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Wakeside Lake RV Park

24 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 2 Glamping Sites

Wakeside Lake RV Park in Rexburg, Idaho, offers 24 RV sites, a cabin, and two glamping sites across 34 private acres anchored by an on-site lake, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Deluxe and premium pull-throughs join water-and-electric back-ins, with a beach and dog park. Twenty-four sites run in deluxe water-and-electric back-in, deluxe pull-through, deluxe water-and-electric pull-through, and premium pull-through categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 40 feet. A cabin and two glamping sites round out the accommodations. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and WiFi handle the practical side. Note the construction detour — follow the posted signs when the road is closed. Pets are welcome. The private lake is the anchor, with a beach for swimming and fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and boating from the water. A dog park serves pets, and a golf course is nearby. The 34-acre footprint gives the property genuine privacy for its size. Rexburg sits in Madison County on the upper Snake River Plain, between the rolling agricultural benchlands and the volcanic tablelands leading toward Yellowstone's caldera. BYU-Idaho, the St. Anthony Sand Dunes, and Bear World are all close, with Jackson Hole and West Yellowstone about an hour away. Summer is peak, with Yellowstone and Teton traffic driving demand alongside university dates. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $30/night

Snake River Cabin and RV Village

17 RV Sites, 53 Cabins, 17 Tent Sites

On the banks of the Snake River twelve miles south of downtown Jackson, Wyoming, Snake River Cabins and RV Village delivers a genuine mountain base camp for one of America's greatest outdoor destinations. Set where the Snake River curves through the sagebrush flats of southern Jackson Hole, the property combines RV sites, tent camping, and nine different cabin configurations in a setting that puts Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Jackson's legendary skiing and outdoor recreation within a 30-minute drive in any direction. Free bikes available for borrowing, rafting and ecotour operations, and a gift shop serving the outdoor community round out a property designed for people who come to this corner of Wyoming to be outside. Full hookup water, sewer, and electric sites accommodate trailers, motorhomes, and RVs up to 30 feet, with three separate bathhouses with individual bathrooms and showers ensuring clean facilities even during peak summer season. Free WiFi, on-site laundry, and a pet-friendly policy across the property make the extended-stay experience comfortable for travelers planting themselves in Jackson Hole for a week or season. The property's grocery and convenience store eliminates the need to drive into Jackson for daily supplies, and the natural, sagebrush-and-cottonwood setting along the Snake River provides a peaceful counterpoint to the bustle of peak-season Jackson Town Square. The Snake River at this location runs in broad, braided channels through the cottonwood gallery forest and sagebrush flats of southern Jackson Hole, creating a wildlife corridor that produces exceptional early-morning and evening viewing of moose, elk, bald eagles, osprey, and the sandhill cranes that nest in the surrounding wetlands. The valley's open sagebrush terrain allows long sight lines that make wildlife spotting from the property itself a realistic daily activity—particularly in fall when the elk rut moves animals through the bottomlands in impressive numbers. Grand Teton National Park, with its extraordinary range of world-class hiking, paddling, and climbing on one of North America's most iconic mountain ranges, is approximately 17 miles north of the property. The park's Jenny Lake, Jackson Lake, and the String Lake loop offer day hiking and paddling experiences that satisfy every ability level. Yellowstone's South Entrance lies just beyond the Tetons. Jackson's downtown—five-star restaurants, Western galleries, and the famous Town Square with its elk antler arches—is 12 miles north, and the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort at Teton Village provides world-class skiing and mountain biking within reach. Summer season at Snake River Cabins and RV Village runs June through September at full capacity, with July and August requiring advance reservations well ahead of arrival. Fall brings dramatic elk rut activity throughout Jackson Hole, cooler temperatures, and smaller crowds that make September and October among the most rewarding months. Winter in Jackson Hole centers on the ski resort, and the property's proximity to Teton Village makes it a practical base for ski trips. Book your site or cabin at Snake River Cabins and RV Village and experience the full magnitude of what Jackson Hole has to offer.

from $50/night

Lost Trail

20 RV Sites

Nestled along the Portneuf River in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho—in the Gem State's southeastern corner where the basalt lava flows of the Snake River Plain meet the limestone canyons of the Portneuf drainage and the geothermal activity that the region's volcanic geology produces flows to the surface in the world-famous hot springs that gave the town its identity—Lost Trail Resort provides full hookup RV sites on the Portneuf riverbank, pull-through options, and on-site motel rooms and cabins in the most geographically immediate position to Lava Hot Springs' natural geothermal pools that any campground in the area offers. Mountains rising on one side of the property, the Portneuf River on the other, and the town's geothermal infrastructure within walking distance create the specific combination that makes a Lava Hot Springs stay categorically different from any campground that merely approximates the hot springs experience. Full hookup RV sites with riverbank positioning accommodate the range of RV configurations, with pull-through options available for guests arriving with large rigs or who prefer not to back into a riverside site. The family-owned property maintains modern facilities including free WiFi, clean bathrooms, pet-friendly accommodations, and air conditioning. Motel rooms serve the guests traveling without RVs, and cabin accommodations provide the enclosed alternative with private amenities. The Portneuf River flowing beside the property provides the natural sound and visual environment that riverside camping specifically offers—and in Lava Hot Springs, where the river's geothermal character gives the water a warmth unusual for a mountain stream, the riverbank itself carries a specific ambient temperature that guests notice immediately on cool Idaho mornings. Lava Hot Springs' geothermal pools are the resource that organizes the entire visitor experience of this southeastern Idaho town. The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation operates the geothermal complex—maintained at no cost to the state beyond its own revenue—as a public facility with soaking pools maintained at multiple temperatures from 102 to 112 degrees Fahrenheit, fed continuously by the natural spring flow. The pools have operated continuously since the Shoshone-Bannock people first used the springs, were developed as a commercial resort in the late 19th century, and have maintained their public-ownership status through the 20th century and into the present as one of the only state-operated geothermal public bathing facilities in the American West. The Olympic-standard outdoor swimming complex—a separate facility from the hot soaking pools, operated by the same parks authority, open in summer—provides a 50-meter lap pool, diving platforms, and water slides in a facility built to Olympic specification that serves the competitive swimming market alongside the recreational swimming population that the Lava Hot Springs summer economy depends on. Year-round access to the geothermal soaking pools alongside summer-only access to the swimming complex creates the visitor calendar that makes Lava Hot Springs genuinely functional as a destination in every season. Hiking access to the surrounding Caribou-Targhee National Forest terrain, fishing in the Portneuf River system, and the winter sports available in the surrounding southeastern Idaho mountains extend the outdoor programming. Lost Trail Resort is open year-round in alignment with Lava Hot Springs' year-round geothermal pool access. The summer swimming complex season—from Memorial Day through Labor Day—drives peak demand. Winter soaking season draws the guests who specifically seek a geothermal pool experience in cold weather, when the temperature contrast between the 100-plus-degree water and the freezing air produces the atmospheric steam that makes hot spring bathing in cold conditions its most viscerally satisfying. Reserve your riverbank site early for summer and let Lava Hot Springs' natural geothermal infrastructure earn its place as southeastern Idaho's most irreplaceable visitor experience.

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

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

Riverside RV Park - Kemmerer

38 RV Sites

Riverside RV Park in Kemmerer, Wyoming, offers 38 full-hookup RV sites on Ham's Fork River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted up to 120 feet — among the most generous length allowances of any park in southwestern Wyoming. The park has been taking travelers for more than 50 years. Thirty-eight sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp in both back-in and pull-through configurations, with picnic tables at the sites. The 120-foot maximum accommodates essentially any rig on the road, including toads and trailers behind a long coach. Cable TV and WiFi are available at the sites. Pets are welcome. The river is the setting and the recreation. Ham's Fork runs along the property, giving guests trout fishing directly from camp in a high-desert river valley. On-site facilities are otherwise deliberately simple — this is a riverside park rather than a resort, priced and equipped as such, and its 50-year run reflects consistency rather than amenity investment. Kemmerer sits on US-189 in Lincoln County. Fossil Butte National Monument, preserving the most complete Eocene freshwater fish fossils in the world, is the region's signature attraction, and the town is where J.C. Penney opened his first store in 1902 — the original building still stands. The Star Valley outdoor corridor runs north between the Wyoming and Salt River ranges. The park serves the southwestern Wyoming season, with summer fossil-country tourism and river fishing driving demand. Reserve ahead for summer weekends, when Kemmerer's limited lodging inventory tightens.

from $49/night