About this place
The West Fork Bruneau River meets the Jarbidge River and the two become the Bruneau. That happens about 24 miles north of the Nevada border, just upstream of Indian Hot Springs.
The canyon widens along the designated 0.3 miles, then narrows again as the Bruneau runs north.
You can boat this stretch.
The facts
- Cost
- Free to camp
- Type
- Open area. Camp anywhere within it
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Getting there
Turn off Highway 51 onto Clover-Three Creek Road. Carry the Bureau of Land Management Sheep Creek map, the 1:100,000 scale one.
Coordinates 42.07722222, -115.4408333
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What is near here
There is another spot of ours within reach, and some better-known places further out.
- Matterhorn Directions
- Coon Creek Peak Directions
- Jarbidge Peak Directions
- Bruneau-Jarbidge caldera Directions
- Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness Area 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
- Mountain City, NV Directions
- Owyhee, NV Directions
Owyhee 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.
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.