Planned Activities

6-Night Camp Airstream: Yellowstone

14 Sites

You're reserving a hosted Camp Airstream experience at the Red Rock RV Park—designed exclusively for Airstream owners. Your reservation includes one full-hookup campsite within the private Camp Airstream area at Red Rock RV Park.<br><br> <strong>Available Weeks (2026):</strong><br> <em>Select your preferred week below. Availability is limited to 14 campsites per session. If your preferred week is sold out, you may <a href="https://support.spot2nite.com/hc/en-us/requests/new" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline;color:#009080;">join the waitlist</a>.</em><br><br> <table width="100%"><tr><td width="50%" valign="top"> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; ">June 23 - 29</span><br> <a href="https://www.spot2nite.com/campgrounds-rv-parks/idaho/island-park/6-night-camp-airstream-yellowstone?checkIn=2026-06-30&checkOut=2026-07-06#availability" style="text-decoration: underline;color:#009080;">June 30 - July 6</a><br> <a href="https://www.spot2nite.com/campgrounds-rv-parks/idaho/island-park/6-night-camp-airstream-yellowstone?checkIn=2026-07-07&checkOut=2026-07-13#availability" style="text-decoration: underline;color:#009080;">July 7 - 13</a><br> <a href="https://www.spot2nite.com/campgrounds-rv-parks/idaho/island-park/6-night-camp-airstream-yellowstone?checkIn=2026-07-14&checkOut=2026-07-20#availability" style="text-decoration: underline;color:#009080;">July 14 - 20</a><br> <a href="https://www.spot2nite.com/campgrounds-rv-parks/idaho/island-park/6-night-camp-airstream-yellowstone?checkIn=2026-07-21&checkOut=2026-07-27#availability" style="text-decoration: underline;color:#009080;">July 21 - 27</a><br><span style="text-decoration: line-through; ">July 28 - August 3</span><br> </td><td width="50%" valign="top"> <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">August 4 - 10</span><br> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; ">August 11 - 17</span><br> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; ">August 18 - 24</span><br> <a href="https://www.spot2nite.com/campgrounds-rv-parks/idaho/island-park/6-night-camp-airstream-yellowstone?checkIn=2026-08-25&checkOut=2026-08-31#availability" style="text-decoration: underline;color:#009080;">August 25 - 31</a><br> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; ">September 1 - 7</span><br> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; ">September 8 - 14</span><br> </td> </tr> </table>

Sun Outdoors Yellowstone North

1 Apartment

A quarter mile from the Roosevelt Arch—the stone gateway through which millions of Yellowstone visitors have passed since 1903—Sun Outdoors Yellowstone North in Gardiner, Montana occupies perhaps the most dramatically positioned RV park in the national park system. Just steps from the North Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, the resort anchors travelers in a small Montana mountain town where the Yellowstone River runs cold and clear, the surrounding mountains rise in every direction, and the wildlife that defines Yellowstone begins making appearances long before you pass through the arch itself. Gardiner is the only Yellowstone entrance open to wheeled vehicles year-round, making this an essential stop for any season. Premium full hookup RV sites offer 20, 30, and 50-amp electric service alongside WiFi, cable, and picnic tables at each site, creating a comfortable and well-connected base for Yellowstone exploration. Pet-friendly standard sites with full hookups provide additional options, and cabin rentals are available for travelers who prefer a roof. A camp-wide WiFi network, a general store stocked with supplies and local information, and a main deck area for gathering complete the essential amenities. The resort's proximity to Gardiner's restaurants, art galleries, and shops—all within a short walk—eliminates the need to drive for meals or supplies after a long day in the park. Gardiner sits at 5,314 feet in the Yellowstone River canyon just north of the park boundary, surrounded by the dry, sage-covered slopes of the Absaroka Range that frame one of America's most celebrated mountain landscapes. Elk are visible from camp throughout the year—the Northern Yellowstone herd migrates through Gardiner and the surrounding valleys in massive numbers each fall and spring, and individual animals are present on the slopes and river bottoms in virtually every season. Pronghorn, bighorn sheep, and mule deer are regular sights on the hillsides above town. Yellowstone National Park's Northern Range, accessible directly through Gardiner, contains the highest concentration of predictably visible large mammals in North America—wolves of the Lamar Valley, grizzly bears and black bears on the hillsides, bison herds on the valley floors, and the full complement of Yellowstone's thermal features along the road to Mammoth Hot Springs. The Lamar Valley, often called "America's Serengeti," is the premier wildlife viewing corridor in the continental United States. The Yellowstone River through the Black Canyon and through the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone provides extraordinary scenery and fishing for native Yellowstone cutthroat trout. Yellowstone's North Entrance operates 365 days a year, making Sun Outdoors Yellowstone North uniquely positioned as a winter gateway when all other park entrances close to wheeled vehicles. January and February offer the remarkable experience of wolf watching, bison in the snow-covered valleys, and thermal features surrounded by winter silence. Summer season is at full capacity from June through September—book as early as possible. Spring and fall offer excellent wildlife activity as animals migrate through the corridor. Reserve your site at Sun Outdoors Yellowstone North and wake up within walking distance of one of the world's great natural wonders.

from $224/night

Yellowstone Hot Springs Resort

39 RV Sites, 4 Cabins, 18 Tent Sites, 5 Hotel Rooms

Yellowstone Hot Springs Resort in Gardiner, Montana, offers 39 RV sites, nine cabin and hotel-room units, and 18 tent sites eight miles north of Yellowstone's North Entrance, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet behind a gated entrance. Three mineral spring pools of graduated temperature are the reason to book. Thirty-nine sites run in full-hookup and electric-only categories carrying 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 40 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. The electric-only option suits self-contained rigs at a lower rate. Nine cabins and hotel rooms and 18 tent sites round out the accommodations. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, with a gated entrance controlling access. The hot springs define the property. Three mineral pools of graduated temperature — a cold plunge, a 100-degree pool, and a 106-degree pool — are fed continuously by water drawn straight from the earth, chemical-free. An outdoor pool, fitness center, clubhouse, and pavilion round out the amenities, with hiking, biking, birding, and picnicking from the area and skiing and a golf course nearby. Pets are welcome. Gardiner sits at the south end of Paradise Valley where the Yellowstone River emerges from the mountains with the Absaroka Range rising on both flanks — one of the most strategically positioned properties in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, eight miles from the park's only year-round entrance. Summer is decisively the season, with the springs drawing guests year-round. Reserve well ahead for June through September.

from $29/night

Sugar City RV Park

27 RV Sites

In Sugar City, Idaho—in Madison County on the Snake River Plain of eastern Idaho, minutes from Rexburg and positioned at the gateway to some of the most spectacular natural environments accessible by road in the continental United States—Sugar City RV Park offers 25 large pull-through sites with full hookups, grass areas, bathrooms, showers, laundry, a dog park, and picnic tables in a clean, straightforward park whose eastern Idaho position puts Yellowstone National Park's west entrance 90 minutes northeast, Grand Teton National Park 60 miles east, the St. Anthony Sand Dunes 30 miles north, and Mesa Falls 35 miles northeast within easy day-trip range of what is among the most scenically endowed campground locations in the Rocky Mountain West. The park is the basecamp. The destination is everything outside it. All 25 sites are large pull-throughs with full hookup service—electric, water, and sewer—with grass areas between the sites that give the property a softer character than the pure gravel pad parks that the agricultural Snake River Plain's other RV options provide. The sites accommodate up to six people, two pets, and two licensed vehicles per site, making them genuinely spacious for the family and extended-party stays that national park corridor campgrounds regularly host. Bathrooms, hot showers, coin laundry, a dog park, and picnic tables complete the essential daily infrastructure for guests who are at Sugar City to sleep, shower, and launch—not to spend their days in the campground. The full hookup standard and the clean, well-maintained facilities create the reliable overnight that a Yellowstone-circuit campground requires. Sugar City occupies Madison County on the Snake River Plain at 4,700 feet in the agricultural landscape of eastern Idaho's potato and grain country, in the community immediately east of Rexburg where BYU-Idaho's campus and the region's agricultural economy create the small-city character that the surrounding Teton, Yellowstone, and Snake River Plain landscapes make genuinely spectacular. The Snake River Plain's volcanic geology—the source of the lava flows, cinder cones, and rift zones that make the eastern Idaho landscape so visually distinctive from the Rocky Mountain terrain to the east and south—creates the geological context that the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, 100 miles west, documents most dramatically. Grand Teton National Park, 60 miles east via US-20 and US-26 through Driggs and Victor in the Teton Valley, provides the Cathedral Group's iconic skyline—the Grand Teton, Mount Owen, and Teewinot Mountain's vertical granite faces rising directly from the valley floor in the visual drama that makes the Tetons the most photographed mountains in North America. Yellowstone's West Entrance at West Yellowstone, Montana, accessible via US-20 through Island Park, provides the park's most direct access from eastern Idaho—the Grand Loop Road's geyser basins, the Canyon Village and the Yellowstone Falls, and the Lamar Valley's wolf and bison watching accessible from the west entrance in a day of driving and wildlife observation. Sugar City RV Park operates year-round in eastern Idaho's high-plains climate, with the primary Yellowstone-Teton season running from Memorial Day through September when the parks' full facility and road systems are open. The St. Anthony Sand Dunes—the largest accessible white quartz sand dunes in the western United States—provide year-round recreation for OHV enthusiasts and the off-season complement to the national park access that drives most Sugar City summer visitors. Reserve your pull-through site at Sugar City RV Park and let the eastern Idaho Snake River Plain's extraordinary position between Yellowstone, the Tetons, and the sand dunes make this straightforward, clean park the gateway campground your Rocky Mountain road trip deserves.

from $35/night

Idaho Sky RV Resort

144 RV Sites, 1 Cabin

In Rexburg, Idaho—in Madison County on the Snake River Plain of eastern Idaho where the Teton Range's volcanic peaks rise 60 miles to the east, the Yellowstone caldera lies 90 minutes northeast, and the St. Anthony Sand Dunes' desert landscape contrasts spectacularly with the irrigated agricultural plain of the upper Snake River Valley—Idaho Sky RV Resort offers 159 large full hookup sites with pull-throughs reaching 89 feet by 40 feet, vacation rental accommodations, two hot tubs, pickleball courts, 24-hour laundry, complimentary WiFi, BBQ grills and community fire pits in a premier eastern Idaho resort that serves as the most practical and comfortable gateway campground for the Yellowstone-Teton corridor that makes this part of Idaho one of the most spectacular natural environments accessible by road anywhere in the continental United States. For Yellowstone and Grand Teton visitors who want a full-service resort rather than a national park campground lottery, Rexburg solves the problem. The 159 full hookup sites include pull-throughs at 89 by 40 feet and smaller options at 62 by 35 feet, accommodating the full range of rigs the Yellowstone circuit attracts—from 45-foot motorhomes to family travel trailers—with 30 and 50-amp service on every site. Two hot tubs provide the mineral soak recovery that the day's hiking in the Tetons or exploring Yellowstone's geyser basins genuinely demands, pickleball courts serve the active resort community, and the 24-hour laundry ensures that multi-week Yellowstone-circuit travelers can maintain clean wardrobes without disrupting the exploration schedule. Vacation rental accommodations provide the furnished option for guests traveling without an RV. BBQ grills and fire pits create the outdoor gathering space that summer evenings in eastern Idaho's clear mountain air invite. Rexburg sits in Madison County at 4,865 feet on the Snake River Plain, where irrigation has transformed high-desert sage into the potato and grain production that drives the county's economy. BYU-Idaho's campus gives Rexburg its college-town character, and the city's position as the eastern Idaho hub for the Yellowstone-Teton corridor creates the service economy the resort serves. Grand Teton National Park, 60 miles east via US-20 and US-26 through Driggs, provides the full Teton mountain experience—the Cathedral Group's 13,770-foot Grand Teton, Jenny Lake, the String Lake swimming, the valley floor moose and bison that the park manages, and the Snake River float trips from Jackson Lake to Moose that expose the Teton skyline from the water. Yellowstone National Park, 90 miles northeast via US-20 through Ashton and the Marysville Road, provides the geothermal world of Old Faithful, the Grand Prismatic Spring, the Lamar Valley's wolf and bison populations, and the Yellowstone Falls that make the park the most geologically extraordinary landscape in North America. Harriman State Park, 30 miles north near Ashton on the Henry's Fork of the Snake River, protects one of the most productive wild trout fisheries in the Rocky Mountains. Idaho Sky RV Resort operates year-round in Rexburg's eastern Idaho climate, with the primary Yellowstone-Teton season running from Memorial Day through September when the parks are fully accessible and the eastern Idaho mountain weather at its most reliable. The St. Anthony Sand Dunes—expansive white quartz sand dunes 30 miles north—provide the off-season recreation for OHV and sandboarding enthusiasts during the shoulder seasons. Fall in the Teton Valley from September through October delivers the golden aspen groves against the Teton skyline in one of the Rocky Mountain West's most photographed autumn landscapes. Reserve your site at Idaho Sky RV Resort and let Rexburg's proximity to Yellowstone, the Tetons, and the Snake River Plain's extraordinary eastern Idaho landscape make this the gateway resort your western adventure requires.

from $52/night

Yellowstone Lakeside RV Park and Campground

34 RV Sites

Yellowstone Lakeside RV Park and Campground sits in Rigby, Idaho, in the upper Snake River Plain east of Idaho Falls, operating as a family-owned year-round facility that functions as the most practical and reasonably priced overnight base for travelers heading to or from Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and Jackson Hole—all less than two hours east. The yellowstone lakeside rv park earns its name not only from its proximity to the park but from its own lakeside setting: Rigby Lake, one of southeastern Idaho's popular local swimming and fishing spots, is less than a mile from the campground's front gate. The park offers full-hookup pull-through sites up to 110 feet long with 30 and 50-amp service, water, and sewer, accommodating the largest rigs on the road with room to spare. Raised tent platforms bring a measure of comfort to the camping experience for guests without rigs. On-site amenities include a private hot tub, dog park, dog wash station, dump station, propane refills, firewood, ice, and free WiFi. Squealers Fun Park, a mini-golf and go-cart entertainment complex, sits immediately adjacent to the campground—a convenient option for families who need on-site entertainment without a drive into town. Rigby is the Jefferson County seat, a small agricultural community in the heart of the upper Snake River Plain where potato fields and grain farms stretch to the horizon and the Teton Range is visible on clear days to the east. The region's agricultural character gives it a plainspoken authenticity that distinguishes it from the more tourist-polished communities closer to the national parks, and the practical services of a small Idaho county seat—fuel, groceries, hardware, and authentic local dining—are available without resort-town markup. The Henry's Fork of the Snake River, one of the most celebrated fly fishing rivers in North America, runs through the region with legendary hatches and wild rainbow trout that attract anglers from across the world each summer. Heise Hot Springs, east of Rigby, offers natural geothermal soaking pools and a waterpark alongside the South Fork of the Snake River. The St. Anthony Sand Dunes, one of the largest active dune systems in the United States, provide OHV riding, sandboarding, and a geological spectacle that surprises most visitors who expect Idaho to be only mountains and potatoes. Yellowstone Bear World, a drive-through wildlife park featuring native Rocky Mountain species, sits between Rigby and the national park corridor. Yellowstone Lakeside RV Park operates year-round with peak demand running from Memorial Day through Labor Day as the national park corridor reaches maximum visitor volume. Spring and fall shoulder seasons offer the same convenient gateway positioning with shorter drives and less competition for campsites throughout the Yellowstone-Teton region. The park's combination of full-service RV infrastructure, an on-site hot tub for post-drive relaxation, and a location that splits the drive from Salt Lake City or Boise to Yellowstone almost perfectly makes it one of Idaho's busiest year-round campgrounds despite its small size.

from $45/night

Aspen Grove Inn at Heise Bridge

30 RV Sites, 6 Cabins, 11 Tent Sites, 4 Cottages, 2 Yurts, 1 Onsite RV/Trailer, 1 House

Aspen Grove Inn at Heise Bridge in Rigby, Idaho, offers year-round accommodations in eastern Idaho's Snake River Plain — RV and camp sites, cabins, private cottages, yurts, glamper campers, and a lodge with bunkhouse giving guests a comprehensive range of lodging options in Jefferson County's agricultural and outdoor recreation landscape between Idaho Falls and the Teton Valley. The property's year-round operation and accommodation diversity serve the full spectrum of eastern Idaho visitors: fly fishing and float trip guests on the Henry's Fork and South Fork of the Snake River, Yellowstone National Park travelers using Idaho Falls as their western park approach, and the regional outdoor recreation community pursuing the Snake River Plain's volcanic geology and the surrounding public land network. RV sites with hookups, tent camping, cabins, cottages, yurts, glamper campers, and the lodge and bunkhouse give the property the most comprehensive accommodation range of any camping property in eastern Idaho — a flexibility that serves solo anglers, family groups, corporate retreat groups, and outdoor organizations whose equipment and accommodation needs span the full range that a property of this accommodation depth can address. The year-round operation maintains availability through the winter months when the surrounding Snake River Plain's fishing and wildlife activity continues in modified form from the summer peak. Pets are welcome. The Henry's Fork of the Snake River, flowing south from Henry's Lake through Island Park and the Mesa Falls corridor toward Ashton, is one of the most famous spring creek dry-fly fisheries in the world — the Railroad Ranch section through the Harriman State Park meadow, where rainbow trout of 18 to 24 inches rise in spring creek-style feeding lanes to mayfly and caddis hatches that the Henry's Fork's cold, clear spring flow sustains, is specifically cited in international fly fishing literature as a standard of difficult, technical, demanding trout fishing. The South Fork of the Snake River through the Swan Valley provides the float fishing complement — a large, productive freestone river where the rainbow and cutthroat trout populations support a guide industry of significant regional scale. Yellowstone National Park, approximately 90 miles north and east via the US Highway 20 and State Highway 47 Island Park corridor, gives Rigby the western approach to the park that avoids the congested South Entrance from Jackson Hole — a less-traveled approach through Island Park's volcanic caldera and the Ashton-Flagg Ranch Road into the park's Bechler and Falls River country in the park's southwestern quadrant. The Grand Teton National Park's western Snake River approach from Victor, Idaho, over the Teton Pass, provides the additional mountain scenery corridor accessible from the eastern Idaho base. Aspen Grove Inn at Heise Bridge operates year-round in eastern Idaho's continental climate, where the summer season from June through September provides the peak fly fishing, Yellowstone touring, and outdoor recreation activity and the winter months offer the specific cold-weather Idaho experience of the Snake River Plain landscape. The Ririe Reservoir, immediately west of Rigby, provides motorized water recreation, fishing, and the Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area's hunting access for the eastern Idaho visitor base. Reserve cabins, cottages, and lodge accommodations ahead for the peak summer fly fishing season when the Henry's Fork and South Fork guide bookings fill months in advance and overnight accommodation in Jefferson County fills from the regional fishing and Yellowstone travel market.

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

Moose Crossing RV Park

30 RV Sites, 2 Cabins

Mackay, Idaho, sits in the Lost River Valley beneath the most dramatic mountain terrain in the state — the Lost River Range, home to Borah Peak at 12,662 feet, Idaho's highest summit, and a string of additional peaks over 12,000 feet that form a skyline unlike anything else in the northern Rocky Mountains. Moose Crossing RV Park brings full-hookup RV sites and cabin accommodations to this remote but rewarding corner of Custer County, positioning guests for the kind of backcountry access and mountain scale that the Lost River Valley uniquely delivers while maintaining the practical amenities that make extended mountain stays comfortable. Full-hookup RV sites accommodate big rigs across the park's level grounds, and cabin rentals provide solid-wall accommodations for guests arriving without their own RV or seeking additional group capacity. Clean bathrooms, showers, a laundry facility, a dog park, and a dump station handle the practical needs of both short-term and extended-stay campers, and the big-rig-friendly site design with appropriate clearances reflects a park built for the actual vehicles guests bring to Idaho's mountain corridors. The overall operation is no-frills in the best sense — focused on the things that genuinely matter to guests camping in a remote mountain valley where the landscape does the heavy lifting. Pets are welcome throughout. Mackay Reservoir, just north of town, is a reliable productive fishery for rainbow and brown trout that draws anglers from across central Idaho for shoreline and boat fishing in a reservoir set against the Lost River Range's imposing backdrop. The reservoir's size and accessibility make it one of the more practical fishing destinations in this remote stretch of the valley, and the calm morning conditions that develop before afternoon wind picks up create a fishing window that rewards early risers who are already set up by first light. Borah Peak, visible as the dominant summit above the Lost River Valley, is accessible via a strenuous but non-technical day hike that leads over the "Chicken-Out Ridge" section — the peak's notoriety is partly built on this one exposed stretch that separates those who summit from those who turn back. The Challis National Forest surrounds the valley with hundreds of miles of trail access, and the upper Salmon River drainage provides blue-ribbon fishing and float opportunities within a day's drive. For an entirely different kind of remarkable Idaho destination, the EBR-1 Atomic Museum in Arco — just west on Highway 93 — marks the site where nuclear energy first lit a string of lightbulbs in 1951. Moose Crossing RV Park serves guests through the Lost River Valley's outdoor season, with summer and early fall delivering the best combination of mountain weather and full activity access. Borah Peak hikes are most safely attempted from late June through September when the route is snow-free. Reserve ahead for any summer stay — Mackay's limited accommodation supply and the valley's growing reputation among Idaho backcountry enthusiasts means availability moves faster than the area's remote location might suggest.

from $42/night

Alpine Lodge

6 RV Sites, 22 Cabins

Alpine Lodge sits at the north end of Red Lodge, Montana, on US Highway 212, offering 22 cabin and motel-room accommodations alongside six RV spots with water and electric on 30 and 50-amp service. RV sites are pull-through and sized to 30 feet, so this suits smaller rigs and vans rather than large coaches — the lodging is the main event here. Twenty-two cabins and motel rooms provide king and queen beds, in-room coffee makers, kitchenettes with microwave and refrigerator, air conditioning, and covered parking directly in front of each room. Adjoining rooms are available for families and larger parties. Six pull-through RV spots carry water and electric on 30 and 50-amp with picnic tables, sized to 30 feet — note there are no sewer hookups. Laundry, restrooms, and showers serve all guests, and WiFi reaches the property. The lodge maintains a strict cancellation policy given the seasonal nature of its lodging, so confirm dates before booking. On-site amenities include a community fire pit, sports courts, basketball, horseshoes, corn hole, and on-site dining, with live music and planned activities through the season. The lodge also operates as a wedding venue. Downtown Red Lodge is within walking distance for dining and shops. The position is exceptional. US-212 is the southern terminus of the Beartooth Highway, which Charles Kuralt called the most beautiful road in America and the American Motorcycle Association ranks among the world's top motorcycle roads. The Beartooth-Absaroka Wilderness, Yellowstone's northeast entrance, and Rock Creek's blue-ribbon trout water are all immediate. Skiing is nearby in winter. The Beartooth Highway's seasonal opening drives summer demand — check pass status and book early for July and August.

from $63/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.

Boulder Creek Lodge

9 RV Sites, 10 Cabins, 2 Tent Sites, 2 Tipis, 1 Wagon

Boulder Creek Lodge in Maxville, Montana, offers nine full-hookup pull-through RV sites, 10 cabins, two tent sites, and three tipi and wagon accommodations in the Flint Creek Valley, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet. The range of lodging formats is the property's distinguishing feature. Nine pull-through sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 40 feet. Ten cabins, a Conestoga wagon, a tipi, and two tent sites round out the accommodations, which lets the lodge serve couples wanting a tipi stay and RV travelers needing hookups from the same property. A boutique shop, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and WiFi handle the practical side. A game room, community fire pit, playground, and walking trails fill the grounds, with a creek running the property and horseshoes and live music through the season. Pets are welcome. Maxville sits in Granite County between Missoula and Philipsburg, in southwest Montana's mountain country. The Flint Creek Valley is unusually rich in accessible adventure, and the local attractions reward exploring beyond the standard Montana national park circuit: Montana Gems and Gem Mountain for sapphire digging, the Sweet Palace candy store in Philipsburg, Garnet Ghost Town, and the Philipsburg Brewing Company are all close. The lodge serves the Montana season, with summer driving the heaviest demand across the mountain corridor and fall bringing quieter conditions and color in the valley. With nine RV sites and a small cabin count, reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $40/night