Southern Idaho: City of Rocks and Castle Rocks

ByKevin Updated on

There are many adventures to be had in Castle Rocks State Park and City of Rocks National Reserve near Almo, Idaho! One week in this hiking and rock climbing paradise was not enough. Half way into this vlog we even discover a stow away!

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Campground Options

We stayed in Smokey Mountain Campground which is part of Castle Rocks State Park. Because we have a big rig, this felt like our best option between the two areas. City of Rocks National Reserve has a number of absolutely stunning campsites. If you are tent camping or have a small RV, this is definitely the campground for you.

There are also some private campgrounds nearby, but it seemed that most of them were closed while we were there. I will admit, I didn’t really look into them because we knew we wanted to stay in the State Park. You also do not have to worry about entrance/use fees at the State Park when staying in their campground.

Summer Heat

We knew visiting in August would mean we would most likely have some pretty warm days. While not oppressively hot, we still had temperatures in the mid 90’s every day. As a result, we limited most of our exploration to late afternoons and evenings.

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Kevin is the co-founder of Never Stop Adventuring, and after having gotten bit by the travel bug after traveling to Germany with his wife Christine, has now traveled to 48 states and 15 countries and has made it his goal to show his kids the world.

Kevin is the heavy lifter in the family, doing the technical side of travel booking, points and miles research, RV moving and projects, as well as the literal lifting of all the travel gear a family of 5 needs! He shares his experience to help parents with all the practical how to's of family travel!