Murdock Creek Dispersed

My second time here but first time camping along the creek. Access to the creek sites is just before (and opposite) the dump station, look for the single lane road to the right. Campendium map has the creek sites located after Murdoch CG but they are before. Good gravel road in from the Sawtooth Ranger Station.

Verizon service only at site #17A, I had no Verizon service anywhere else along the road or, last year, in Murdoch Campground.

Dump site is closed shoulder season, no sign as to when it opens.

Gorgeous, gorgeous fields with snow-capped peaks in the distance. Tons of hiking nearby, fishing and a short drive to Ketchum. It's a camper's dream! Particularly in May when it was free.

There's a campsite ring on the right with like 8 spots across from the dump station (has potable water) in the field. This is where reception is! 43.798782,-114.420334. NOT up the street where the GPS coordinates take you. Up there you have bars but I couldn't get more than 2 Mbps on att or Verizon with my weboost. Down at the bottom I'm getting 25 Mbps up and download on att and Verizon without a booster and there's a dump station. It's 15 min from town. Amazing!! The sites at the bottom are smaller and I don't think you could put more than a 20 ft camper max. Most require smaller and you'll have to unhitch.

Update: Rangers said this is only a 10 day limit, not 16.
Verizon is spotty throughout the day but ATT is consistently good.
Rangers drive through and are posted up basically constantly. This really feels like we're being policed when this is probably the quietest place I have ever camped in my life. No one's even outside. They're just watching us and counting how many days we've been here. This place is weird.

We boondocked in this location and it was wonderful. We only drove in about a mile on the dirt road. We found a location across the road from the dump station. There appeared to about 5-6 good spots for a variety of rigs to fit in. We are a 31ft Fleetwood Terra. We had plenty of room The Creek was just a short down from our site. The dump station had everything you need for $5

We stayed 9/10/2019. Our GPS coordinates were 43.801667, -114.421167

Awesome free boondocking spot right near the river with good cell coverage. Dump ($5) and potable water really close on FR-146, back towards the Visitor Center.

FR-146 can be tough especially after it rains. About 1/4 mile after the visitor center it becomes a washboard road with large potholes and small buried rocks sticking up. All is manageable if you go slow.

This is a popular spot so it might be challenging to get a site. We unhooked at the North Fork Visitor Center at the Sawtooth National Recreation Area Headquarters to scope it out.