Swimming
One of over 34 Spot2Nite camping activities
Make a splash at campgrounds and RV parks with swimming and water activities for every age and interest. Whether you're cooling off in a refreshing pool, floating along a lazy river, or watching the kids enjoy a splash pad or traversing inflatable water toys, there’s no shortage of aquatic fun. Adventurers can take it further with access to snorkeling, scuba diving, surfing, and other exciting water sports nearby.
RV parks and campgrounds with Swimming near Palisades, Idaho.
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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
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The Longhorn Ranch Lodge & RV Resort
46 RV Sites, 7 Tent Sites, 5 Lodges
In Dubois, Wyoming—at the eastern gateway of the Wind River Canyon where US Highway 26/287 threads through the Absaroka Range and the painted badlands of the Dubois basin before climbing to Togwotee Pass and the descent toward Grand Teton National Park—Longhorn Ranch Lodge & RV Resort sits with the Painted Hills' vermillion and ochre badlands to the north and Whiskey Mountain in the Wind River Range rising to the south, offering full hookup RV sites, lodge accommodations, a hot tub and sauna, horse pens for equestrian travelers, bike rentals, and a setting of raw Wyoming landscape beauty that makes Dubois itself a destination rather than simply a waypoint on the Yellowstone circuit. For travelers who want the Wind River country's extraordinary geology, wildlife, and mountain environment without the crowds of the national parks, Longhorn Ranch delivers. Full hookup RV sites with big-rig accommodations sit alongside the lodge's guest rooms in a property with a creek or stream on the grounds that creates the natural soundscape of the high Wyoming valley. Horse pens serve the equestrian community that uses the Dubois area as a base for backcountry trail riding in the Shoshone National Forest and the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, and the bike rentals support the cycling guests who want to explore the Wind River Canyon's dramatic highway corridor on two wheels. A laundry, clean bathrooms and showers, a playground, dog park, and general store provide the practical amenity infrastructure, and the hot tub and sauna offer the restorative option that the Wyoming mountain climate makes particularly welcome. Dubois sits at 6,917 feet in Fremont County at the confluence of the Wind River and Horse Creek, in the high desert basin where the geology tells one of Wyoming's most visible stories—the badlands north of town expose the same volcanic and sedimentary strata that color the landscape at Bryce Canyon and the Painted Desert, creating the pink, red, white, and yellow banding in the cliffs that gives the Painted Hills their name. The town's character as a working Western ranching and outfitting community, combined with its position on the Yellowstone-Teton circuit, creates the authentic Wyoming atmosphere that distinguishes Dubois from the resort-town alternatives in the region. Yellowstone National Park's east entrance at Sylvan Pass is approximately 65 miles west via Togwotee Pass, a mountain route that crosses the Continental Divide at 9,658 feet through spectacular alpine scenery and is consistently ranked among Wyoming's most beautiful highways. Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole lie approximately 85 miles southwest, with the Tetons visible from Togwotee Pass on clear days in the dramatic silhouette that makes the approach from the east one of the finest introductions to a mountain landscape in the American West. The National Bighorn Sheep Center in Dubois—the interpretive museum dedicated to the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep that winter on Whiskey Mountain in the largest concentration of bighorns in the lower 48 states—provides the wildlife education that contextualizes the sheep viewing opportunities immediately adjacent to town. Longhorn Ranch operates seasonally in Dubois's high-altitude Wyoming climate, with the summer and early fall season from June through October the primary operating window when the mountain passes are open and the national park circuit is accessible. The Whiskey Mountain bighorn sheep viewing in late fall and winter is exceptional and occasionally extends the Dubois season for wildlife-focused visitors willing to navigate the mountain roads. Reserve your site or lodge room at Longhorn Ranch and let Dubois's painted badlands, the Wind River Range, and the Wyoming landscape between Yellowstone and the Tetons show you what most travelers miss by driving through without stopping.
from $30/night
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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
