Best Dispersed Camping near Caribou-Targhee National Forest in Idaho

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Best Dispersed Sites Near Caribou-Targhee National Forest, ID (9)


Recent Dispersed Reviews in Caribou-Targhee National Forest

22 Reviews of 9 Caribou-Targhee National Forest Campgrounds


  • Azaali J.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Wolf Flats Recreation Area
    Jul. 14, 2024

    Wolf Flats Recreation Area

    Great spot with lots of sites

    Great spot just 45 minutes out of Idaho Falls. Lots of sites, many are right by the river.

    There are a few bathrooms along the road but may be a bit of a hike from some sites.

    River is refreshing and nice to watch. Only complaint is the garbage left behind. We easily filled a garbage bag full of others trash when we first arrived. Remember to pack your garbage out to keep places like these pristine.

  • PThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Wolf Flats Recreation Area
    May. 28, 2024

    Wolf Flats Recreation Area

    Nice, specially water sites

    Nice place for a free disperse. There is a 10$ disperse just up the street. 

    A few sites are by the water some not.

    We were there after memorial weekend and the was a bit of trash.

  • KThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Wolf Flats Recreation Area
    May. 27, 2024

    Wolf Flats Recreation Area

    Horrible place to camp

    So many rude locals! Everyone drives fast past camp sites. Not an ideal place for a family outting. Horrible locals too! Beautiful area ruined by Derelicts

  • Kevin C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Wolf Flats Recreation Area
    May. 25, 2024

    Wolf Flats Recreation Area

    Busy but still spots available.

    Drove in midday on the the Saturday of Memrial day weekend. It was very busy with lots of campers but there were still camp sites available near the vaulted toilet. Lovely camp site and surroundings. We will be back!

  • CThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Blackrock Canyon Recreation Site
    Oct. 9, 2023

    Blackrock Canyon Recreation Site

    Great Spot!

    Nice spot in a gravel parking lot surrounded by small mountains with toilets nearby. Park on the right as camping is prohibited on the left.

    As others have mentioned, dirt bikes and four wheelers are driving by at night & you can just barely hear the cars from the highway. I’m sure I’ll sleep juuuuust fine 😌

  • jsbeezg The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Lava Hiking Trailhead
    Jun. 21, 2023

    Lava Hiking Trailhead

    Great location for the night

    Nice location away from the highway to spend the night. Dirt road that is a little rough but accessible by low clearance car. Several pull outs to car camp.

  • Robin B.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Wolf Flats Recreation Area
    Jun. 19, 2023

    Wolf Flats Recreation Area

    Perfect Peaceful Getaway

    I loved this place so much that I stayed 6 nights! I was only planning 2. I had the perfect spot right by the river. There were 2 campsites on either side of me but I never heard them. It was very quiet.

    There is a hotsprings about 5 miles away which was nice to get to on about day 3 of my stay.

    I'm a women traveling and camping by myself and felt very safe here.

    Cell reception was pretty good. I have T-Mobile.

  • Erin H.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Blackrock Canyon Recreation Site
    Aug. 5, 2022

    Blackrock Canyon Recreation Site

    New Changes to this area??

    Blackrock Canyon BLM Pocatello, ID 8/4/22 DO NOT trust APP coordinates 42.8145, -112.3307 : Campendium 6/20/22 42.8146,-112.3307 : The Dyrt 6/30/22, 42.8142, -112.3306 : FREE Roam / 2019 These coordinates all lead to a reasonably level, fenced dirt parking lot on the left with a vault toilet and concrete walkway going across the road to a covered picnic/stream area. We were very excited. This is NOT the BLM camping area.... or rather more likely, 'no longer' is? There are 3 new looking signs stating Day Use Only, No Overnight Camping. However there is still a signboard by the toilet with the typical BLM rules/regs & 14 day limit? What's a gal to do? So I called the BLM office listed on the sign to clear up the conflicting sign info. Yep, the aforementioned parking lot is NOT FOR OVERNIGHTCAMPING - again, signs are shiney, no weathering, so this may be a new development? We were told there are 2 BLM camping areas. #1 is ACROSS from the aforementioned parking lot... big DEEPLY graveled area on the right as you come in that steeply slopes down to the picnic table area (our autolevel just laughed at us no matter what we did or where we positioned). #2 is about 1/4m further up where the road loops back on itself, and also has a vault toilet (no concrete walkway). This is a medium parking area inside the loop. Looked doable until we noticed the berm hiding under the grass. At 34' backed in, we'd have either lost the under carriage spare tire, or had our big butt sitting on the ground. So this too was a big nope for us. There is a pullout on the way to the 2nd area, but currently has a 'road closed' sign on it, and another pull out just before the 1st parking area. We could have squeezed into this one, but by this point we were wore out & the thought of all the dust ... just nope. We moved on. This is a GORGEOUS area, if you're a smaller footprint, and can get level. Verizon & ATT both usable but not very strong. Road in is a little washboard and hilly, but doable. I15 underpass ... we're 13'8" on truck & cleared both with no issues. Definitely recommend dropping your rig in the parking lot and scouting out this area 1st.

  • C
    Camper-submitted photo from Blackrock Canyon Recreation Site
    Jun. 30, 2022

    Blackrock Canyon Recreation Site

    Just a Side of road overnight

    Roads get narrow with up & down that was too much for my off-road trailer (16in clearance) so stayed on side of road. Quiet, clear unobstructed view of sky for my Starlink.

  • Jamie C.
    Camper-submitted photo from Fall Creek dispersed
    Jun. 29, 2022

    Fall Creek dispersed

    Rolling Hills Easy Roads

    Easy to get to. Good access to the streams. We parked in front of a trailhead that allows motor bikes, horses and hikers. Fire rings along the sites and level land. Peaceful night sleep.

  • Jamie C.
    Camper-submitted photo from Wolf Flats Recreation Area
    Jun. 26, 2022

    Wolf Flats Recreation Area

    Peaceful & Scenic

    We followed the directions from a fellow dyrter and it was really easy. Pass the Heise Pools and Campgrounds and drive about a 1/2 mile and make a right at the Kelly Campground Sign. Just follow all the way to the end to find free spots along the Snake. A few vault toilets. We stayed near the cliff where we watched marmots and foxes along the rocks.

  • Mike E.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Blackrock Canyon Recreation Site
    Nov. 24, 2021

    Blackrock Canyon Recreation Site

    Good stop over

    This is BLM land. Black canyon is also used for ATVs during the summer months so there is that type of traffic i and users present. We are visiting just before Thanksgiving in November and it's quite quiet here I will add more detail after staying a couple of nights.

  • J
    Camper-submitted photo from Fall Creek dispersed
    Jun. 14, 2021

    Fall Creek dispersed

    Pretty Good!

    Good cell service, access to a great trail, and clean campsites. Several spots have nice access to a stream that runs through that area which was great to play in with my pup!

    Packed on the weekends but campsites are spread apart with vegetation in between which provides fairly good privacy.

  • Quinn Z.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Wolf Flats Recreation Area
    Sep. 29, 2020

    Wolf Flats Recreation Area

    Large sites, free, near the river, tons of hiking, cool spot!

    Stayed here a few times over this summer, and have enjoyed it every time.

    Long dusty road to get here, then a bunch of free sites open up on both sides. The river-side sites tend to be a bit smaller from what I could see, but there are a lot of sites and both times I was there it wasn't crazy busy so options seem to be plenty.

    Bathrooms available. Decent cell reception on Verizon. Lots of firewood seems to be lying around to gather as well, a nice bonus. The surrounding area has a lot of trails and other outdoor things to get into. Not all that close to town for supply runs, but not so far away as to require a substantial amount of time to get what you need and get back to the campsite.

    For the low low price of nothing, this place is a damn good deal.

  • Emma K.
    Camper-submitted photo from Wolf Flats Recreation Area
    Oct. 15, 2019

    Wolf Flats Recreation Area

    Off-season, nice

    I spent the night here on a cross country road trip with just me and the dog. It was free which was awesome. It was deserted which was both great and unnerving for a single newbie camper. We woke up to snow and had a great dawn hike on the hike/bike trails. The campsites are well-loved/worn and some were under water/mud. Because it was both off-season/midweek, it didn't matter at all, as I could pick almost any site.

  • Palmi B.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Fall Creek dispersed
    Jul. 7, 2019

    Fall Creek dispersed

    Nice little hideaway

    This place is nice and easy to get to. There is good trout fishing in the small creek or you can go chase the bruisers in the snake river a few miles away. It is dry camping so bring lots of water to keep hydrated.

  • R
    Camper-submitted photo from Wolf Flats Recreation Area
    Sep. 5, 2017

    Wolf Flats Recreation Area

    Beautiful!

    It's a very dusty and gravely road. But the sites are beautiful. We got one right on the river not far from vault toilets. We are in a spot that is 3 different sites, but could easily be a large group spot. Firepita. Easy access to river. It's moving a little fast early September. But it's refreshing in the heat. There is no garbage pickup, so there is a small amount of litter. Very quiet.

  • Tim R.
    Camper-submitted photo from Wolf Flats Recreation Area
    May. 11, 2017

    Wolf Flats Recreation Area

    Awesome Spot, Noisy Neighbors

    Driving down to Wolf Flats is beautiful. It is forested with a butte on one side, and the snake river on the other. The campsites are somewhat primitive, but we like that. The location was beautiful and we loved the spot. However, it is a free campsite. This is nice, but I think this tends to bring in rowdy neighbors. Everyone was nice enough, but a group showed up at 9pm blaring music for at least a coiple of hours. I can't say this happens every night, but it did with us. Other than the late night noise, this was an awesome spot.



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