Best RV Parks & Resorts near Spencer, ID

Context: this is not an RV resort nor a wilderness experience.  It is a pleasant, scenic, rural highway-side campground.  We stayed in early May en route from Bozeman to Moab.  Small pleasant campground near the highway between Yellowstone and SE Idaho sights and Jackson Wyoming.  Small cottonwood shaded sites adjacent to farmland and Teton views.  Clean bathrooms with warm comfortable showers.  The campground is ideal for a stopover or basecamp for visiting the west-side of the Tetons, Craters of the Moon, and other sights in SE Idaho (or passing through on trips between the Greater Yellowstone Region and Utah).  Hookups, wifi, 5G Verizon service.  Only drawbacks, are possible wind and some highway noise.  The owners, living on-site in a beautiful farmhouse, are friendly and accommodating.  It is a trusting handshake type of reservation, payment, and communication system (cash or credit card on site).

UPDATE: as of 2023, online reservation system and payment.  Easy to use.

Google sent us on back roads, but it was worth driving into a Aspen studded campground. Great place for RV's full hook-ups, clean and friendly!

We recently used Westlake RV Park in Rexburg, ID as a quick stopover during our travels. It's a quaint, older campground with well-maintained facilities and noticeably clean surroundings, which we appreciated.

The campground is on the smaller side, yet the spots are generously wide, providing ample space for our RV. However, it's worth noting that our site was only equipped with a 30-amp service, which may be an issue for larger rigs requiring more power.

Unfortunately, there isn't much in the way of entertainment or activities for children. This could be a drawback for families looking for a more engaging camping experience.

All in all, Westlake RV Park is a practical choice for a brief stay or a stopover, but perhaps not the best fit for those seeking a more kid-friendly environment or requiring higher power service.

A very simple RV park, nice shade, easy to access beach on a manmade lake. Staff was super helpful. My only complaint was that their website says there's a playground and I could not find one. My kiddo was entertained enough by the water though so it worked out.

You can find an RV park closer to Yellowstone, but you’d be hard pressed to find one nicer. The people running it are salt of the earth good folks. The laundry and restrooms are nice and clean. The spaces are shaded with picnic tables and fire pits. Perfect playground and easy access to the river for kayaking or paddle boarding.

We were thrilled to be camping in the trees after being in the deserts of Utah and a city RV park in Cody. Sites were easy to access, even for big rigs. We were greeted at the road, escorted to our spot, and expertly guided into our spot. On one of our days, we did a 7 hour road trip to Old Faithful and down through the Tetons.

This park is under new ownership and is now called Sunset RV Park. The new owners have done lots of work to clean up the place and provide a good camping experience. They have washing machines, showers and toilets that are all clean. They have electric and water but no sewer. However,  the owner will pump your tanks for no charge if you stay long enough to fill them. There is a nice trail along the river with benches for taking in the view. It is close enough to East Glacier that you could make day trips there if you want to visit Glacier. The sites are close together but are all drive through with a little table at each site. We will stop here again if it's on our way.

We knew what we were getting into booking this campground for the most part. This spot is really not appropriate for anyone other than those using the dunes with lots and lots of power toys. We rented a OHV from a place down the road for a morning and had a great time. But our teardrop camper was extremely out of place amongst the huuuuuuuge toy hauler mansions. Felt very out of place. Sites are RV park style right next to each other with no outdoor privacy if you dont have the house to retreat to. Pit toilet was fine. For the purpose it serves, it's pretty good. But don't go here if you aren't expecting that.

After a random restaurant stop, a local recommended we go check out big springs campground, which is the headwaters of the snake river and not too far outside of Yellowstone. I am so glad we did! After traveling over random dirt roads from Spencer, Idaho, we arrived to find several open spots for just $15 each. Nice and woodsy, pleasant neighbors, and sites are just big enough. There's bear boxes to use. Just a quick walk away is the headwaters of the snake river, where huge trout swim under a bridge and eat marshmallows and American cheese. Only downside is no showers or flush toilets. Close enough to Yellowstone that we slept in the car so we could wake up at 5 am and grab one of the early morning Yellowstone camp sites. Would definitely go back.

Great electric sites with shared water. There are only 8 sites with full hookups. The shower rooms are brand new and the best I’ve seen. Almost worth five stars except the dump station is closed and mosquitoes are torturous all day and night.

The camp spots are paved and nicely spaced overlooking the lake. Restrooms/showers were clean and well maintained. There are a few sites with full hookups but most are water and electric. Watch out for afternoon winds and thunderstorms. Free kayak and life jacket use. The dump station for the park was closed and had been for some time so you’ll need to find a place to dump when you leave.

In summer 2021, the campground’s dump station was out of order. While there are a few full-hookup sites in the park. The staff would not let us dump our gray water in one of these sites while temporarily vacant. On top of that, they would also not offer any sort of pumping service to aid us.

*Update*

I emailed the state park service and got this reply back.

I see and understand that the park’s dump station is broken. But, what I do not understand is why, when there is a vacant full-hookup spot, I am not allowed to dump my gray water there. I have a one week reservation and can go 2-3 days on my gray water tank. It doesn’t seem to be any harm if I were allowed to use my portable tank to empty some of my gray water in, while the full-hookup site is unoccupied. This is very frustrating and extremely unaccommodating. You are charging campers full price to stay at a broken campground and not trying to help anyone deal with YOUR malfunction. All solutions given are over 10 to over 20 miles away! I’m aware you cannot help the distance to other dump stations but, you could provide customers with a pumping service or have your system pumped periodically. I am extremely disappointed.

 Philip J

Hello, Philip 

Thank you for your email. We have not let anyone use the sewer sites to dump because the system there would be overused. When the Caddis Loop was designed, it had only 8 reservable sewer sites, because it could not support more. If the park let all dump there as you suggest, then we would have another problem. 

The dump station is not part of the price of your stay, it is only an amenity the park has been happy to supply. It would have taken$20,000 to pump the dump station tanks each week of the season and then we did not know if that would solve the problem. The decision was made to close it. There are gray water cisterns in the Adams and Blue Dun Loops where you can dump gray water or the entrance station has a phone number you can call for a pumping service. Any other questions?