The best river, stream, or creek cabin rentals near Wallace, Idaho

If you're looking for a cabin stay near Wallace, Idaho with access to a river, Hipcamp has over 490 options to choose from. Some of the top campsites in the area include Primrose Meadows (652 reviews), Willow Creek Retreat (297 reviews), and A Wee Place in the Woods (249 reviews). Prices start as low as $20 per night, with an average of $47 per night. Popular amenities include pets, trash, and toilets, while popular activities include snow sports, horseback riding, and fishing.

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Top-rated campgrounds near Wallace

If you're looking for a cabin stay near Wallace, Idaho with access to a river, Hipcamp has over 490 options to choose from. Some of the top campsites in the area include Primrose Meadows (652 reviews), Willow Creek Retreat (297 reviews), and A Wee Place in the Woods (249 reviews). Prices start as low as $20 per night, with an average of $47 per night. Popular amenities include pets, trash, and toilets, while popular activities include snow sports, horseback riding, and fishing.

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Top-rated campgrounds near Wallace

1. Cozy Mountain Bungalow

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42mi from Wallace · 1 site · Lodging

Snug tiny 8’x12’ bungalow in the woods with everything you need for a not-so-rustic camping experience, surrounded by a forested mountainside. Inside, you’ll find a cozy full-size bed with extra blankets and pillows, a rocking chair, and a small wardrobe. Just outside, there’s a level 8’x8’ tent platform for extra space. Enjoy a big patio with a swing, an outdoor kitchen with seating for four, a fire pit, room to park—and even ingredients for s’mores. The bungalow has power for lights and charging your gadgets, while fresh water comes from a 2.5-gallon spigot tank filled from our deep well. A private, breezy outdoor potty with a bucket toilet is included (and doesn’t stink—we promise!). The outdoor kitchen features a camp stove, sink, counter space, cooking utensils, camp dishes, and more. The outdoor adventure here is endless. Turn right up the road—part of the Idaho Centennial Trail—to explore hundreds of square miles of roads, trails, wildlife, mountains, and rivers. It’s perfect for mountain biking, hunting, or seasonal huckleberry and mushroom picking. Turn left and you’re minutes from Montana, or head to the endlessly scenic Clark Fork River and delta with its dozens of wooded islands. Bring your water toys to enjoy vast Lake Pend Oreille—Idaho’s largest lake and the fifth deepest in the nation—for fishing, boating, swimming, paddling, kayaking, or canoeing. Just across the river, the huge Lightning Creek drainage offers backpacking, hiking, mountain biking, and endless exploring. Further out, you’ll find the town of Sandpoint and, just above it, year-round fun at Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort. It all starts right here.

2. Idaho Panhandle National Forests

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546 sites · Clark Fork, Idaho

It doesn’t get much prettier than the Idaho panhandle. Situated between Big Sky Country of Montana and the vibrant evergreen fields of Washington (which seriously look Photoshopped to the naked eye), this forest holds more than half the state’s surface waters, and wilderness vibes are guaranteed by the deer, elk, bear, caribou, and wolf populations who call this spot home. Moist maritime air comes in from the Pacific coast, and historic cabins dot the landscape. Near Spokane and the border can get busy on the weekends, but with this much acreage you can always find seclusion here. Make sure to check out at least a portion of the bikeable and walkable Hiawatha Trail—weaving 15 miles through tunnels and across high steel trestles in the Bitterroot Mountains, it’s been called one of the most scenic stretches of railroad in the country.

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3. Kootenai National Forest

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333 sites · Yaak, Montana

Stand on top of pine covered mountains and bask in the glory of the valleys below at Kootenai National Forest. With highly primitive areas like the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, you can stand in lands untouched by time and man. If solitude is what you’re seeking you’ll find it here by way of bikes, hikes, and horseback riding. With a herd of glacial lakes, rivers, and streams, anglers and wave riders will have their pick at places like Bull Lake, Lake Koocanusa, and the Yaak River. With impressive mountain scenes, winter sports for days (hello, snowshoes!), and exciting history and wildlife, it’s easy to see why the Kootenai is Montana’s best kept secret!

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4. Lolo National Forest

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395 sites · Alberton, Montana

You are going to be filled to the brim with glee when you discover Lolo National Forest. Seriously; this is the kind of place you can stand with your feet in a crystal clear stream, bighorn sheep filling the meadow, with the sun setting behind snowcapped mountain peaks in the distance. And that’s just a roadside pull off! With over two million acres to explore, hikers, bikers and backcountry seekers will be stoked on the supa-lush forest, and trails like Cougar Peak Lookout and the Lolo Peak trail (which we assure you is not low-low). Boat for a day in Seeley Lake, or cast a line into pristine mountain streams for a try at the trout. Dinner is going to taste great over the campfire! Through the meadows or up the peaks, it’s easy enough to get your share of adventure at Lolo.

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5. Farragut State Park

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248 sites · Athol, Idaho

A northern Idaho camping spot known for hiking, mountain biking, and watersports.

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Public campgrounds near Wallace

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Arid Peak Lookout

10mi from Wallace · 1 site · in Idaho Panhandle National Forests

Avery Creek Cabin

15mi from Wallace · 1 site · in Idaho Panhandle National Forests

Sex Peak Lookout

22mi from Wallace · 1 site · in Kootenai National Forest

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Little Guard Lookout

22mi from Wallace · 1 site · in Idaho Panhandle National Forests

Savenac West Cottage Campground

25mi from Wallace · 1 site · in Lolo National Forest

Savenac Bunkhouse Campground

25mi from Wallace · 1 site · in Lolo National Forest

Savenac Cookhouse Campground

25mi from Wallace · 1 site · in Lolo National Forest

Minton Peak Lookout

26mi from Wallace · 1 site · in Kootenai National Forest

Up Up Lookout

29mi from Wallace · 1 site · in Lolo National Forest

Marten Creek Campground

29mi from Wallace · 7 sites · Tents, RVs · in Kootenai National Forest

Magee Historic Ranger Cabin

30mi from Wallace · 1 site · in Idaho Panhandle National Forests

Gem Peak Lookout Cabin

30mi from Wallace · 1 site · in Kootenai National Forest

Recent reviews from the Hipcamp community

Perfectly clear night sky Milky Way directly over the cabin.

Clark

September 2025

Weekend Trip to Cozy Mountain Bungalow

The cabin was great - it was a small shed converted into a cabin that had a single (full-sized? queen?) bed with a rocking chair, an armoir, and a small closet. The bathroom was an attached outhouse with sawdust to soak up waste and neutralize any smells. They provided a camping sink with 5 gallons of water, a camping gas stove, a citranella candle, and plates, bowls, and utensils. The cabin sits towards the middle of the driveway to the hosts' house and they have the friendliest dog. My son and I had a great time. Zero light pollution, no noise pollution, just fresh north Idaho air.