Best Camping near Howe, ID

Recent Reviews in Howe

149 Reviews of 37 Howe Campgrounds

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  Fred S.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 30, 2024

  Star Hope

  Primitive camping in Copper Basin

  $10 (paid $5 with senior pass). First come, first served. Camped at site #10 in late September 2024. This primitive national forest campground was not busy during my visit. Copper Basin Loop Road accessing this campground, which has a gravel surface, was in good condition; there was some washboarding in a few places. The campground has a lower loop and an upper loop. The campground has a mix of pull-through and back-in sites; some leveling may be reuired in some sites. Site #10 is a short gravel pull-thru in the upper loop, good fit for my campervan, although very close to the campground road. There is a short path from the site driveway down to a picnic table and metal fire ring. The ground is a little chewed up from voles and cow hooves. Tent and hammock camping are possible. This site has partial shade; others in the loop are open. Little privacy between sites. Depending on the site, you can get a view of Copper Basin from the upper loop. The upper loop has two clean vault toilet facilities; I didn't use the vault toilet in the lower loop, but assume that it is clean. There is a hand water pump in both loops but shut down for the season during our visit. Trout fishing in nearby Star Hope Creek was pretty good; it's about a 1/4 mile walk from my campsite. No T-Mobile or AT&T cell service. Overall, a pretty campground; mostly wooded. I would camp here again. Boondocking is also possible along the Copper Basin Loop Rd.

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  Fred S.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 29, 2024

  Iron Bog Campground

  Pretty location - peaceful stay

  $10 ($5 with interagency pass). First-come, first-served. Camped one night in site #13 on Sept 24, 2024. Gravel road to this out-of-the-way campground was in good condition. Pretty part of the Challis National Forest. Nothing remarkable about the campground itself. Looks like some of the sites have not been maintained in a while; overgrown with weeds, grass and sagebrush. Sites have tables and fire rings; some had shade-awnings over the tables. The vault toilets were clean. The hand water pump did not pump water; water was probably turned off for the season. No payment envelopes were provided - maybe because it was the end of the season. No hiking trails. Most sites are in the open with no shade; a few were shaded near the creek. Gravel campground road and site driveways. Site sizes varied. No privacy between sites. Tent camping possible. Solar recharging possible at my site. Great views of the mountains around the campground. Very quiet, peaceful evening; only one other site was occupied during my visit. No T-Mobile and AT&T cell service. There were several boondocking sites on the way to the campground.

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  Fred S.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 28, 2024

  BLM Skull Canyon Road Dispersed

  Dispersed Camping in a Canyon

  Coordinartes: 44.16547,-112.90392. Beautiful views. Large dirt and gravel site, right along side to Skull Canyon Road, about a mile from ID Hwy 28. Canyon walls on each side. Rough narrow rocky track to the site from the highway; recommend high clearance. High humps on this track. Small rock fire ring. Grass and sagebrush all around site. Some leveling may be required. Tent camping possible. Very peaceful; can hardly hear road noise from highway. The only vehicle that drove by was a national forest truck. No cell service. There are several boondocking sites, some with vault toilets nearby, along Hwy 28 in the Birch Creek Recreation Area.

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  Corvid C.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 23, 2024

  Craters of the Moon-Arco KOA

  Adequate for a quiet night with full hook-ups

  We stayed here 1 night in mid-October, 2024. Bulletin board directed us to our reserved site. never saw any of the staff and received our welcome email at 9 a.m. the next day as we were departing. Poor trees are half dead. Stay was OK except for the racket from a neighboring property with massive loudspeakers blasting reveille in the a.m. and an annoying, caterwauling rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner at sunset. Nutty Arco.

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  James B.

  Ranger

  

  Oct. 3, 2024

  Craters of the Moon Wilderness — Craters of the Moon National Monument

  Beautiful spot in a hidden gem

  We came to Craters of the Moon early, ended up being there most of the day. Instead of going on and trying to find dispersed camping, we treated ourselves to a site in the park. Sites are $15, and you must have the American the Beautiful Pass or pay park entry fee. The sites are dry camping with toilet facilities and water (no dump station). The sites are right in amongst lava field and is quite unique.
  Campground was very quiet at night and very dark. Could see the sky and stars wonderfully. Definitely a great park and place to stay.

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  James W.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 9, 2024

  Birch Creek Camp on Eight Mile Canyon Road

  Middle of nowhere spot

  This is a decent spot if you need a place to stop in between Idaho Falls and salmon. Nice and quiet middle of nowhere spot for a middle of nowhere drive. There are a ton of other campsites and sleeping opportunities along the highway north of here that are part of the birch recreation zone.

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  Zaq O.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 5, 2024

  West Dubois Pulloff on Route 22

  Windy and open views

  Good option for the night the bit windy and not much protection

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  Merel J.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 20, 2024

  Craters of the Moon-Arco KOA

  Disappointing and " unique"

  We arrived with a reservation for a rental RV, smooth and friendly check-in. But then... Small site, no shade at all. Nicely flat though. Firepit/BBQ filled with cigarettes, non-usable. Pool was as small as can be, 10 pax= overcrowded. Toilets and showers outdated, broken and terribly dirty. The neighbour will play a loud national anthem at 9 p.m. and an even louder reveille at 9 a.m. One can see as far as possible, but the scenery consists of old trailers and mess.

  Pro's: The showers were for free and nicely warm. 4 washing machines ($1,75 half an hour) 4 dryers ($1,50 half an hour) Free wafles and coffee between 9a.m. and 10 a.m. Friendly staff.

  Overall: nearly good enough for a one night stay. Never saw something like this before.

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  andrew N.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 20, 2024

  Craters of the Moon-Arco KOA

  First family vacation gone wrong

  For our family's first vacation in our new travel trailer, we foolishly chose to visit the KOA campground in Arco, Idaho. We had informed them of our late arrival around 11 PM. Upon arrival, they handed us a map and pointed to a campsite number. None of the spots were properly marked, but surrounded by other trailers, we assumed we were in the right place. The next morning, we discovered the bathrooms were absolutely revolting, clearly not cleaned for days, despite a sign claiming daily cleaning. Mud on the floors, mold and mildew in the showers, overflowing trash, and toilet paper strewn about—it was utterly disgusting. When we returned later that day, a staff member immediately confronted us, accusing us of lacking a reservation. We provided the requested documentation, and they disappeared. Then the owner or manager approached us aggressively, violently pointing out our supposed error on the map and ordering us to move everything to the correct spot—right behind where we had parked, already occupied by another family they had mistakenly placed. In a menacing tone, he begrudgingly decided to relocate the incoming family to our original spot. This whole scene unfolded in front of numerous families at the KOA, with no regard for our embarrassment or the other campers' discomfort. After this disgraceful ordeal, we decided to just pack up and leave, not even bothering to request a refund. As we were packing, the manager approached, still not apologizing, but handed me a receipt for a refund that I never asked for nor wanted. I informed him firmly that this was not about money but about their appalling mismanagement. I intend to dispute the refund because this KOA should not be associated with such incompetence and filth and I will not accept hush money.

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  Lisa D.

  Ranger

  

  Jul. 15, 2024

  Mountain View RV Park

  Quaint little Oasis!

  Amazing small campground with such simple charm (MUST eat at the restaurant within the campground! Southern smoked BBQ!)

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  mark F.

  Ranger

  

  Jun. 29, 2024

  Craters of the Moon Wilderness — Craters of the Moon National Monument

  Great unique campground right inside the national park!

  Great sites nestled In The lava rocks. Great hiking or biking the 7mi loop road. We didn't have reservations but got there early (2pm) it looked very full by 6pm. We got our spot, then drove our rv around to the different scenic spots and returned to camp 5 hrs later.

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  Martijn D.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 22, 2024

  Craters of the Moon Wilderness — Craters of the Moon National Monument

  Camp in a volcano Crater

  It was a special camping experience. They just renewed all the roads in the park. Campground is right next to loop around the park with some nice spots. Clean flushing toilets and water. Get there in time! We had one of the last spots at 5pm

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  Patricia F.

  Traveler

  

  May. 27, 2024

  Craters of the Moon Wilderness — Craters of the Moon National Monument

  Nice clean quiet

  Nice sites . Some more suitable for tents, other for vans. 

  15$ per night, first come first serve. We were there Memorial weekend (Sunday) and there were still spots.

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  Rex W.

  Scout

  

  Nov. 15, 2023

  West Dubois Pulloff on Route 22

  Good place

  The turn off to the south is difficult to see at night, it’s just two wheel tracks. The one we took was about two blocks in, the road was a little rutted but the camp area was flat, and very quiet. See the Tetons to the east at sunrise, it’s beautiful.

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  Joel R.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 30, 2023

  Craters of the Moon-Arco KOA

  Nice quiet camping

  Stopped at Craters of the Moon on our trip home from Mt Rainer. It’s not a large campground, and it off the main road. A little hard to find. (Behind Pickle’s Place). Convent to Craters of the Moon !

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  Jack R.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 22, 2023

  Lava Flow Campground — Craters of the Moon National Monument

  It's a site

  Prices are 28$ a night unless you have the America the beautiful pass then it's 4$ they have caves that are free to access but you have to get a permit from the visitor center the spots are small and people get there late sometimes so it was a bit noisy at night we stayed for 4 days the hole attraction is because of lava formations over all a very nice stay

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  Lexine H.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 23, 2023

  Group Campground — Craters of the Moon National Monument

  Craters of the moon

  This is a great campground We parked at site 7 We would stay there again and next time spend an extra day or two, riding the bikes through the loop

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  Emily T.

  Ranger

  

  Sep. 22, 2023

  Lava Flow Campground — Craters of the Moon National Monument

  Super cool def stop here if you can

  First come first serve, clean bathrooms and water. Easy card payments for campsites. The geology of the area is really neat, and it's right off the main road drive through the rest of the park. Very unique.

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  ShayLee C.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 10, 2023

  Meadow Lake Campground

  Amazing views!

  It’s a long uphill drive on a narrow road to get there but it’s worth it! Each camp site is nice with plenty of space, fire pit and tent site. We took our chances on a Wednesday night in mid August and got lucky. Two sites were still open. With the drive and location we were surprised how many people were there but it was still very quiet and peaceful. The lake is beautiful and would be fun to kayak or paddle board on. We did some hiking up the trails to look over the campsite and the lake but did not take the full trail. Bathrooms were very clean and well stocked.

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  tom P.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 7, 2023

  Big Lost River Dispersed

  Surprisingly easy access. Clean and ADA accessible

  I selected this campground after missing out on a nearby first come first serve that was fully booked. I am just thrilled with the campsites and cleanliness of the pit toilets and nearby stream and fishing.

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  Caroline D.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 29, 2023

  Lava Flow Campground — Craters of the Moon National Monument

  SO worth it!

  Came after a few nights in Yellowstone to escape the crowds. Can’t recommend this area enough - the campground/bathrooms are immaculate and the scenery is super cool. Had a very private campsite, could still see the Milky Way despite the bright moon. Worth a detour for sure.

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  jsbeezg

  Guide

  

  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.

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  Stacey S.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 16, 2023

  Lava Flow Campground — Craters of the Moon National Monument

  Unique spot

  Great campground, very unique setting, great visitor center. Loved it!

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  Jessica S.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 15, 2023

  Mill Creek Trailhead & Campground

  Gorgeous Area!

  We stayed in site 4 and we only saw one family but they were a few sites away. Part of that had to do with the rainy weather that week was. We were right by the river and it was kinda loud because of spring run off, but we got used to it and it was good! The Millcreek trailhead was super close and it was absolutely stunning! We made it up to the lower lake and thought we got there, but we actually didn't reach the real lake. Come to find out it was like another 1000 ft up the trail. 😅 Definitely one of my favorite camping trips!

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  Lloyd D.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 7, 2023

  Mountain View RV Park

  Home Away From Home

  We stayed at this campsite for five nights and we're very happy with the accommodations. The site is very clean, including the laundry facilities. Super, super friendly staff made us feel welcome and comfortable during our stay. Staying at this campsite made it really easy to explore the Craters Of The Moon National Park, the ghost towns, and historical interests in the area. Fabulous large off leash dog area available. Big or small travelers fit well at this campsite!

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  Robert T.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 5, 2023

  Big Lost River Rest Area Hwy 20

  Great Facilities, but not so great for tents

  Here’s my take on the Big Lost River Rest Area … there are 4 picnic tables with individual shelters to the east of the rest area. There is some reasonable grassy bits that are ok for pitching a tent. There’s no signs to say you can’t camp here, but equally no indication that camping is allowed. There’s a really good restroom building with a drinking fountain, and garbage bins. I think that parking up a RV for the night would be ok, but as for camping, you might feel the need to stealth camp.

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  lisa F.

  Traveler

  

  May. 31, 2023

  Mountain View RV Park

  Quiet, pastoral campground with large, well spaced sites and a great restaurant !

  Mt. View is in the small city of Arco ID, close to Craters of the Moon National monument. Reserving space was easy on line and making a change to our reservation was easy via email. The park has lots o trees and the sites are roomy. The owners are friendly and helpful. 24 hour laundry is available. The restaurant serves delicious BBQ, southern style in a small, homey setting.