Big Clear Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Lemhi County, Idaho     User input for Big Clear Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Lemhi County, Idaho: Be the first to submit input for Big Clear Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        Whohoo, so many exciting things in one place! The Salmon River Mountains rocks! Big Clear Lake lays in the shadow of the Bighorn Crags. This lake is so wonderful. Going for a hike on the Ship Island Trail is always a great adventure, and if you came for an overnight stay Crags Campground is a tremendous place to camp. Just can't get enough of Big Clear Lake. Looking for something next to Big Clear Lake? Pothole Lake is around here; close by you discover the Clear       Creek Trail which is a brilliant hiking trail. This lake is one of the great places here in the Salmon River Mountains. Big Clear Lake is typically a quite waterless place; June is the wettest month with most rain; February is the month with the least moisture. At Big Clear Lake during the warm days of summer highs are in the 80's, and the overnight is a bit chillier of course, generally in the 40's. During the wintertime highs are regularly in the 20's                  with temperatures at Big Clear Lake dipping down into the 0's during winter nights. The Waterfall Trail is a wonderful hiking trail in the vicinity of Big Clear Lake, and you can run the rapids of Panther Creek. Now, you may think that's lots but there's even more entertaining stuff to do here in the Salmon River Mountains. You get a great view of Bighorn Crags from Big Clear Lake, and a brilliant place for whitewater paddling is Camas Creek. You're almost certainly keen on lakes, Crater Lake is one of those close by, and Yellowjacket Campground is a fine campground nearby.   Current weather conditions at Big Clear Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Lemhi County, Idaho Local climate location: COBALT 30 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 45.16611 Longitude: -114.5711 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 Lemhi County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Lemhi County Books about Big Clear Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Big Clear Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Lemhi 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 Big Clear 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 Big Clear Lake.   Camp Grounds Near Big Clear Lake: Crags Campground, Lemhi County, 5 miles away Yellowjacket Campground, Lemhi County, 5 miles away Long Tom Campground, Lemhi County, 7 miles away Middle Fork Campground, Lemhi County, 7 miles away   Whitewater Near Big Clear Lake: Panther Creek, Lemhi CountyCounty, 14 miles away       Class III - 4 miles long (Clear Creek to Main Salmon confluence) Camas Creek, Lemhi CountyCounty, 15 miles away       Class V - 13 miles long (Duck Creek to confluence with M.Fork Salmon) Panther Creek, -blank- CountyCounty, 18 miles away       Class III-V - 8 miles long (Trapper Flat to Birch Creek)   Trails Near Big Clear Lake: Waterfall Trail, Lemhi County, 2 miles away Clear Creek Trail, Lemhi County, 2 miles away Ship Island Trail, Lemhi County, 2 miles away   Lakes Near Big Clear Lake: Pothole Lake, Lemhi CountyCounty, 0 miles away Crater Lake, Lemhi CountyCounty, 1 miles away