Payette National Forest - Last Chance

We come to this campground specifically for the trails in the area. I like walking the trail from this end to Goose Creek Falls as opposed to the trail up by Brundage. This way isn't as steep.. You have to cross the creek several times, so it's usually easier in late summer or early fall.. As always, leave it better than you found it, and enjoy 😉.

Very nice campground. Nice and quiet. No ATV or side-by-sides. The camp host was nowhere to be seen all week. His 1960's uhaul truck was there, but no one cleaned or refilled the toilet paper. There are a couple of sites with what appears to be people living there, and not paying.

Beautiful campground with nicely kept vault toilets. Pretty chilly for tent camping the end of September/first part of October, but we made it through! Campground was almost deserted which made it super quiet, almost eerily so at times ha. We saw lots of lovely fall foliage. And we found striped woolly bear caterpillars, and little grey squirrels and chipmunks that kept up the chattering and braving our campsite. We also picked up a ton of those little round, disc shaped prickly stickers from bushes on our campsite, but thankfully they were fairly easy to pick off. Our family hiked to Goose Creek Falls from the trailhead at the end of the campground. We took our 9 year old, 5 year old and little dog. It took about 1.75 hrs on the way. It only took about 1 hr back as it was downhill. This was with lots of stops and going at what felt like a snail's pace sometimes, and pausing to let other groups pass us. The waterfall itself was a little lackluster, but we knew this is the fall, so the water isn't as high as earlier in the year. Still lovely and the whole camping trip was so much fun!

Loved this campground. Half of the sites are next to the river which is quite loud (but not too loud). We went in early September, mid-week and there were only a few other sites occupied. The goose trail is a 2.8 mile hike, and if you want to keep hiking it goes out about 6 miles. On the 2.8 mile hike we were able to pick huckleberries which was exciting, and the end of the hike was a beautiful waterfall, although we were on a cliff, so obviously we did not get to play in it (sad face). There are two public restrooms kept moderately clean. There is a pump water well as well as a pressurized water well - both with clean drinking water that tasted great. The camp sites were quite large, especially considering that ours was a single. All sites have a fire pit with a grill/grate attached and picnic benches. There is also a community area with benches and a place to play horse shoes. Very beautiful campground. Access was a few minutes on a dirt road, but a small area was a cliff that was quite steep, so drive slow and all will be fine. Will return!

This camp ground was well kept. The river was always running and made sleeping a very enjoyable experience. There were not a lot of bugs and the hiking trails were a blast. Drinking water is easy to get and very delicious. We camped at site s11 and we are pretty sure we grabbed the best one. Easy river access and the other sites were just far enough to make us feel like we were alone. Loved it.