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About Lower Penstemon
Number of accommodations: 6
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2026 Season availability
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- Potable Water
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Reviews (45)
What Guests Are Saying
Lower Penstemon campground offers a clean and quiet environment, often with little crowding, making it a great spot for campers. Visitors appreciate the beautiful natural surroundings, including a nearby creek and sightings of wildlife like moose. However, some facilities, such as restrooms and water access, need improvement, and there are occasional issues with flies and website navigation for reservations.
What Guests Are Saying
Lower Penstemon campground offers a clean and quiet environment, often with little crowding, making it a great spot for campers. Visitors appreciate the beautiful natural surroundings, including a nearby creek and sightings of wildlife like moose. However, some facilities, such as restrooms and water access, need improvement, and there are occasional issues with flies and website navigation for reservations.
Review Summary
Pamela M
VerifiedAugust 6, 2023 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: LOWER PENSTEMON
The campground itself was great. The vault toilets were terrible. They were filthy. The floors were carpeted with dead flies. The camp host from porcupine springs kindly came and cleaned them a couple of days into our stay. It was not her job, but whomever job it was had failed to do it. Other than that, good place to camp.
Caroline C
VerifiedJuly 13, 2023 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: LOWER PENSTEMON
It was really hard to find. The lower campground is not labeled and near impossible to find. There was no working water. The bathrooms were quite impossible to go in because of the amount of flies and smell. Once we were settled into our campsite, it was amazing. But the process to get there is somewhat difficult. It is an hour off the highway, and you will have no service.
Caroline C
VerifiedJuly 13, 2023 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: LOWER PENSTEMON
It was really hard to find. The lower campground is not labeled and near impossible to find. There was no working water. The bathrooms were quite impossible to go in because of the amount of flies and smell. Once we were settled into our campsite, it was amazing. But the process to get there is somewhat difficult. It is an hour off the highway, and you will have no service.
Marie T
VerifiedJuly 5, 2023 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: LOWER PENSTEMON
The campground was dirty when we got there. We had to brush off the table and pick up garbage left by past campers. We left it a lot cleaner than we found it, other than that it was a fairly shady spot. It would have been nice if there was more signage, to where the trails were located.
Marie T
VerifiedJuly 5, 2023 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: LOWER PENSTEMON
The campground was dirty when we got there. We had to brush off the table and pick up garbage left by past campers. We left it a lot cleaner than we found it, other than that it was a fairly shady spot. It would have been nice if there was more signage, to where the trails were located.
Antonio a
VerifiedSeptember 6, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: LOWER PENSTEMON
Camping is located at side of very transit road. No water at camping. Not very good place to spend the night.
Antonio a
VerifiedSeptember 6, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: LOWER PENSTEMON
Camping is located at side of very transit road. No water at camping. Not very good place to spend the night.
Archie J
VerifiedSeptember 1, 2022 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: LOWER PENSTEMON
everything was awesome except the bathroom was out of toilet paper and the water wasnt working at all
Archie J
VerifiedSeptember 1, 2022 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: LOWER PENSTEMON
everything was awesome except the bathroom was out of toilet paper and the water wasnt working at all
Carl S
VerifiedJuly 10, 2022 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: LOWER PENSTEMON
No fresh water was available at either Lower or Upper Penstemon. Had to drive several miles up the canyon to Diamondfield Jack to get water. The picnic table at my site was very dirty. There was litter in the site. Some can only be blamed on the previous campers but there is no excuse for the lack of water.
Location Lower Penstemon
Address:
2306 Hiland Ave
Burley, ID, 83318
United States
Travel south on Twin Falls County Road G3 which becomes Forest Road 515, commonly known as Rock Creek Road, for approximately 27 miles from Hansen.
Elevation: 2027 feet
50 mi drive to downtown Burley (about 1 hr 7 min)
Policies & Rules
General
- Idaho OHV Safety Message
- Click here for more information on the Sawtooth National Forest
- Don't Move Firewood: Help prevent the spread of tree-killing pests in our national forests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
- Due to a new well installation for the Rock Creek water system, there will be no water available until August 31th, 2019. Please plan accordingly and bring all the water you will need for your stay. For more information, please contact the Minidoka Ranger District at 208-678-0430.
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