Laird Park is a nice little park that is run by the Forest Service. The road is paved all the way to it, so it is highly accessible to the public. From Princeton, ID, go 8.5 miles on ID Hwy 6 North and turn east on Forest Road 447. There is good signage, and the park is less than a mile from Camp Grizzly, so when you see that, you know that you are getting close. If you hit a cattle guard and gravel road, you went too far and need to turn around.

There is quite a lot to do at this little park. There is a day use area where you can swim near the dam. The beach is sandy and it appears like it would be a nice little swimming hole. There are no lifeguards, so parents are going to have to monitor their children themselves. There is a park with some playground equipment near the beach.
If you walk across the dam, you can hike the Jim E. Dewey trail. It was a fairly modest and short hike that takes you through some wooded area and then back down to the Palouse River. There is a touch of elevation gain, and there were several trees down along the trail, but it was a nice walk.
Aside from the day use area at the swimming hole, there is an additional picnic area called Monument Picnic Area. Here you find a neat stone monument dedicated to Allison W. Laird as well as an area with several picnic tables.

Laird Park has a large campground, with two loops totaling 31 campsites, which, if I understand correctly, can all fit campers up to 30′ in length. There are 4 tent only sites as well. The sites themselves are pretty large and fairly spaced out, offering privacy not typical to campgrounds. There are 8 vault toilets throughout the campground as well as numerous water sources. There are no reservations for sites and they cost $12 a night plus $5 per additional vehicle.

Overall, I wish that I had had more time to spend at this campground. According to the signage, I believe that everything will be locked up on the 30th of October, so I will have to wait until next year to revisit this campground and see how it is at night. From what I saw of it, it seems like it would be a fine place to spend an evening by the fire (assuming there are no restrictions in place). With lots of space between neighbors, it might be close to a dispersed camping atmosphere. I think if you are in the area and in need of somewhere to stay, stopping here would be totally worthwhile.

For official information: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/nezperceclearwater/recarea/?recid=80081

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