Buck Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Valley County, Idaho     User input for Buck Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Valley County, Idaho: Be the first to submit input for Buck Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines       Do stop by Buck Lake while you're in this part of Idaho. This lake is so wonderful. Buck Lake is great enough to spend more than a day at, Pistol Creek Campground is a great local campground, and if the weather is good, you can go for a hike along the Big Chief Creek Trail. There's whitewater on Salmon River - Middle Fork for all you adrenaline rush seekers. Lakes are pleasant; Papoose Lakes is a lake that's close to Buck Lake. All through the long summer days,       highs usually are in the 70's at Buck Lake. When the night sets in temperatures sink down into the 30's. Highs during the wintertime are ordinarily in the 30's while the cold winter nights at Buck Lake are in the 0's. You just can't envision the amount of outdoors fun stuff the Salmon River Mountains has to offer. A brilliant place to camp here at Buck Lake is Sheepeater Hot Springs Campground; while you're here you can take a hike along the Big Baldy Ridge                  Trail. What a place this is for outdoors folks. The snow is perfect at Brundage Mountain, and there are some perfect whitewater spots on Rapid River. The annual precipitation here at Buck Lake is about average; January is when you get the most snow here; July is when it's the driest. Whohoo, so many fun things in one place! The Salmon River Mountains rocks! Have a splendid hiking adventure along the Mule Hill Trail, and some of the water close by flows, like Remington Creek. Buck Lake is a beautiful lake in the Salmon River Mountains.   Current weather conditions at Buck Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Valley County, Idaho Local climate location: WARREN 20 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 44.78806 Longitude: -115.2672 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 Valley County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Valley County Books about Buck Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Buck Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Valley County, Idaho. Outdoors Recreation Near Mountain Home, Idaho Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Mountain Home, Idaho, the metro area neareast to Buck 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 Buck Lake.   Camp Grounds Near Buck Lake: Pistol Creek Campground, Valley County, 9 miles away Sheepeater Hot Springs Campground, Valley County, 9 miles away Boy Scout Camp Campground, Valley County, 9 miles away Velvet Falls Campground, Valley County, 10 miles away   Ski Areas Near Buck Lake: Brundage Mountain, Idaho, 16 miles away       1800 vertical feet   Whitewater Near Buck Lake: Rapid River, Custer CountyCounty, 13 miles away       Class IV - 13 miles long (Float Creek to confluence with Middle Fork Salmon) Salmon River - Middle Fork, Custer CountyCounty, 15 miles away       Class III-IV - 8 miles long (Marsh Creek to Boundary Creek) Bear Valley Creek, Valley CountyCounty, 15 miles away       Class II-III - 7 miles long (Fir Creek Campground to Middle Fork Salmon confluence)   Trails Near Buck Lake: Mule Hill Trail, Valley County, 3 miles away Big Baldy Ridge Trail, Valley County, 5 miles away Big Chief Creek Trail, Valley County, 7 miles away   Lakes Near Buck Lake: Papoose Lakes, Valley CountyCounty, 1 miles away