Thompson Flat

We have camped at the same spot at Thompson Flat every year for the last 4 years. We love the location and the campsites themselves are always clean and well kept. This year (2022) the bathrooms were awful. I had never seen so much feces and bugs EVERYWHERE! It truly looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in years, which it’s looked great in the years past.

Loved the campsite, but there was NO toilet paper in the bathroom! Our group plus campers from another site close by were in a lot of trouble. The bathrooms were filthy, so it didnt look like anyone was paying attention to the site at all. We had 2 rolls that didn't go far, had to send someone to buy some.i don't know what the other group dis. We even called the ranger station and told them, and they said they'd send someone, but we never saw anyone, from Wednesday to Saturday. Be warned - besides having to bring your own water, you also need your own toilet paper!

We had a celebration of life activity planned at Thompson Flats campground. We were all coming from different parts of the country, none of us from Idaho, so it was important that we had a reservation ahead of time. After spending $158 to reserve the entire C loop for the weekend, we arrived and all 4 spots were taken by other groups who had also payed for it. The people in those sites obviously didn’t want to leave because they had payed for it, and there is no camp manager on site to talk to to get things resolved. We ended up finding a hotel 45 minutes away, and had to pay $500 for the hotel, which took away from the experience that we traveled across the country for, as well as the $158 for the campground. Very unprofessional and disorganized. I will never reserve this campground again.

We love camping here. It’s our favorite in the area. A quick drive to the lake or many other opportunities. Lots of trees, shade, and quiet. Fall is our favorite time to come.

Easy to find! Beautiful view and private camp spots.

Love, love , loved this campground! Beautiful, peaceful, with large space between campsites. Beautiful Cleveland lake right up the road too.

A map or a list of camp sites in each loop would be helpful. A/B/C didn't help, especially when this information wasn't on our reservation. We stayed in #19 (loop C). The driveway is a true double, but is on a slant. Our 22 foot trailer was able to get up off the slant but our truck was on it. Any trailer much bigger might have a hard time with getting it level and off the slant. There is a decent amount of shade. There is a LOT of traffic and people who don't drive slow on the dirt road, causing a lot of dust to be kicked up and blown towards your camp. As mentioned, no camp host. This place is two miles away from Lake Cleveland, which is really pretty and good for kayaking. When you are going down the road for lake Cleveland, it is only enough for one vehicle. There are occasional turn offs, but only a couple. On AT&T we had cell service. Overall a decent spot and campground. Just be prepared for a lot of dust.

Camping at Thompson's Flats is a great experience after you chase other campers out of your reserved camp sites. Every time we have a family reunion in Loop A we show up to set up camp and there are other campers already in our spots and we have to tell them to leave. There is no camp host, ranger, or after hours phone number to call to get to help. How the sites are marked reserved are a joke and something different needs to be done so there is no confusion or misunderstanding.

The only issue we had was that the reserved sign was not put out and people were trying to take our spot. We called in and was told no one could do it because of being understaffed. But yet a Forest Service person was there 5 different times, once within a couple of hours after we were told no one could come. Things were well kept, bathrooms were fairly cleaned and maintained. We will stay there again.

Great spot to stay to visit City of Rocks. Drive carefully around the cows!