Pinyon Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Custer County, Idaho     Custom Search User input for Pinyon Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Custer County, Idaho: Be the first to submit input for Pinyon Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines       Many people like to go to Pinyon Lake. If you want a glorious time in the great outdoors just come on up to the Salmon River Mountains. You get a great sight of Pinyon Peak from Pinyon Lake; Blue Lake is a nearby lake that you could explore. Don't leave Pinyon Lake without first going for a hike along the Shellrock Ridge Trail, and if you come at the right time of year, Rapid River offers some glorious whitewater. Pinyon Lake is generally a pretty arid place;       through December this area sees the most snow, and July on the other hand is the driest. High temperatures at Pinyon Lake during the long summer days are in the 70's. All through the moonlight hours it's ordinarily in the 30's. Throughout the wintertime this place gets highs in the 20's; after the sun is down throughout the winter temperatures at Pinyon Lake drop into the-10's. This lake is one of the great places here in the Salmon River Mountains. Tincup                  Campground is a fine local campground, and good hiking is available along the Garden Creek Trail. This lake is so wonderful. Drift down the rapids of Loon Creek in a kayak, and a lake close by is Kidney Lake. You just can't imagine the amount of outdoors exciting stuff the area close to Pinyon Lake has to offer. Why not camp at Phillips Creek Transfer Campground if you're here at Pinyon Lake.   Current weather conditions at Pinyon Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Custer County, Idaho Local climate location: STANLEY 32 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 44.58333 Longitude: -114.9092 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 Custer County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Custer County Books about Pinyon Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Pinyon Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Custer 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 Pinyon 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 Pinyon Lake.   Camp Grounds Near Pinyon Lake: Phillips Creek Transfer Campground, Custer County, 7 miles away Tincup Campground, Custer County, 7 miles away Transfer Campground, Custer County, 7 miles away Lower Jackass Flat Campground, Custer County, 8 miles away   Whitewater Near Pinyon Lake: Loon Creek, Custer/ Lemhi CountyCounty, 8 miles away       Class IV-V - 24 miles long (Loon Creek Ranger Station to confluence with M. Fork Salmon) Rapid River, Custer CountyCounty, 14 miles away       Class IV - 13 miles long (Float Creek to confluence with Middle Fork Salmon) Salmon River, Custer CountyCounty, 18 miles away       Class III-IV - 13 miles long (Stanley to Old Sunbeam Dam)   Trails Near Pinyon Lake: Shellrock Ridge Trail, Valley County, 18 miles away Garden Creek Trail, Valley County, 20 miles away   Lakes Near Pinyon Lake: Blue Lake, Custer CountyCounty, 2 miles away Kidney Lake, Custer CountyCounty, 5 miles away