RV travel guide
Blaine County
County seat Hailey, 2,645 sq mi across Idaho. Everything an RV traveler should read before rolling in — where you can boondock, the roads worth the detour, and the local rule that actually matters.
The county in brief
A traveler's read on Blaine County
The Sawtooth National Recreation Area at 756,000 acres holds 40+ peaks above 10,000 ft inside a single contiguous wilderness — a higher concentration of 10K+ peaks per square mile than any range outside the Sierra Nevada or the San Juans.
ID-75 north from Ketchum crosses Galena Summit at 8,701 ft and opens the Stanley Basin views; the descent into Stanley is rig-friendly but no fuel for 60 miles after Stanley until Challis. Sun Valley Resort (Sun Valley town population 1,463) was the first destination ski resort in North America (Union Pacific 1936). Redfish Lake Campground inside the Sawtooth NRA accepts rigs to 40 ft and books out 6 months ahead.
RV travel intelligence
Read the land before you roll in
The three things that shape an RV trip here — where you can boondock, the roads worth the detour, and the local rule that trips travelers up.
Dispersed camping
high
High — most public land permits dispersed
Scenic drives & state byways
Sawtooth Scenic Byway ID-75 · Galena Summit overlook
Ordinance note for RV travelers
Sawtooth NRA permits 14-day dispersed at signed sites; Ketchum and Sun Valley town centers prohibit overnight RV street parking.
Sourced & cited
Every fact traces to an official source
Population and land area from the US Census; ordinances and park adjacency from county.gov, the National Park Service, and the US Forest Service.
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Idaho rules · last verified 2026-05-10
- State rental tax
- 7% · not collected by PickRV
- Min driver age
- 21+ std · 25+ Class A
- Gravel roads
- Allowed — disclosure required
- Generator quiet
- 22:00-07:00
Your next step
Seeing Blaine County from a rig
Most public land here allows dispersed camping for up to 14 days, which makes this county far friendlier to a self-contained rig than to a hotel plan.
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