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About Buffalo (Idaho)
Number of accommodations: 48
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Reviews (645)
What Guests Are Saying
Buffalo Campground in Idaho offers a beautiful, clean, and peaceful environment, with spacious sites and friendly hosts who provide exceptional service. Many reviewers appreciated the campground's well-maintained facilities, including spotless bathrooms and ample space for maneuvering RVs. While some noted noise from nearby highways and the need for better river access, the overall experience was positive, with many expressing a desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Buffalo Campground in Idaho offers a beautiful, clean, and peaceful environment, with spacious sites and friendly hosts who provide exceptional service. Many reviewers appreciated the campground's well-maintained facilities, including spotless bathrooms and ample space for maneuvering RVs. While some noted noise from nearby highways and the need for better river access, the overall experience was positive, with many expressing a desire to return.
Review Summary
david w
VerifiedAugust 29, 2021 • Stayed at: C14, Loop: C
Buffalo is amazing! Beautiful scenery and very respectful campers and camp host!
Dee A
VerifiedAugust 28, 2021 • Stayed at: C06, Loop: C
We enjoy visiting Buffalo campground every year. However it is getting harder and harder to get in. Reservation system is hard to navigate and is very inconvenient. We come from 6 hours away and cannot take a chance on the first come first serve sites. Our favorite loops are B & C and they are always gone.
Our campground host is very thorough and a pleasure to talk with.
Dee A
VerifiedAugust 28, 2021 • Stayed at: C06, Loop: C
We enjoy visiting Buffalo campground every year. However it is getting harder and harder to get in. Reservation system is hard to navigate and is very inconvenient. We come from 6 hours away and cannot take a chance on the first come first serve sites. Our favorite loops are B & C and they are always gone.
Our campground host is very thorough and a pleasure to talk with.
Priscilla F
VerifiedAugust 23, 2021 • Stayed at: F16, Loop: F
Good camp site, friendly campground manager, at times generators with RV’s a little loud.
Priscilla F
VerifiedAugust 23, 2021 • Stayed at: F16, Loop: F
Good camp site, friendly campground manager, at times generators with RV’s a little loud.
RoseMarie D
VerifiedAugust 20, 2021 • Stayed at: B11, Loop: B
The camp hosts were so welcoming, friendly, helpful, kind, considerate, and wonderful. My stay in F loop earlier than this visit also had wonderful camp hosts. Helen (camp host in B loop) has restored the camp hosts' qualities that we had many years ago. The last two years the camp hosts in B loop were horrible! Some of my family will never go to Buffalo again because of the bad experiences they had. I decided to try it again and both visits were great. I hope you keep hiring people-person hosts.
RoseMarie D
VerifiedAugust 20, 2021 • Stayed at: B11, Loop: B
The camp hosts were so welcoming, friendly, helpful, kind, considerate, and wonderful. My stay in F loop earlier than this visit also had wonderful camp hosts. Helen (camp host in B loop) has restored the camp hosts' qualities that we had many years ago. The last two years the camp hosts in B loop were horrible! Some of my family will never go to Buffalo again because of the bad experiences they had. I decided to try it again and both visits were great. I hope you keep hiring people-person hosts.
Melissa G
VerifiedAugust 13, 2021 • Stayed at: C15, Loop: C
Our family loved camping here and tubing down the river. Saw 3 moose and won’t ever forget this place. The hosts were so nice to our kids. Campsite was awesome and bathrooms were kept clean as well.
Melissa G
VerifiedAugust 13, 2021 • Stayed at: C15, Loop: C
Our family loved camping here and tubing down the river. Saw 3 moose and won’t ever forget this place. The hosts were so nice to our kids. Campsite was awesome and bathrooms were kept clean as well.
Kim T
VerifiedAugust 11, 2021 • Stayed at: F15, Loop: F
Campsite was clean and ready for us when arrived. Beautiful location right next to Elk creek. Great floating and fishing.
Location Buffalo (Idaho)
Address:
Highway 20
Island Park, ID, 83429
United States
From West Yellowstone, Montana, take U.S. Highway 20 south for 26 miles.
From Ashton, Idaho: Take U.S. Highway 20 north for 25 miles. The campground entrance is .25 miles north of Ponds Lodge on the east side of the highway.
Elevation: 1924 feet
0.3 mi drive to downtown Island Park (about 1 min)
Policies & Rules
General
- Wildlife Caution
- Idaho OHV Safety Message
- A $7 fee for each extra vehicle will be collected at the campground
- No ATVs/OHVs allowed in the campground
- This campground has first come, first served sites
- Click here for more information on the Caribou-Targhee 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.
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Last updated: September 7, 2026
