Top Horse Camping near Albion, ID
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Best Equestrian Sites Near Albion, ID (11)
1. City of Rocks Campground — City of Rocks Natural Reserve
Almo, Idaho25 Reviews•113 Photos•200 SavesCamping in City of Rocks is a great way to enjoy being out in nature. Relax beneath the cool shade of aspen, juniper, mountain mahogany, or pine. Spend the night surrounded by impressive granite formations and starry skies. There are 64 standard campsites and 3 group sites to choose from with easy access to climbing, hiking trails, and vistas.
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- RVs
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- Equestrian
- Standard (Tent/RV)
2. Smoky Mountain Campground — Castle Rocks State Park
Almo, Idaho16 Reviews•97 Photos•53 SavesThere are 38 campsites available, 9 of which are pull-through. Sites 11 and 24 are designated ADA accessible. A separate loop with 6 sites accommodates equestrian campers. - water service May-September - 30 amp electrical hook-ups - fire-ring/ground grill - picnic table - partial shade There are flush toilets and showers open May-September and a vault toilet open year-round at the equestrian trail head. An RV dump station is provided near the campground entrance.
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- Equestrian
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3. Murtaugh Lake Park Campground
Murtaugh, Idaho14 Reviews•39 Photos•129 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- Electric Hookups
- Reservable
- ADA Access
- RVs
$10 - $50 / night
4. Bennett Springs
Albion, Idaho4 Reviews•12 Photos•29 SavesBennett Springs Campground is a primitive, non-fee, non-reservation campground located in the Albion Mountains. It is composed of 6 campsites that can accommodate up to 8 visitors per campsite. This area is accessible for a season that varies usually between June through October and campground amenities include chemical toilets. Fishing is available in the creek. Drinking water is not available. The campground is well suited for tent camping.
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- Fires
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- Reservable
- RVs
- Tents
5. Independence Lakes Campground
Almo, Idaho4 Reviews•22 Photos•59 SavesIndependence Lake Campground and Picnic Area is a non-fee campground and picnic area where reservations are not required. There are 5 single sites.__ This area is accessible for a season that varies usually between July through October. Sites are handicapped accessible. Campground amenities include 9 tables and grills, toilets, and livestock facilities. No drinking water or trash service is available. Nearby Independence Lakes Trail (#35) is 3.1 miles to the Lake. Only non-motorized travel is authorized. The first mile is rocky, however the remainder is a reasonable grade with switchbacks to the first of four lakes in the alpine cirque basin.Fish Your National Forests: This site can be accessed by Passenger Car; Fish available include: Trout; Types of fishing available include: Wade, Shore, Non-motorized boat, Float tube, Fly, Spin, Bait;__
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- Equestrian
- Firewood Available
- Toilets
6. Twin Lakes Campground
Albion, Idaho2 Reviews•7 Photos•18 Saves- Pets
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- Equestrian
- Cabins
- Standard (Tent/RV)
$5 / night
7. T4 GLAMP’N RANCH
Almo, Idaho4 Reviews•16 Photos•1 SaveGlamping right next to City of Rocks!
We currently offer 2 Dome's and 3 Bell tents
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- Fires
- Reservable
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- Equestrian
$50 - $100 / night
8. Oakley City RV Park
Oakley, Idaho1 Review•3 Photos•3 Saves- Pets
- Electric Hookups
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- Reservable
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- Tents
9. Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Twin Falls, Idaho12 Reviews•49 Photos•91 SavesWith the development of the Rickett’s RV Camp, overnight stays in the Park are now permitted. This fee-free primitive camp offers a vault toilet facility and 13 individual RV parking pads, each with a picnic table and fire ring, but no electric or water hook-ups. Additionally, a large open area is available to accommodate oversized rigs and equestrian travellers. Corrals are located adjacent to this area. Stays are limited to 5 days. Any overnight parking and dispersed camping are prohibited anywhere in the Park outside of a designated campground.
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- Equestrian
10. Indian Springs Resort and RV
American Falls, Idaho5 Reviews•27 Photos•17 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- Electric Hookups
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- ADA Access
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Recent Equestrian Reviews In Albion
91 Reviews of 11 Albion Campgrounds
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Free But Primitive
There is a picnic table, fire pit, and pit toilet. T-mobile service had a few bars.
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Clean, convenient and free!
It’s hard to believe this place is free. Nicer than some National Forest campgrounds with the same amenities. Pit toilets and that’s it. The toilets were clean and the one by our site even had a light on! It was a quiet stay and convenient to see Shoshone Falls, and resupply at Costco or Walmart just to the north in Jerome. Don’t skip the scenic overlooks at the bridge on highway 93, beautiful views, and we even watched a couple base jumpers there
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Twin falls campsite
Fairly quiet with occassional car racing by. Very close to city of twin falls. Has vault restrooms and firepits at the sites.
Murtaugh Lake Park Campground
Nice campground
The campground was very nice. The only negative is the ground and grass areas are pitted with holes from gophers. If tent camping bring a good ground cover to put tent on
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Lovely!
Nice layout, large spots, friendly people, useful signage about the surrounding area, and two clean well maintained pit toilets (one even had a night light). This spot is wonderfully close to town, feels very safe and convenient. Highly recommend this spot to anyone passing through!
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Free, or Luxurious???
Wonderful place for free camping, even better than some dirt but with 20bucks over....
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Safe and Convenient
Tent camped here in site 6. Felt safe the entire night and the campground featured bathrooms, which was a plus. Definitely targeted more towards RVs and camper style set-ups, but good night regardless minus some weather and wind!
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Conveient overnight stay with minimal fuss, bathrooms and good sized spots
Snake River Canyons Park- Rickett's RV Camp offers a peaceful and convenient location for an overnight stay. The campsites are mostly clean and equipped with fire rings and picnic tables. While the area is quite dry, it provides a safe and hassle-free experience. Nothing fancy. The Sherrif did a drive through at dusk(a feature I like) and the camp filled up before the sun had set. The availability of basic amenities such as pit toilets and horse corrals adds to the convenience of the site. If you're looking for a quick overnight stay this is a great spot that is pretty much a free campsite complete with a site host.
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Peaceful Place
Pulled into this area, easily, without any obstacles. The sites were plenty to choose from, clean, and had a table with a fire ring. Watched an awesome sunset and moved on the next morning. Not much here other than the basic stuff to spend the night and feel safe. I will stay here in my travels again. Area is very dry right now.
Murtaugh Lake Park Campground
Nice campground but poor management
Most of all sites have a Pavillon and the sites on the river has a direct lake access. In my opinion the campground is a little bit open and there is not so much privacy. All in all I would give the campground 4 stars BUT I'm very disappointed from the camp hosts work. He doesn't really care about the people and the campground. From beginning till end on our site was dog shit on the waterstation, all of the tables was very dirty and also trash on the sites. Also the sprinklers work absolutely random. When we woke up on the first day, our stuff was wet. We build a cone by ourself so we can use the site for three days. The camp host shows up the first time an hour before we left and he told us, that we can have a cone from him. Never the less the campground is beautiful rounded by murtaugh lake and the restrooms are mostly clean.
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Good Spot for an overnighter
This is an RV park, but I used a tent. Ground is very rocky, but was able to stake it fairly easily. This site is very close to the town, like a quick 5 minute drive. Road is very accessible as well, you won't have any troubles getting to this site unless your suspension is held together by duck tape. Toilet was as clean as a camp toilet can be! My only real negative is that there were a lot of people and pets around that were making noise, but it wasn't that bad. Oh, and there is absolutely no shade at all.
Murtaugh Lake Park Campground
Small campground in the middle of farmland
Nice smaller county campground surrounded by farmland and on a lake. Not very busy for early June. Gravel interior roads and campsites with power and water. No sewer or dump station. Pit toilets, clean. Sister campground across the bay. The only problem was the large number of voles running around and burrowing holes everywhere.
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Nice overnight spot
Nice campground with 13 campsites with fire rings and picnic tables. There is also 2 pit toilets. Only stayed one night on our way to Oregon. There is a 5 night limit. Would stay here again if in the area. About 5 empty spots when we pulled in on a Sunday evening. There is also 3 horse corrals if looking for a place to ride.
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Excellent one nighter traveling
As previously posted, about a dozen sites with no hookups. I was in the process of moving across country and exhausted. I loved that this place was close enough to town that I didn’t have to cook. Haha. If you’re an atv or mtb type, tons to do here. But if you’re looking for scenery, all you will find in this campsite is the occasional amazing sunset which I was lucky enough to catch. ;-)
Bennett Springs
Snow
Took the long drive up and arrived at the campground at night. Didn’t see the snow and almost got stuck. Currently (5/10/24) there is snow blocking the entrance and impassible.
Smoky Mountain Campground — Castle Rocks State Park
Convenient to City of Rocks
Close to City of Rocks and the small town of Almo. Hot springs in Almo. Small market in town which makes their own ice cream and has a little restaurant across the street but not much in the way of groceries. Couple other restaurants in town but they were not open while we were there. Also water not yet turned on in the campground so bring your own water if you are coming through early in the season. But it was quiet and we were able to explore and hike without running into many people
Snake River Canyons Park - Rickett's RV Camp
Free Dispersed Camping
This site is Free and easy to find, and not too far off the main road. There are a dozen or so marked sites with their own tables and fire pits. This site is surrounded by trails used for ATVs and Bikes. It also has one bathroom on site. No Hookups.
I stayed there for a night in April of 2024 while passing through and it was a convenient and hassle-free location. Decent Cell service
Here is additional info on the site:
https://freecampsites.net/#!267314&query=sitedetails
Note: This site seems like it is relatively new and still undergoing construction/expansion so some details may vary from the time of this report.
Indian Springs Resort and RV
Just perfect
We are camping across America in a tent with our young toddler and 2 dogs. This place was great, clean, well kept, nice flush toilets with soap and working sinks. the pool was fantastic although entry to the pool is not included in your camping fee so be prepared to pay extra to get in the pool but totally worth it. Sites were close together with little privacy but flat. We had no shade at our spot but some of the other sites had more shade. Should have been more aware of that when we were looking at the map to pick our camping location.
We did see a coyote at the edge of the campground but our Great Pyrenees told him to keep moving.
We had so much fun here with our toddler and will definitely be staying when we come back through in the future.
Murtaugh Lake Park Campground
Nice little campground
Nice place. Not very busy when we were there (during week). Only problem is sprinklers come on at night and early morning.
Clear Creek Campground
Nice & Quiet
Decent little camp spot to enjoy some quiet time and the sound of the small river running by. During my trip I seen maybe 5-6 people coming up after my arrival. All but 1 kept going up, I stayed in the lower lot. The large spot to the right as you cross the entry bridge at the sign. Campsite was clean, bathrooms were clean. No cell service, clean air. Good spot for an overnight, but nothing super special.
Indian Springs Resort and RV
Great time “on the green”!
We arrived the Wednesday after Labor Day. We were given a full hookup spot in a giant field area all to ourselves! Our spot backed up to a small running creek filled with fish. The field had corn hole and horse shoe games set up. We enjoyed the hot spring fed pool. Again, we were the only ones there. The pool is huge! We also enjoyed a great burger cooked at the grill in the office. Staff was friendly and helpful.
Murtaugh Lake Park Campground
Good spot, but beware sprinklers
I had an okay tent camping experience here.
Price is good at $5.
If you have trouble finding where to pay there’s a little building in the campground where you drop your envelope and take a receipt stub to put on your car.
Bathrooms are just toilets.
Lots of bugs at night! I was here late Aug/early Sept
Sprinklers come on at random hours and it’s hard to know what ground they’ll cover.
Murtaugh Lake Park Campground
4 day relaxing camping trip
We had no idea what to expect at this place. We arrived later in the evening so it was dark but the next morning we woke up to warm sunny weather and found that this campground is awesome. It’s small with not many spots but it was nice. Nice lake access and huge grass area for large groups. The Rv spots are well kept up and plenty of power. No dump site but we didn’t have to drive far to dump on the way out. The camp host was very friendly and checked on us often to see how we where doing.
Call service was awesome and we have both Verizon and AT&T and full bars the whole time. We spent time Kayaking on the lake and riding our Ebikes around the lake. Short drives can take you to some awesome places to see.
Bring bug spray for the evenings. Lol
Overall it was an awesome stay at this place.
City of Rocks Campground — City of Rocks Natural Reserve
Awesome sites
This is a great campground. All the 65 sites are spread out throughout the park. So you will have some sort of awesome rocks near your site. I felt like a kid in a huge playground. Sites are small. No trailers over 25’. No cell service.
City of Rocks Campground — City of Rocks Natural Reserve
Incredible views!
We rolled in just for a night and I was pretty blown away by how beautiful the landscape is! Our map took us to the western entrance but we barely made it far down the road it was so gravely and wavy, our little trailer wasn’t handling it well. So we had to backtrack and drive an hour around the park to the other entrance. Only complaint is it was super difficult to find the pay station. We drove around a while looking for it. The views and little hike we took was awesome and we will definitely be back!
Murtaugh Lake Park Campground
Great for the price!!
This is a very well-maintained camp site with electric and water hookups for only $15/night. Lots of grass, shade, and water access. The only drawbacks are no rv dump stations and it is about 30 min from town. We stayed at site #10 which looks like it’s on the water, however there is a wall of very tall marshy grass between the site and the water, so no awesome view of the lake. Overall good experience for the price.
Smoky Mountain Campground — Castle Rocks State Park
Great camping experience!
Excellent campground. Quiet and out of the way. Good privacy and clean and well kept facilities. It’s in an out of the way location which is one of the things we love about it but may not be everyone’s cup of tea. We very much enjoyed our stay there.
Guide to Albion
Camping near Albion, Idaho, offers a mix of beautiful landscapes and fun activities for everyone. Whether you're looking for a peaceful retreat or an adventurous getaway, there are plenty of campgrounds to choose from.
What to do:
- Hiking and Exploring: There are numerous trails around the campgrounds. One visitor mentioned, "There are a lot of trails to walk on here, and since the park is pet friendly, our three big dogs walked the trails with us" at Massacre Rocks State Park Campground.
- Fishing and Water Activities: Many campgrounds are near lakes and rivers. A camper at Milner Historic Recreation Area shared, "The river here is calm enough to paddle board on. We spent lots of time on the water."
- Wildlife Watching: Campers often spot deer and various birds. One review noted, "The deer tend to come in the early evening hours to enjoy the park too and are not very spooked by people" at Lake Walcott State Park Campground.
What campers like:
- Scenic Views: Campers rave about the beautiful surroundings. A visitor at City of Rocks Campground said, "The views and little hike we took was awesome and we will definitely be back!"
- Clean Facilities: Many campgrounds are well-maintained. One camper at Heyburn Riverside RV Park mentioned, "The showers were very clean. My dog enjoyed laying in the green grass between sites."
- Friendly Hosts: Campground hosts often receive praise for their helpfulness. A visitor at Castle Rocks State Park noted, "The camp hosts were very helpful and super friendly."
What you should know:
- Road Noise: Some campgrounds are near highways, which can be noisy. A camper at Massacre Rocks State Park Campground mentioned, "There is a little bit of road noise at the park because of the proximity to the freeway but it wasn't a bother at all."
- Site Size: Campsites can vary in size. One camper at Murtaugh Lake Park Campground advised, "If you're new at parking your rig, or if you have a really large rig, it could be a tight fit."
- Limited Amenities: Some campgrounds may not have all the amenities you expect. A visitor at Cauldron Linn BLM Dispersed noted, "Unfortunately, people have kind of trashed some of the sites; there was broken glass and lots of other litter."
Tips for camping with families:
- Choose Family-Friendly Campgrounds: Look for places with activities for kids. One family at Lake Walcott State Park Campground enjoyed, "Fishing was good and kids loved the swimming."
- Pack for Bugs: Be prepared for insects, especially in warmer months. A camper at Murtaugh Lake Park Campground mentioned, "Lots of bugs at night!"
- Bring Ground Covers: If tent camping, consider bringing a good ground cover. One visitor at Murtaugh Lake Park Campground said, "If tent camping, bring a good ground cover to put tent on."
Tips from RVers:
- Check Site Lengths: Make sure your RV fits the site. A camper at Castle Rocks State Park advised, "Some of the spots would not work. Make sure you use the filter to eliminate those with a smaller driveway."
- Be Ready for Dusty Roads: Some campgrounds have rough access roads. A visitor at Cauldron Linn BLM Dispersed warned, "The dirt road leading to the area has some pretty rough spots."
- Plan for Limited Services: Some campgrounds may not have full hookups. A camper at Heyburn Riverside RV Park noted, "The campsites are nicely spaced apart. My only minus would be no online reservation system."
Camping near Albion, Idaho, has something for everyone, from stunning views to family-friendly activities. Just be prepared for the quirks of each campground, and you'll have a great time!
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is the most popular equestrian campsite near Albion, ID?
According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular equestrian campground near Albion, ID is City of Rocks Campground — City of Rocks Natural Reserve with a 4.9-star rating from 25 reviews.
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