About this place
Over 7,000 acres of public land, southwest of Davis Mountain. That mountain is one of the highest points in the Bennett Hills.
The hills here are steep too, with rhyolite and basalt outcrops standing out of them. Higher up you find aspen, tobacco brush, Indian paintbrush and lupine, and the ground is greener for it.
Two roads get you closest, the Davis Mountain Road and the Bliss Hill City Road, and neither one is maintained. Both are two-track. Some stretches are steep and rocky enough to need four-wheel drive.
Elk and deer live here. So do bear, coyotes, birds of prey and upland game birds.
People walk, study the country, take photographs and hunt.
The facts
- Cost
- Camping fee not confirmed
- Roads around it
- Unmaintained two-track. Steep rocky stretches need high clearance four-wheel drive
- Type
- Open area. Camp anywhere within it
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Getting there
Gooding and Camas Counties, Idaho. It sits in the Mount Bennett Hills, a rolling belt of foothills. The Sawtooth Mountains are north of it and the Snake River Plains are south of it.
Coordinates 43.18583333, -114.9788889
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What is near here
A few more of our own spots are within reach of this one, along with some better-known places.
- Gooding City of Rocks West Wilderness Study Area Directions
- Gooding City of Rocks East Wilderness Study Area Directions
- Smoky Dome Directions
- Boardman Peak Directions
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Corral, ID Directions
- Gooding, ID Directions
Gooding is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
Why the drive to town is usually twice what the map says — what we found measuring every campsite in this guide.
When it’s time to move on
On most public land you can camp for 14 days before you have to move on. Check this site’s own limit before you plan a long stay. When you move on, the Bureau of Land Management usually wants you at least 25 to 30 miles away. So the free campsites closest to you are the ones you cannot use.
Six in this guide sit inside that 25 miles. The nearest one you could move to is Shoshone Wilderness Study Area, Idaho — 30 miles in a straight line, but a 48 mile drive.
This guide covers five states and does not list every free campsite, so there may be something closer that we do not hold. Check this site’s own rule before you rely on it.
Have you been here?
Fees and access change, and the records do not always keep up. If you have been, tell us what you found.
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Bureau of Land Management’s own records, read in August 2026.