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    If you are in Custer county it's always a good idea to stop by Blue Lake. Not much rainfall falls here at Blue Lake; during December this area sees the most snow, and July meanwhile is the driest month. Blue Lake is right by the Garden Creek Trail, and a tremendous spot for whitewater paddling is Loon Creek. This lake is so wonderful. Phillips Creek Transfer Campground is a tremendous campground nearby, and Kidney Lake is a brilliant lake nearby.
Blue Lake is
 
   a splendid place to visit for more than one day, Lower Jackass Flat Campground is a splendid place to camp nearby, and why not a little side trip to Blue Lake Creek. For the duration of the long summer days here at Blue Lake, high temperatures frequently reach the 70's while overnight lows are ordinarily in the 30's. Daytime highs throughout the winter are in the 20's, and overnight lows all through the winter for Blue Lake tend to be in the-10's. Blue Lake  
               is a beautiful lake in the Salmon River Mountains.
If you adore the outdoors you'll adore it here in the Salmon River Mountains. Why not take a refreshing hike along the Shellrock Ridge Trail, and Rapid River is a nice whitewater spot nearby. And if you're still looking for more outdoors cool things just keep reading. There are other locations here than Blue Lake, for example Pinyon Lake.

 

Current weather conditions at Blue Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Custer County, Idaho
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Local climate location: STANLEY 33 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 44.6225
Longitude: -114.905

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These outdoors activities are available near Blue Lake.
 Camp Grounds Near Blue Lake:
Phillips Creek Transfer Campground, Custer County, 6 miles away
Lower Jackass Flat Campground, Custer County, 6 miles away
Tincup Campground, Custer County, 7 miles away
Upper Jackass Flat Campground, Custer County, 7 miles away
 Whitewater Near Blue Lake:
Loon Creek, Custer/ Lemhi CountyCounty, 7 miles away
      Class IV-V - 24 miles long (Loon Creek Ranger Station to confluence with M. Fork Salmon)
Rapid River, Custer CountyCounty, 15 miles away
      Class IV - 13 miles long (Float Creek to confluence with Middle Fork Salmon)
Salmon River - Middle Fork, Valley/Lemhi CountyCounty, 16 miles away
      Class III-IV - 96 miles long (Boundary Creek to Cache Bar)
 Trails Near Blue Lake:
Shellrock Ridge Trail, Valley County, 16 miles away
Garden Creek Trail, Valley County, 19 miles away
 Lakes Near Blue Lake:
Pinyon Lake, Custer CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Kidney Lake, Custer CountyCounty, 7 miles away

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I have no information about Falconberry Lake to add but I am curious if anyone has any photographs of the lake. It is named for a distant relative of mine and I would very much appreciate any photos that anyone would be willing to load on this site....

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Moderate uphill hike..couple of miles from road; classic rock wall mountain behind lake; nice place to backpack into..day trip or camp overnite; some wild life; hiked in here in summer and early spring when 1 - 2' of snow on ground (and melt was rushing down mountain side beneath snow...flowers growing in ground beneath crystal clear runoff (beneath snow...quite a site).Didn't catch any fish during August trips. Last time I was in there was the 1970's....

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