Macks Creek Campground is a 14-site family-friendly campground and Lucky Peak’s only vehicle-accessible camping area.  The campground is open and staffed by volunteers from approximately May 15 to September 15.  Advance reservations are required to utilize the sites which can be made online at https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233313. A kid-friendly swim cove near the center of the park offers a sandy beach area with play equipment, a buoy-enclosed shallow swim area, and a Lifejacket Loaner Station.  Macks Creek Campground is a great destination for lesser-experienced campers, those with children, and others who would prefer what closer-to-home outings can offer.  

A campsite at Macks Creek Campground consists of a site for either tent or RV use, assigned parking, a fire pit, a picnic table, and a lantern pole.  Tent sites are well shaded by either shade structures or mature trees while RV sites provide shade canopies for the table only.  This area is “dry camping”, meaning there are no hook-ups, waterborne facilities, nor dump stations; however, a hand pump near the Camp Host site provides potable drinking water.  Use of the boat ramp is for reserved campers only.  Dock strings are shared among all reservation holders.  Lighted restrooms, an emergency phone, and regular ranger patrols through the summer months give added peace of mind.

Please consider the following when planning a trip to Macks Creek Campground:

• Reservations are required for campground use and must be made in advance online or by calling 877-444-6777.  Site availability is maintained “real time” online and can be checked at https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233313. Transactions are not conducted onsite. 
• Macks Creek Campground boat ramp is for the exclusive use of reserved campers.
• After 24 hours, overdue reservations will be released with additional fees assessed.  Extenuating circumstances should be communicated to staff at (208) 343-0671.
• Quiet hours are from 10:00PM through 6:00AM.
• Parking is in assigned, marked stalls at Macks Creek Campground.  Vehicles with boat trailers use the wide road shoulder of Arrowrock Road.
• Dogs are to be leashed in this area unless accompanied at the shoreline to swim and fetch.  No pets nor glass containers are allowed at the kids beach.
• Litter bags are provided, and dumpsters are available near the Volunteer Camp Host site.
• Potable water is available by hand pump only. 
• Wood and charcoal fires must be kept in agency-provided grills and be attended at all times.  Portable charcoal grills are not allowed.  LPG and liquid fuel cooking stoves are allowed.
• Verizon cellular service and landline phone is available at the Volunteer Camp Host site.  T-Mobile cellular is available two miles away. Wi-Fi is not available. 
• Macks Creek Campground is not gated closed at night.
• Placement of items for the purpose of reserving a site is prohibited.  Such items will be removed and impounded by Park Rangers.

Free day use visits and walk-on campsite use was discontinued at Macks Creek Campground in 2022.  Nearby, Naked Rock and 5-Mile Flat (less than one mile away) provide opportunities for picnicking and lake access