Northwest Passage Campground is a first-come, first-served 22-site campground at the north end of Payette Lake with vault toilets, central water, fire rings, and tables—ideal for paddlers launching kayaks and canoes directly from a sandy beach area into the Upper Payette River.

The campground offers quiet, well-spaced sites with increasing privacy toward the back of the loop, plus a nearby fishing pond and day-use river access, though it lacks electrical hookups and improved restrooms.

Located 7 miles north of McCall on Warren Wagon Road, it's a less-developed alternative to the busier Peninsula Campground and typically has availability even during peak summer weekends.