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Buckhorn Boat Ramp

Buckhorn Boat Ramp serves as an upper access point on the Salmon River within the Salmon National Recreation Area, featuring a self-issue river permit registry box maintained by the SNRA.

The area offers dispersed "no fee" camping with marked sites and fire rings stretching downriver to Stanley, making it a convenient base for river access in this remote section of the Salmon River.


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