. There were 2 numbers I tried to call that were listed on a paper at the self service station but they kept just going to voicemail. Also second night was not good, guy in campsite 12 had an alarm on his rv trailer that kept going off through the night, knocked on his door a few times but wouldn’t answer, didn’t get any sleep the second night. More than likely wouldn’t be staying at this place again

We took a gamble for a road side stop - we camped outside the locked gate. No other campers, although someone came in and turned around after we’d turned in. Vaults were open but no TP (as expected). Creek was flowing, we were able to let dogs run and stretch their legs. Had a fire in an established rock ring for a bit before turning in, obvious others camp here off season. Basic campground, good open space for kids/bikes. Would be a long walk to the lake (Beauty Bay).

I travelled here with a 35’ 5th wheel, long bed pickup and parked in site 18, a back in, dry site for $12 with an America the Beautiful pass. It’s a small Forest Service CG and the road in was a little bumpy and the road/sites were narrow. It was really hard getting my rig in the site. Definitely don’t recommend it for rigs my size. The road/site was asphalt. #18 had good open sky above it for my solar panels. The spacing of the sites was generous. I couldn’t see anyone else from my site due to distance and depth of foliage. There is a very large private area for the picnic table and fire pit. There was another area beyond that to set up a tent putting it right by the creek (which was dry at this time of the year.) I didn’t use the vault toilet, but the camp host cleaned them daily. He was very diligent. Weak Verizon, didn’t check for OTA, no wifi. Very quiet park. If I had a smaller rig I would definitely stay there again since it is close to Coeur d’Alene and is so pretty.

I agree with other reviews. It is a basic campground and I’m not sure it’d be worth $23 other than the proximity to the freeway and the city of Couer d’Alene. But that said it was quiet, clean, and the host was lovely and kind, and site 19 at the end was perfect for my 19’ van to back into at the very end of the road so very private and surrounded by trees. Walked the loop to the lake and back in about 40 minutes. Creek was dry :-(. Good signal for me; I worked using my hotspots for an hour or so and watched Netflix for an hour after it got dark.

Tried to stay here, but ended up leaving due to all the trees hanging down right over the (narrow) road. They were low enough any vehicle over 6' tall will be getting a good scraping. We have a 34' 5th wheel, 12' tall, so backing out of that one-way road was no fun.. We weren't willing to take the risk to do damage to our unit. Shame, since it looked like such a beautiful area.

The campground host was so friendly and helpful. They give 50% off to all national park pass holders (not just senior and access like usual) making this place $11.50 per night.

The spots are grass and gravel but we’re level enough. The area is pretty even though the creek bed was dry while we were there in mid July.

My only complaint is there were bees (i think yellow jackets?) everywhere so you really couldn’t enjoy being outside