Tent Camping near Ellis, Idaho

City of Rocks RV

23 RV Sites, 5 Tent Sites

City of Rocks RV in Almo, ID, offers 23 RV sites and 5 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and pull-thru sites for rigs up to 60 feet. Every site is a water-and-electric pull-thru with a fire pit and picnic table. These are partial hookups — no sewer at the site, so plan on the on-site dump station. The pull-thru layout and 60-foot maximum make this an easy stop for big rigs, and the park is rated big rig friendly. A bathhouse, firewood, and a community fire pit cover the essentials, and pets are welcome with a dog park. Two vehicles are allowed per site, with a nightly fee charged on arrival for each additional vehicle. The campground is the gateway to City of Rocks National Reserve, and its guests are mostly climbers, hikers, and history travelers. Fishing, biking, birding, and off-road riding fill out the rest. Almo sits in Cassia County in southern Idaho's high desert, at the entrance to a granite landscape that drew both California Trail emigrants and, a century later, some of the country's best rock climbers. Rates for sites and tent spots are on the booking page. Spring and fall are the prime climbing seasons and the busiest weeks here.

from $20/night

City of Rocks Camp and Climb

45 RV Sites, 20 Tent Sites

City of Rocks Camp and Climb in Almo, Idaho, offers 45 RV sites and 20 tent sites at the doorstep of the City of Rocks National Reserve, with 20, 30, and 50-amp water-and-electric service and rigs accepted up to 90 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. A water-and-electric back-in category joins a dry camp pull-through tier. Forty-five sites run in back-in water-and-electric 20/30/50-amp and pull-through dry camp categories, carrying water and electric where noted, sized to 90 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two things to plan around: the sites carry water and electric but not sewer, so manage tank capacity, and the dry camp tier gives self-contained rigs a lower rate. Ninety feet is exceptional and accommodates anything on the road — genuinely useful in a remote corner where options are few. Twenty tent sites round out the lodging. The amenity set is deliberately minimal, and that is exactly right here — guests come for the rock, not the pool. Hiking and biking run from the property, with offroading nearby. Pets are welcome. The City of Rocks National Reserve is a geological wonderland of ancient granite monoliths, balanced rocks, and sculpted spires that has drawn climbers from around the world for decades. More than 1,000 established routes cross granite up to 2.5 billion years old, and the California Trail's original wagon route runs through it, with pioneer signatures still visible on Register Rock. Climbing season runs spring through fall. Reserve well ahead for May, June, September, and October.

from $15/night

The Hitching Post

51 RV Sites, 10 Tent Sites

The Hitching Post in Snowville, Utah, offers 51 full-hookup RV sites and 10 tent sites just off Interstate 84, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 130 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Back-in and pull-through categories at both amperages join a laundry, showers, community fire pit, and dump station. Fifty-one sites span back-in 30-amp, back-in 50-amp, pull-thru 30-amp, and pull-thru 50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 130 feet, with picnic tables. One hundred thirty feet is exceptional and accommodates anything on the road with room to spare — genuinely useful on an interstate corridor where big rigs need a straightforward overnight. Ten tent sites round out the lodging. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and a community fire pit handle the practical side. One vehicle is allowed per site, with an extra fee for additional vehicles. Two cafés and diners are within walking distance, and two gas stations are within a mile. The grounds offer hiking, biking, and dog walking, with offroading nearby. The dark desert sky makes for genuinely exceptional stargazing — among the best you will find at a highway park. Pets are welcome. The address is 490 West Main Street, at the northern tip of the Great Salt Lake Desert in Box Elder County, where the Raft River Mountains rise above the salt flats and I-84 carries traffic between Portland and Salt Lake City. Demand tracks interstate traffic and summer travel. Reserve ahead for holiday weekends.

from $20/night

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

Sun Outdoors Garden City Utah

163 RV Sites, 2 Cabins, 5 Tent Sites, 36 Hotel Rooms

Sun Outdoors Garden City in Utah offers 163 full-hookup RV sites, 38 cabin and hotel room units, and five tent sites on the western shore of Bear Lake, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet, open all year. Standard back-in, pull-in, and pull-through categories join a pool, hot tub, spa, beach, and boat docks. One hundred sixty-three sites run in standard back-in, standard pull-in, and standard pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with picnic tables. Three straightforward categories keep booking simple. Thirty-eight cabins and hotel rooms and five tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The property was formerly Blue Water RV Resort. An outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, and spa anchor the property, with a beach and boat docks opening the lake for boating and swimming. A recreation center, craft room, sports courts, pickleball, basketball, a playground, pavilion, and community fire pit fill the rest, with skiing, a state park, and mountains nearby and productive birding along the shore. The address is 2126 South Bear Lake Boulevard, eight miles south of the Idaho border. Bear Lake's water is a startling turquoise — the result of suspended limestone — which makes it one of the most visually distinctive lakes in the Intermountain West, framed by Wasatch-Cache ridges on three sides. Summer is the short, intense season at Bear Lake, with the raspberry harvest drawing August crowds. Reserve well ahead.

from $45/night

Rivers Edge RV Park

At 28522 Lower Pleasant Ridge Road on the Snake River in Wilder, Idaho—in Canyon County in the agricultural heart of the Treasure Valley where the Snake River Plain's basalt terrain, the Owyhee Mountains' volcanic skyline, and the irrigated agriculture that the Snake River Project's century-old canal system established have created the specific high-desert agricultural landscape that Idaho's wine country, bird hunting, and the canyon reservoir fishing build their regional identity around—Rivers Edge RV Park provides 22 full hookup sites up to 60 feet, cabin rentals, a boat launch, a river dock, horseshoe pits, laundry, showers, and acres of shade and grass on the Snake River's Canyon County reach in the family-operated campground that the Catfish Tournament, the Airstream Rally, and the spring and summer fishing events make a community anchor for the southwest Idaho outdoor recreation calendar. The Snake River frontage, the boat launch, and the river dock together constitute the water access infrastructure that defines Rivers Edge's recreational character. Twenty-two full hookup sites with 30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer in pull-through configurations accommodating rigs up to 60 feet provide the RV infrastructure along the Snake River's Canyon County shore. Cabin rentals serve the guests without RV equipment who want the Snake River access in an enclosed accommodation. A boat launch and river dock provide the motorized and fishing watercraft access to the Snake River that the campground's bank position makes the most functionally direct private launch in the Wilder-to-Nampa river corridor. Horseshoe pits provide the organized outdoor recreation alongside the river. Laundry facilities and modern showers serve the practical extended-stay requirements. Fire pits and picnic tables at sites provide the outdoor living setup. The campground's acres of shade-tree canopy and grass create the green, mature environment that the Snake River Plain's otherwise dry basalt and sagebrush character makes particularly welcome at a riverside campground that has had the time to grow a significant tree canopy. The Snake River along the campground provides the catfish, bass, and warmwater species fishing that the Snake River Plain's agricultural irrigation return flow and the river's naturally productive warmwater habitat creates across the Canyon County reach. The Snake River's Catfish Tournament—hosted at Rivers Edge—draws the Treasure Valley's catfish fishing community to a structured competition on the campground's home water. Channel catfish, flathead catfish, and white sturgeon are the three species the Snake River's Canyon County reach most reliably produces. Bruneau Dunes State Park—70 miles southeast—contains the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America at 470 feet, rising from the Snake River Plain's basalt floor in the geological anomaly that sand deposit accumulation in a bowl-shaped basin creates when the surrounding wind directions cancel each other rather than migrating the dune. The park's observatory, operating on Thursday through Saturday evenings from March through November, provides the public astronomy programming that the high desert's dark sky makes particularly productive for public stargazing. Lake Lowell—the Bureau of Reclamation reservoir within Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge—provides the bald eagle and waterfowl viewing and the warm-water fishing that Canyon County's premier reservoir supports year-round. Rivers Edge RV Park is open year-round in the Treasure Valley's high-desert climate. Spring and early summer represent the most active Snake River catfish season. The Catfish Tournament and Airstream Rally provide the organized event calendar. Reserve the river-view site early for summer fishing weekends, bring the rod to the dock, and let the Snake River's Canyon County reach earn the southwest Idaho campground experience that the Treasure Valley's agricultural heart and volcanic skyline make geologically and culturally specific to this particular part of Idaho.

Phillips RV Park

42 RV Sites, 3 Tent Sites

Phillips RV Park in Evanston, Wyoming, offers 42 full-hookup pull-through RV sites and three tent sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 85 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Pull-through categories at 30-amp and 50/30-amp mean no backing at any site, with a laundry, showers, and playground on the US-189/US-30 corridor. Forty-two sites run in pull-thru 30-amp and pull-thru 50/30-amp categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 85 feet, with picnic tables. An all-pull-through layout at 85 feet is exactly what a long-haul stop should be — pull in, level, sleep, pull out, with room for the longest coach and a tow. Three tent sites round out the lodging. A laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A playground and biking fill the grounds, with a river nearby. The amenity set is focused rather than sprawling, which suits a property built around comfortable overnight and short stays. Pets are welcome. The park has operated under family ownership since 1936 — nearly nine decades of hospitality on a corridor that has carried travelers since the Lincoln Highway brought the first automobiles across Uinta County. That continuity is unusual in this business and shows in how the place is run. Evanston sits near the Utah border in southwestern Wyoming, with the Uinta Mountains and the Bear River just south, and Salt Lake City about 80 miles west. Summer interstate and I-80 corridor traffic drives demand. Reserve ahead for holiday travel periods.

from $26/night