Camping Idaho (Regional Camping Series) [Paperback]

Randy Stapilus (Author)

Book Description

Series: Regional Camping Series | Publication Date: June 1, 2004

From the high peaks of the Bitterroots to the massive valley of the Snake River Plain, this guidebook includes detailed descriptions of more than 300 public campgrounds throughout the state of Idaho that campers can reach by car, for tenters and RVers.

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From the Back Cover

Looking for the ideal spot to pitch your tent or park your RV? Camping Idaho will take you there.
This comprehensive guidebook gives detailed descriptions of more than 300 public campgrounds throughout Idaho¿s widely varied scenery. These are campsites managed by national, state, city, and county parks; the Forest Service; the Bureaus of Land Management and Reclamation; and the Idaho Power Company. They¿re in remote wilderness areas and near cities, in deserts and on mountaintops, along roaring streams and by popular fishing and boating lakes.
Easy-to-use maps and charts will help you choose the perfect site for your next camping trip, whether you¿re going alone, with your family, or as part of a group. You¿ll also find vital information on:

¿ Campground elevations
¿ Facilities and hookups
¿ Fees and reservations
¿ Recreational activities
¿ Zero-impact camping

Whether you want to get away from it all at scenic Bayhorse Lake in the Challis region, choose the Magruder Corridor for horseback riding and hunting, or go to Poverty Flat, for roughing-it backwoods camping and superb fishing, let this book be your guide.

About the Author

Randy Stapilus has lived in Idaho for 30 years and written widely about the state's history, government, politics, and resources. He is the author of the Two Dot book It Happened in Idaho. He lives in Boise.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 1st edition (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762724544
• ISBN-13: 978-0762724543
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,040,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Idaho

More About the Author

Randy Stapilus is a writer, publisher, blogger and former newspaper reporter and editor. His specialty over the years has been Northwest politics, and his first book was Paradox Politics (Ridenbaugh Press, 1988). He has followed the Snake Rover Basin Adjudication closely for more than 20 years, and has written extensively on water rights nationally as well. He has since written several books on Idaho history and tourism, for Globe Pequot Press and (with James Weatherby) the Caxton Press. He lives in Carlton, Oregon, with his wife Linda and three large dogs.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Really limited information, August 16, 2005

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Sue Too (Olympia, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Camping Idaho (Regional Camping Series) (Paperback)

The format of this series of guides provides for really limited information, just a list of standard information about public campgrounds.

We only looked at three campgrounds from this book, and in all cases the list of information about them had significant errors.

For example, we stayed in space 25 of a campground listed as having 15 spaces; two campgrounds that we drove to were down dirt roads while the book stated that they were down paved roads; one of these was down a completely different road than the book said.

These might seem like nitpicking complaints about insignificant details, but there is nothing in the book but insignificant details.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars decent, but somewhat outdated, January 6, 2010

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meggie's momma (idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Camping Idaho (Regional Camping Series) (Paperback)

This camping guide was okay, but is getting outdated. It was done in 2005, and some of the campgrounds have changed significantly since then. (Lake Cascade's Ridgeview now has hookups). Not a lot of detail on road conditions. No information on any private campgrounds, so most of this you could find online with a trip to the Forest Service and State Parks websites. If you are camping in Southwest Idaho, there is an Idaho Statesman camping guide that has a lot more information and details and came out in 2009, so it's much more up to date.

4.0 out of 5 stars Camping Idaho, May 26, 2009

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Jim A Stockberger - See all my reviews

This review is from: Camping Idaho (Regional Camping Series) (Paperback)

I just moved to Idaho, so wanted to get an idea of places to camp. It's a good book, I got a lot of information from it.