Bear Lake Basecamp!

Loved this site in the fall-no bugs, fall colors starting, no other campers. If you follow the host’s directions you shouldn’t have issues getting there. We have a RoofNest on our truck and the spot was great for us. Our dog loved it too-she was very at ease and happy there. The price was right, too, for a very quiet and starry night on a beautiful mountain meadow. We noticed a motion camera on a tree at the back of the property halfway through the stay. We appreciate why the owner might want that; for privacy reasons we just wish it had been mentioned in the listing. Great spot if you are passing though Idaho and want something unique and private.

Super pretty place! Very peaceful and fun!! Directions kind of confusing but found it!! Loved the view and the campsite was perfect! Thank you!!

We had a great stay at this camping spot by Bear Lake! We found the directions very easy to follow (use Chris' directions and not your GPS) and it led us to a beautiful, quiet meadow. We set up camp and appreciated having access to a rustic bathroom and non-potable water. There was a trail leading from our site to the bathroom that was lined with solar-powered pathway lights. Each site had a fire pit and picnic table. Due to fire season, we did not start a fire, but there was available firewood and I'm sure it would have been lovely! This spot was perfect for us as a little stop from the west coast out to Yellowstone National Park.

This was a great campsite! We struggled a little to find it, but once we were there it was perfect. We really appreciated there was water and buckets available to put out our fire. Being surrounded by the trees was so beautiful and private. We saw lots of butterflies, chipmunks, and even briefly spotted an elk! Would definitely recommend this campsite :)

The site was private, next to one other camping space. The area was clean and well-maintained. The trees were beautiful and the stars were bright! Need a trick or something similar to access the site because of a long dirt road. I gave this site all the best ratings.

It’s about 50 minutes from Garden City. It is also a 20 minute drive on a fairly well maintained dirt road, but a dirt road regardless. Pretty open campsite, not much privacy if the other campsite is taken. Beautiful area, just really far away from Bear Lake.

This was our first time using Hipcamp and we loved this site. It is private and right against a beautiful forest. The camp has a rustic outhouse, fire pit, and picnic table. They have non-drinkable water to put out the fire and wash your hands. We booked both sites because we weren't sure how it was set up. Of you're in site 2, you'll need to walk across the neighboring campsite to get to the outhouse. There were mosquitos but having a fire and using bug spray helped!

We had a really awful time getting here. We came in from the south (town of Ovid) which is what our GPS instructed. We ended up getting stuck on a crummy dirt road that my all wheel drive SUV couldn't handle. We eventually made it to the site, and then found that the better way to arrive would be from Georgetown, coming in from the north. Take Stauffer Canyon road heading west. You'll eventually see a house with a big smiley face and the road forks- take the west road, which would be veering slightly to the right. The directions on this listing say to turn left at the smiley face, so I'm not sure what that means. The road you want is to the west. You'll continue up the road past a gate (which says private property and you might have to open, but you are ok to do this) and you'll eventually find the campsite. This route is a dirt road, but much better maintained than the route coming from the south that your GPS/Google Maps will recommend.

This was a great place to camp. We wanted trees, stars and a view, with few to no neighbors and we got it.
Getting there and back was difficult. Our friend driving a sedan wasn’t able to get to the site to join us. We trusted google maps to get us there and took almost twice as long to get there than we expected.

The campsite was clean and spacious. There was water on site to put out your camp fire. We stayed in camp site two. Campsite one has a outhouse and dry firewood that you can use as long as you replace what you use. But the directions he has posted suck!! The address can’t be found on gps and the grid location by gps takes you on a road that is very rough and narrow and becomes undrivable. We ended up damaging two stabilizer jacks on the rear of our trailer. Two strangers that own land out there came and helped us get turned around and with the use of a chainsaw they made the road passable and showed us how to get to the campsite a safer and easier way. Two weeks before and a week before the camp trip we emailed our host for better directions but he never emailed us back. The site was nice but the directions and the host both suck!!