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About Elks Flat Campground
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Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
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Reviews (24)
What Guests Are Saying
Elks Flat Campground is an excellent choice for family gatherings, with a clean and tidy environment, accommodating camp host Doug, and ample facilities like a pavilion, group fire pit, and recreational areas for games. The location offers a refreshing river for cooling off and nearby attractions like Rocky Bar for food and gifts. Overall, visitors had a positive experience and expressed a strong desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Elks Flat Campground is an excellent choice for family gatherings, with a clean and tidy environment, accommodating camp host Doug, and ample facilities like a pavilion, group fire pit, and recreational areas for games. The location offers a refreshing river for cooling off and nearby attractions like Rocky Bar for food and gifts. Overall, visitors had a positive experience and expressed a strong desire to return.
Review Summary
Scott M
August 12, 2024
We have come to this site a number of years. We usually rent the group site 2. It has steadily been going down hill. This year was the worst. Bathrooms not maintained, no garbage cans to put trash into, volleyball and horseshoe areas overgrown with weeds. The pavilion was full of debris. If you go make sure to pack your own tp and take it, sense it isn't supplied and you have people stopping to use the restroom.
Scott M
August 12, 2024
We have come to this site a number of years. We usually rent the group site 2. It has steadily been going down hill. This year was the worst. Bathrooms not maintained, no garbage cans to put trash into, volleyball and horseshoe areas overgrown with weeds. The pavilion was full of debris. If you go make sure to pack your own tp and take it, sense it isn't supplied and you have people stopping to use the restroom.
Stephanie H
July 17, 2024
Only issue was people from the main camp drove over to the group site restroom constantly. Other than that great trip and campground
Stephanie H
July 17, 2024
Only issue was people from the main camp drove over to the group site restroom constantly. Other than that great trip and campground
Farren G
August 3, 2022
This campground was exactly what we wanted! Right next to a beautiful spot in the river where we could play all day and a short walk back to our site to make lunch and dinner and end the night with a camp fire. Restrooms were kept clean and stocked with toilet paper. Would love to stay here again!
Farren G
August 3, 2022
This campground was exactly what we wanted! Right next to a beautiful spot in the river where we could play all day and a short walk back to our site to make lunch and dinner and end the night with a camp fire. Restrooms were kept clean and stocked with toilet paper. Would love to stay here again!
Rodney S
July 23, 2022
Though a very good location, there were issues with the facilities. The trash bins were overflowing before our arrival, which did not get emptied until Thursday of our Monday to Saturday stay, forcing us to take trash to the transfer station, instead of adding to the problem, I was disappointed in how many drove in, camping elsewhere to pile their trash at the campsite. The vault toilets were another issue, we had to clean them on our arrival, they were absolutely disgusting. There was no paper in them, fortunately we are always prepared with our own, for just such an event. It was later in the week when the toilets were finally officially cleaned and restocked again. For an unknown reason, there was no Camp Host on-site, which in our experience prevents just such issues. We did have a good time, but the above could have certainly been better.
Rodney S
July 23, 2022
Though a very good location, there were issues with the facilities. The trash bins were overflowing before our arrival, which did not get emptied until Thursday of our Monday to Saturday stay, forcing us to take trash to the transfer station, instead of adding to the problem, I was disappointed in how many drove in, camping elsewhere to pile their trash at the campsite. The vault toilets were another issue, we had to clean them on our arrival, they were absolutely disgusting. There was no paper in them, fortunately we are always prepared with our own, for just such an event. It was later in the week when the toilets were finally officially cleaned and restocked again. For an unknown reason, there was no Camp Host on-site, which in our experience prevents just such issues. We did have a good time, but the above could have certainly been better.
Linda W
July 2, 2022
Elks Flat provided a great place for a family reunion. We had plenty of space and loved being in the woods and near the river. We had plenty of trails in the area for using our side by sides.
Linda W
July 2, 2022
Elks Flat provided a great place for a family reunion. We had plenty of space and loved being in the woods and near the river. We had plenty of trails in the area for using our side by sides.
Location Elks Flat Campground
Address:
3080 Industrial Way
Mountain Home, ID, 83647
United States
From Mountain Home, travel east on Highway 20 for 35 miles to the turnoff for Pine/Featherville (Forest Highway 61). Travel north on Highway 61 for 24 miles to the campground.
Elks Flat Campground is accessible via Highway 20 and Forest Highway 61. It is approximately 35 miles east of Mountain Home on Highway 20, with a turnoff to Forest Highway 61 leading north for 24 miles to the campground.
Elevation: 1321 feet
56 mi drive to downtown Mountain Home (about 1 hr 9 min)
Policies & Rules
Cancellation policy
- Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
- Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
- Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
- Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
- Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
- Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
- Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
General
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Pets
- Horses are prohibited in the campground.
Site capacity
- Campsites are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Fires & fuel
- Do not move firewood; obtain it near your destination to prevent pests.
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Last updated: August 24, 2026
