Crater Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Lemhi County, Idaho     User input for Crater Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Lemhi County, Idaho: Be the first to submit input for Crater Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines       In Idaho there are many beautiful lakes, Crater Lake is one of them. Crater Lake gets very little precipitation; the month of June is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest month of the year is February. There's pleasant hiking along the Waterfall Trail, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Panther Creek. If you came for an overnight stay Crags Campground is a perfect location to camp, and Airplane Lake is a nearby lake that you could stop by.       Yep, outdoors cool stuff truly is plentiful here in the Salmon River Mountains. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Crater Lake; Ship Island Trail is a good local trail; the sight of Bighorn Crags is striking. Summer brings highs in the 80's to Crater Lake; the nighttime is fairly cooler of course, regularly in the 40's. For the period of the winter highs are in the 20's while the cold winter nights at Crater Lake are in the 0's. Crater Lake is one of the                  lakes here in the Salmon River Mountains. This lake is so wonderful. The Clear Creek Trail offers hiking at its best; the Bighorn Crags makes the scenery here fine. And if that's not sufficient, there's a lot more to do right next door to Crater Lake. Camping at Crater Lake is splendid fun, Yellowjacket Campground is a splendid local campground, and if you come at the right time of year, Camas Creek offers some delightful whitewater. If you want a delightful time in the great outdoors just come on up to the Salmon River Mountains.   Current weather conditions at Crater Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Lemhi County, Idaho Local climate location: COBALT 30 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 45.16306 Longitude: -114.5781 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 Crater Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Crater 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 Crater 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 Crater Lake.   Camp Grounds Near Crater 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 Crater 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 Crater Lake: Waterfall Trail, Lemhi County, 2 miles away Ship Island Trail, Lemhi County, 2 miles away Clear Creek Trail, Lemhi County, 2 miles away   Lakes Near Crater Lake: Airplane Lake, Lemhi CountyCounty, 1 miles away