Best Campgrounds near Nampa, ID

Beautiful location right on the river! With great fishing! Good amount of shade in the campgrounds with sturdy picnic tables, fire pit and steal table for hot pans, food prep or cleaning your fish...now we must have gone when the misquitos were bad because holy cow were they bad, and no amount of anything repelled them. From 8am to about 10 pm, they swarmed us all! We came home looking like we had chicken pox. Our first night (Thursday) was peaceful and not terrible. Friday night though, about 8 cars pulled in and parked like assholes, piled 7 tents onto the beach and blasted their damn mariachi music all night until about 4 am, even though we asked them to turn it down. They had strobe lights, 3 construction type lights projector lights going all night. Total about 20 people. Then saturday night 6 more cars and 20 more of the same group did the same thing except half were in the campground so theor music was blasting up there and on the beach, which they had completely taken over. They were keeping too small of fish as well as fish youre not even supposed to keep, they dumped their trash bags full of their bathroom bucket into the port-a-pottys, left trash all over the place. It was really unfortunate to see that thats how people treat our state and country. Probably a good place to camp later in the season. Just drive very slowly there and back.

Arrived and met with the camp host to get our site. Water, electric and dump. Electric pedestals are older with 20, 30 & 50 amp service. Water was behind the site and required 20 feet of hose. I noticed wasps flying around some of the pedestals and alerted the host. The site was gravel and level. The bath house needs work. Commode in both the men's and lady's room lacked toilet tissue and could use a good cleaning. The showers, while dirty did work, however the lady's sported 2 toads living there. As an overnight it was sufficient for our needs since we are self-contained. The fee was $20,for electric only 6 sites $25 for electric and water 2 sites $30 for full hook up of which there were 2 sites. There is a 3rd sewer hook up which appears to ne used as a dum station. There is a large open lawn in front of the sites that our dog loved. Trash was a large can near the entrance.

Good place for an overnight, unless you are here for one of the events. We just needed a place to stay the night, but there were a few other campers here for the Horse and Bible show going on. It was a little confusing which gate to enter and which area to go to, but look for the signage for "Desert Sage Event Center Archway Gate" at 44.035800,-116.972900.

We chose to stay out in the boondock area, just a big open dirt lot, bumpy and lumpy but level enough. We left the sites with water hookups for those who were there with their horses. We did stop and fill our water tank on our way out though. 

Good cell reception and easy access. Self pay with an envelope and drop box. We never actually spoke with or saw anyone in charge. 

Just outside of the gates is a dump station that isn’t related to the event center, but is run on a $5 donation basis. 3 day stay limit for RVs. We stayed here through Passport America and paid half the rate, but full rate is $30 for partial hookup sites and $15 for the boondock area.

Staff was super friendly and helpful. Grounds are well kept and river access is abundant. Lots of full timers but all were very nice and willing to chat and interact. Sites were spacious and large trees were in abundance. Grass was well maintained and a slight bit soggy in places, but this did not create any issues. Large pavilion area on the river is great for large groups. 

All in all, a very nice location with great staff and large areas to enjoy while on walks or just while sitting back in a lawn chair. 

Definitely will visit again!