IDAHO| Gilmore Campground: Farragut State Park

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. I liked this campground because the sites were spaced apart enough for privacy.  

 

Tents are allowed at Gilmore, but all 44 spaces are asphalt and gravel pads. If you are looking for a tent campground in Farragut State Park, check out Waldron Campground. Gilmore has two camp host sites.

 

My personal preference in picking these campsites is to pick a site on the outer loop and Gilmore is no exception. We stayed in space #301. This space was away from all the others in the campground, and I discovered why.

  

 

 

Our site was only about 30 yards from South Road. All that separated us from the drivers knowing our business were a few trees and boulders. The boulders were in place to prevent a vehicle from careening off the road  into our campsite. I would not recommend staying in this particular site but there are 43 other good sites in the campground where you can’t go wrong.

 

The bathrooms are clean and there are six private showers across from the bathrooms. There is a large area for picnics and other family events.

 

Farragut State Park is full of many things for families to do. There are miles of trails to hike on foot, horseback and by mountain bike. You can spend the day basking in the sun at the Beaver Bay swim area.  

 

You can reserve a space at Gilmore or any other Farragut State park campground by clicking onto www.reserveamerica.com .  Site rental is about $20.00 per night and all the sites include water and electric.

 

I enjoyed Gilmore Campground enough to make another reservation for mid June, and entertain some out of town guests. I’ll rate Gilmore Campground a solid seven.