For Outdoor Enthusiasts
From the category archives:
Kit Price Campground is one of several campgrounds resting along the banks of the Coeur D'Alene River in the Coeur D' Alene National Forest of North Idaho. The reason I like this campground is because the campsites are spread out reasonably well from each other. Access to Kit Price is easy and the fishing along the river is great, however [...]
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The first trip of 2009 landed us at Gilmore Campground in Farragut State Park. I reviewed Snowberry Campground last season, and if you read that review, you will recall I was not overly impressed with Snowberry. Gilmore Campground redeemed my opinion of Farragut State Park. Gilmore is one of the park’s newest campgrounds. [...]
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Central Ferry State Park is a pretty park with wide open sites with lots of grass. There are very few trees and most of the sites designed for privacy with windscreens, etc. Site #24 is the best for spectacular water view. Site # 17 is nice for a water view plus convenience to fishing docks [...]
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Indian Creek Campground is located in Priest Lake State Park and is a very nice campground. The campground is mostly wooded with private sites. There are wonderful tenting spaces and some tenting spaces are located along a bubbling creek. There is a great long sandy beach area (volleyball nets, etc) & boat launch. Boat moorage [...]
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Our family could not have asked for a better weekend or a better campground to wrap up the 2008 camping season. Nestled along the south side of the Pend Orielle River in the Northern panhandle of Idaho sits a gem of a campground. We’ve tried to camp here earlier in the year, but the campground was full. [...]
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Chief Timothy State Park: Rating 7 On the way home from our garnet collecting excursion we stayed at Chief Timothy State Park just outside Clarkston, WA for four wonderful days. I had my concerns about Chief Timothy State Park. Until this trip we have only camped in the wilderness styled parks. Chief Timothy is comprised [...]
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Emerald Creek Campground: Rating 5 My family enjoys the hunt for gem stones and precious metals. Last year the family went to Gem Mountain in Montana and found some beautiful sapphires. This year we decided to go to the Emerald Creek garnet area. Emerald Creek is located about 25 miles south of Saint Maries, Idaho. [...]
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Our trip to Riley Creek was postponed because the campground was full. Despite having left on a Thursday we were surprised as many others were to be turned away at the host office. We were back on the road, and I was reminded how it was for me when I was a kid camping with [...]
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UPDATE 4/22/2009: Idaho State Parks has contracted with www.reserveamerica.com. UPDATE 01/04/2009: The Idaho Parks website is reporting that the online reservation feature is temporarily halted due to complaints and system performance issues. The number to call to make a reservation at any Idaho State Park is: 1-208-630-5050. Over the Independence Day holiday we decided to take a [...]
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Noisy Creek Campground, Sullivan Lake Our quick weekend getaway landed us in the Noisy Creek Campground on the South End of Sullivan Lake in Pend Oreille County in North Washington State. I made reservations through recreation.gov. This campground has several first come first served campsites. There are three other campgrounds on the North end of [...]
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