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Trinity View Resort

67 RV Sites, 10 Tent Sites

Trinity View is great for families and group events. You’ll love our incredible views and relaxing atmosphere. Come swim, play miniature golf, disc golf with us, or fish or boat nearby. Use our scenic walking trail or set up for a night of stargazing under a spectacular Idaho night sky. We are in sight of Little Camas Reservoir with seasonal fishing, kayak, or canoeing, and within 20 minutes from the boat launch at Anderson Reservoir and the south fork of the Boise River, with some of the best fishing in Idaho. So bring your boat and friends, lots of true Idaho recreation to be found here.

from $30/night

Smiley Creek Lodge

6 RV Sites, 7 Cabins, 2 Yurts

Smiley Creek Lodge in Blaine County, Idaho, offers six full-hookup RV sites with 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet, alongside seven cabins and two yurts on the Sawtooth Scenic Byway. A lake, beach, and general store serve guests near Sun Valley and the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Six back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 50-amp service, sized to 40 feet — note that all sites are 50-amp, and the 40-foot cap suits mid-size rigs rather than the largest coaches. Seven cabins and two yurts round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and WiFi handle the practical side. With six RV sites, reserve well ahead. Pets are welcome. A lake and creek run near the property with a beach for swimming, and canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, boating, and fishing all available. Hiking, biking, and stargazing run from the site, with a playground for families and live music through the season. Wine and beer tasting is nearby. The byway position is the advantage. This is one of the most scenically extraordinary mountain routes in the American West, where the Wood River Valley's cottonwood corridors open into the granite peaks and alpine lakes of the Sawtooths. The lodge gives the most direct access to the Sawtooth Wilderness trail network and the Stanley Basin's fly fishing on the upper Salmon. Directions: from the north, drive 22 miles south from Stanley on Highway 75; from the south, 37 miles north from Ketchum. Summer is the season at this elevation. Reserve well ahead.

from $100/night

Sumpter RV Park

26 RV Sites, 2 Tent Sites

At the foot of the majestic Elkhorn Mountain Range in Oregon's gold country, Sumpter RV Park serves as a historic gateway to the scenery, adventure, and remarkable frontier history that have made the Sumpter Valley one of eastern Oregon's most compelling destinations. The park offers full hookups at 30 and 50 amp service alongside WiFi, laundry facilities, and a general store stocked with supplies and propane, creating a complete base camp for exploring the mining camps, mountain trails, and high desert landscapes that surround this small Gold Rush town. In winter, the property transforms into a launch point for more than 350 miles of groomed snowmobile trails threading through the Elkhorn peaks. Sites come equipped with hookups, picnic tables, and fire rings, and guests can rent fire pits for classic campfire evenings in the thin, clear air of eastern Oregon's mountains. The camp store carries supplies, snacks, and small detergent boxes for the laundry room, while the park's BBQ area and yard games—cornhole, darts, and more—provide social gathering points between explorations. The surrounding landscape invites active engagement year-round: gold panning in Sumpter's creek drainages, ATV riding on the area's designated trail network, and hiking into the high granite peaks of the Elkhorn Range keep guests busy regardless of season. Sumpter itself is a small, well-preserved town with the bones of its Gold Rush past visible at every turn—historic storefronts, mining-era buildings, and the rusting machinery of a century-old industry give it an atmospheric authenticity that living history museums can only approximate. The Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Area, right in town, preserves the last of three massive floating gold dredges that worked the Powder River bottomlands between 1913 and 1954, leaving behind the ghostly landscape of tailing piles and settling ponds that define the valley floor. Cracker Creek Mining Camp offers hands-on gold panning experiences for visitors who want to feel a little of the original fever. The Sumpter Valley Railroad, a narrow-gauge heritage railroad operating vintage steam and diesel equipment on restored trackage, runs excursions between Sumpter and McEwen during the summer months—a genuinely evocative way to experience the valley that once connected the mining towns to the smelters of Baker City. Baker City itself, 30 miles east, houses the outstanding Oregon Trail Interpretive Center documenting the emigrant experience on one of history's most consequential migrations. The Elkhorn Mountains, rising to over 9,000 feet above Sumpter, offer summer hiking and fall hunting for elk and mule deer in terrain that sees far fewer visitors than the Cascades to the west. Sumpter's peak season runs June through September, when the mountain wildflowers bloom, the railroad runs, and the dredge grounds are accessible. Summer temperatures at elevation are cool and pleasant—Sumpter sits at 4,500 feet, and even July nights invite a jacket. Fall delivers the hunting season and the first frosts that turn the aspen groves gold before the snow comes. Winter snowmobile riders find Sumpter's position at the trailhead ideal. Reserve your site at Sumpter RV Park and step into a corner of Oregon history that most travelers never discover.

from $25/night

City of Rocks RV

23 RV Sites, 5 Tent Sites

City of Rocks RV in Almo, Idaho, is the gateway campground at the entrance to the City of Rocks National Reserve in Cassia County — a partial-hookup (water and electric 20/30/50 amp) campground with big rig pull-through sites serving rock climbers, history enthusiasts, and high-desert nature explorers who make the pilgrimage to the City of Rocks' extraordinary collection of granite spires, domes, and pinnacles in the Albion Mountain range of southern Idaho. Almo's position at the base of the Silent City of Rocks gives City of Rocks RV the most convenient possible base for the reserve that outdoor recreation and history publications have consistently recognized as one of the most significant and most visually dramatic natural areas in the Pacific Northwest. Partial hookup sites with water and electric service at 20, 30, and 50 amps, big rig pull-through capacity, and Pioneer Bathrooms give guests the practical infrastructure for comfortable campground stays adjacent to one of the most unique geological landscapes in the American West. The campground's gateway position — literally at the entrance to the City of Rocks National Reserve — minimizes the drive between campsite and the reserve's trailheads, rock climbing routes, and historical sites. Pets are welcome. The City of Rocks National Reserve encompasses 14,407 acres of the Albion Mountains in Cassia County where 2.5-billion-year-old granite intrusions have eroded into the extraordinary collection of spires, domes, and balanced rocks that the California Trail's emigrant travelers named the "Silent City" in the 1840s — a landscape so otherworldly that the emigrants' diaries consistently described it in terms of architecture and urban analogy rather than conventional geological description. The reserve's 600 technical rock climbing routes, distributed across the granite formations from beginner slab climbs to expert crack and face routes, have made City of Rocks one of the premier rock climbing destinations in the western United States, with classic routes on formations like Elephant Rock, Morning Glory Spire, and The Parking Lot Wall drawing climbers specifically from across the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West. The California Trail, one of the most heavily traveled overland emigrant routes of the 1840s-1860s, passed through the City of Rocks between 1843 and 1882 — and the granite formations of the Silent City preserves the original axle grease inscriptions that California-bound emigrants left on the smooth granite surfaces as informal guest registers documenting their passage westward. The National Park Service's interpretive program at the reserve interprets this trail heritage alongside the geological and biological character that make the City of Rocks a nationally significant landscape of multiple overlapping values. City of Rocks RV serves guests through the Cassia County outdoor recreation season from spring through fall, with the rock climbing season centered in the cooler months of May through June and September through October when the granite's surface temperature allows friction climbing that the July and August midday heat prevents. Twin Falls, 60 miles northwest, provides the full-service city's dining, lodging, and the Shoshone Falls — a Niagara-height waterfall on the Snake River sometimes called the Niagara of the West — that extends the day-trip range from the Almo base into the Snake River Plain's geological drama. Reserve sites ahead for the prime spring and fall rock climbing seasons, when the City of Rocks area's very limited commercial accommodation fills from the regional and national climbing community.

from $20/night

City of Rocks Camp and Climb

45 RV Sites, 20 Tent Sites

City of Rocks Camp and Climb in Almo, Idaho, occupies an extraordinary position at the immediate doorstep of the City of Rocks National Reserve—a geological wonderland of ancient granite monoliths, balanced rocks, and sculpted stone formations that has attracted rock climbers from across the world since the 1960s and served as a landmark on the California Trail since emigrant wagon trains began passing through the Silent City of Rocks in the 1840s. Positioned adjacent to the reserve's climbing access in one of Idaho's most remote and visually striking landscapes, the campground serves as the natural base for serious climbers and geologically curious visitors who come to this quiet corner of Cassia County for some of the best granite climbing in the American West. The campground accommodates self-contained RVs with big-rig-friendly site access in a location where the visual drama of the surrounding rock formations provides the primary recreational and aesthetic experience without any need for on-site infrastructure beyond reliable utility connections. The off-road access to the area and the park's pet-friendly policies suit the adventurous traveler demographic that gravitates to Idaho's southeastern corner, and the property's proximity to both the City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park means guests have two distinct geological landscapes accessible within minutes of the campground. The City of Rocks National Reserve protects 14,407 acres of Precambrian granite ranging from 2.5 billion to 25 million years old, with the older Twin Falls Rhyolite forming the characteristic domed formations visible from the California Trail ruts that still trace the valley floor. The reserve's 900-plus rock climbing routes span the full difficulty spectrum from beginner-accessible crack systems to highly technical face routes that challenge expert climbers, and the historic California Trail inscriptions left by emigrants using axle grease and pine pitch to mark the rock faces remain visible on several prominent boulders. The combination of climbing quality, geological diversity, and historical significance makes City of Rocks a multi-interest destination that rewards visitors with varied motivations. Castle Rocks State Park, adjacent to the City of Rocks National Reserve in Almo, protects a complementary landscape of granite spires and formations that extends the climbing and hiking terrain available to guests based at the campground, with a separate trail system and geological character that makes it worth exploring independently of the national reserve. The remote setting of Almo—a tiny agricultural community serving the farmers and ranchers of the Raft River Valley—provides limited commercial services, meaning guests should arrive with sufficient supplies for their stay. The Twin Falls area, approximately 75 miles northwest via ID-77 and US-93, provides the nearest full-service shopping, dining, and fuel infrastructure for longer resupply needs. City of Rocks Camp and Climb operates seasonally from spring through fall, with the prime climbing season running from May through October when the granite's temperature and the surrounding landscape's conditions are optimal. Spring and fall offer the coolest temperatures and smallest crowds for technical climbing, while summer brings the most consistent weather for multi-day climbing itineraries and the hiking season when Castle Rocks' trail system is fully accessible. Reservations during peak climbing season weekends should be secured in advance, as the reserve's limited camping inventory and the campground's gateway position create concentrated demand from climbers who plan visits around optimal conditions.

from $15/night

Idaho Falls Luxury RV Park

Idaho Falls Luxury RV Park occupies a site with genuine history along the Snake River in eastern Idaho — built on the grounds of the former Sky-Vu Drive-In Theater, a local landmark established in 1950 that brought families together for decades before closing. When the Teichert and Sebastian families acquired the site in 2021 and opened the park in May 2023, they channeled that family-gathering legacy into an RV destination built to a standard rarely seen in the region, with oversized spaces and resort-quality amenities that together form the largest and most polished full-hookup park in East Idaho. Sites here rank among the most spacious in the region — designed to accommodate today's largest motorhomes and fifth wheels with the clearances that guests traveling in 40-foot rigs genuinely require. Direct access to the Snake River and the paved Greenbelt trail system opens the park's outdoor recreation to both walkers and cyclists, with free bike rentals available on-site for guests who arrive without their own. Two pickleball courts, a dedicated dog park, a playground, site-specific Wi-Fi at every pad, and the region's largest outdoor community fireplace round out an amenity lineup built to rival what high-end home communities offer rather than what campgrounds typically provide. Full hookups with 30- and 50-amp service and modern bathhouse facilities complete the practical infrastructure. The Snake River corridor through Idaho Falls gives the park an exceptionally attractive natural setting for a city-adjacent campground — the Greenbelt's tree-lined path traces the river for miles in both directions, and the sound of moving water provides a constant ambient backdrop that softens the urban context. The city of Idaho Falls itself is a pleasant mid-sized community with a lively downtown riverfront, the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple, and a growing dining and arts scene that rewards an evening stroll from camp. The Museum of Idaho in downtown Idaho Falls covers the natural and human history of the region comprehensively, and its rotating exhibits frequently draw visitors who weren't planning a museum day. Yellowstone National Park is roughly two and a half hours north — a long day trip from Idaho Falls that most guests make at least once during an extended stay. Grand Teton National Park is about 90 minutes away, offering what many consider the most dramatic mountain scenery accessible by paved road in the lower 48. Craters of the Moon National Monument, 90 minutes west, provides a lunar lava-field landscape that is one of the more surprising natural experiences in the American West. Idaho Falls Luxury RV Park operates year-round, with summer and fall the most popular seasons for regional park and monument touring. The Snake River's seasonal flow and the Greenbelt's condition vary through the year, with spring and early summer typically the most lush and photogenic for riverside walking and cycling. Reserve early for summer stays when Yellowstone and Grand Teton traffic drives demand across all eastern Idaho campgrounds — the park's combination of large sites, full hookups, and city proximity makes it a consistent first choice for guests with more discerning RV accommodation standards.

from $70/night