Basin Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Idaho County, Idaho     User input for Basin Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Idaho County, Idaho: Be the first to submit input for Basin Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        High temperatures at Basin Lake throughout the warmest time of the year are in the 80's. During the moonlight hours it's frequently in the 40's. For the duration of the winter highs are in the 30's with winter lows in the 10's overnight here at Basin Lake. Basin Lake is one of the lakes here in the Salmon River Mountains. This site, the Salmon River Mountains, has so much outdoors cool things. The Farrow Mountain Trail offers hiking at its best, and Basin Lake is       wonderful enough to spend more than a day at, Parrot Placer Campground is a wonderful local campground. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Big Creek; a lake close by is Cottonwood Lake. You could also go to Swamp Angel Lake since you're here at Basin Lake; it's nearby, and soar down the rapids of Monumental Creek in a kayak. So much entertaining stuff to do in the Salmon River Mountains, not enough time. A normal amount of rainfall falls here at Basin                  Lake; the month with most of the snow is January, and July is when it's the driest. Basin Lake truly is in the middle of a picturesque outdoors paradise. Basin Lake is right by the Coyote Springs Trail, and Cottonwood Butte is clearly visible from Basin Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Hiking along the Black Butte Trail is great fun. There's so much to do here at Basin Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Papoose Creek Campground is a fine spot for that.   Current weather conditions at Basin Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Idaho County, Idaho Local climate location: ELK CITY R S 33 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 45.31861 Longitude: -114.7894 Salmon River Mountains Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Salmon River Mountains. Salmon River Mountains Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Salmon River Mountains. Idaho Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Idaho Idaho County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Idaho County Books about Basin Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Basin Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Idaho County, Idaho. Outdoors Recreation Near Missoula, Montana Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Missoula, Montana, the metro area neareast to Basin Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more. Idaho Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Idaho.     These outdoors activities are available near Basin Lake.   Camp Grounds Near Basin Lake: Papoose Creek Campground, Valley County, 8 miles away Parrot Placer Campground, Lemhi County, 9 miles away Cache Bar Campground, Lemhi County, 11 miles away Elk Bar Campground, Valley County, 11 miles away   Whitewater Near Basin Lake: Monumental Creek, Valley CountyCounty, 9 miles away       Class III-IV - 60 miles long (Upper Monumental Campground to Cache Bar) Big Creek, Valley CountyCounty, 13 miles away       Class III-IV - 54 miles long (Big Creek Airstrip to Cache Bar)   Trails Near Basin Lake: Farrow Mountain Trail, Idaho County, 5 miles away Coyote Springs Trail, Idaho County, 6 miles away Black Butte Trail, Valley County, 7 miles away   Lakes Near Basin Lake: Cottonwood Lake, Idaho CountyCounty, 2 miles away Swamp Angel Lake, Idaho CountyCounty, 2 miles away