Beautiful Payette Lake is the centerpiece of Ponderosa State Park, located in the heart of one of Idaho's most popular year-round destinations. Hike and bike on your own or with a guide, listen to a park naturalist around an evening campfire, let the kids ride to the Visitor Center for ice cream treats, rent a canoe or kayak and meander along the Payette River, snowshoe on a groomed trail or simply sit on the front porch of a park cabin and enjoy the spectacular view.
Overnight
163 serviced campsites, 22 standard, 7 serviced ADA sites, 9 deluxe cabins (2 ADA), 1 camper cabin
Amenities
Serviced sites have: Flush toilets, showers, dump station, electricity, sewer and water
Standard sites have: vault toilets and a center hand-pump well
Boating
Ramps and handling docks
Activities
Camp, picnic, hike, cycle, mountain bike, volleyball, horsehoe, swim, fish, wildlife and wildflower vewing, snowshoe, Nordic ski
Groups
Shelter, camps
Winter
Nordic skiing, snowshoeing
Trails
Hike and bike on wide & single tracked trails with a variety of surface from paved to dirt; groomed Nordic and signed snowshoe trails
Wildlife
Ospreys, Bald Eagles, Hawks, Geese and other Waterfowl, Owls, Sandhill Cranes, Songbirds, Deer, Moose, Beaver, Bear, Foxes, Weaserls, Squirrels
