About Big Springs - Caribou
Number of accommodations: 15
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Reviews (41)
What Guests Are Saying
Big Springs - Caribou offers a fun and enjoyable camping experience with friendly hosts, clean facilities, and well-maintained sites. While there were some issues with traffic, cattle presence, and occasional maintenance concerns, many guests appreciated the beautiful surroundings, spacious spots, and easy check-in process. Overall, visitors expressed a desire to return, highlighting the campground's charm and value despite some minor drawbacks.
What Guests Are Saying
Big Springs - Caribou offers a fun and enjoyable camping experience with friendly hosts, clean facilities, and well-maintained sites. While there were some issues with traffic, cattle presence, and occasional maintenance concerns, many guests appreciated the beautiful surroundings, spacious spots, and easy check-in process. Overall, visitors expressed a desire to return, highlighting the campground's charm and value despite some minor drawbacks.
Review Summary
Greg B
VerifiedDecember 23, 2025 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
It’s a fun place, a few issues with traffic inside the campground and cattle roaming around in August in the campground wasn’t very pleasant.
Campground hosts were nice and we’re doing there best to keep order
Kevin F
VerifiedOctober 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
The Campground was clean and well maintained. The campground Hosts (Alan & Heather) were the friendliest people you can imagine and so very helpful! They even loaned us a tent when it turned out that we had forgotten our tentpoles! We had a great time and intend to visit again soon.
Daniel D
VerifiedSeptember 17, 2025 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Easy check in and well maintained park. Don’t typically use bath facilities so I cannot speak to that.
Jason H
September 12, 2025
The camp bowery was full of cow manure and the bathrooms looked like they havent been maintained for a while but it wasnt a big deal and we cleaned them all up. The camp was super fun and enjoyable.
Jessica H
VerifiedJuly 26, 2025 • Stayed at: H2, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
We had the spots H1 & H2 (equestrian spots) and they were perfect for us! These spots are on the very north side of the campground and we appreciate feeling a little more secluded. We had both a tent and snd RV trailer and the accommodations; picnic table, coal grill, fire pit with grilling grate, and the parking/tent pad were great! There could be a closer bathroom for tent campers but we enjoyed the walks around to the bathrooms.
Wayne S
VerifiedJuly 15, 2025 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Nice quiet location that met our needs. Good value and kept clean by staff. No hassles. Pretty hike on nature trail to the spring, very relaxing.
Jeffrey H
VerifiedJuly 6, 2025 • Stayed at: H1, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
We had reserved the 2 H sites on the website. When we got there, someone was in one of our spots. He said there was no reserved notice on the spot, and the camp host took his money and gave him the spot. Luckily the remaining spot was big enough for our group. We have a 43' 5th wheel and the H spot was big enough. The other spots in the rest of the campground would not have been big enough. All in all it was a beautiful place. Bring bug spray and Benedryl.
jamie m
VerifiedJuly 3, 2025 • Stayed at: H2, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Very nice sites. We were there for 2 nights in late June and it was a bit buggy due to the long grasses in the sites. Cell reception was barely 1 bar using att. Great birding!
Mike B
VerifiedJune 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Hose bibs to fill camper water reservoir have been removed
Alexis B
VerifiedJune 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Very nice campground! Site 3 was full shade in the late afternoon and full sun in the morning. Bbq, table, and fire ring were tidy. There were quite a few small hornet nests under the awning. Short walking distance from the back of the campground where a small nature walk and springs are that you can play in. Lots of traffic with motorized vehicles through the campground but most were going slow. The closest bathroom was tidy with plenty of tp and hand sanitizer. Lots of horseflies and mosquitoes but some citronella candles and mosquito coils helped a lot. There were raccoons in the middle of the night, need to pack away garbage and food at night.
Location Big Springs - Caribou
Address:
4350 Cliffs Drive
Pocatello, ID, 83204
United States
Just east of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, look for "Pebble Area" sign and turn left onto Blaser Highway/Old Highway 30. Go north on the paved highway 9 miles to Pebble Creek Road, known locally as Mike's Place or Whiskey Mike's. Turn left across railroad tracks on gravel Forest Road 036. Travel about 7 miles to the campground.
Pebble Creek Road is a narrow single-lane dirt road with limited sight distance and not suitable for the very large RVs (the tour bus size RVs that require overhead clearance due to their height and have limited turning capacity due to length, as opposed to a truck with trailer of the same length which has a tighter turning radius due to the hitch).
Latitude & Longitude: 42.7656 / -112.095
Elevation: 1930 feet
Policies & Rules
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Big Springs Campground is managed by Pinnacle Parks Llc under a special use permit with the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. For questions please contact 208-757-3999 between the hours of 8am and 9pm. |
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This is Big Springs Campground on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest near Lava Hot Springs, Idaho |
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The campground has first-come, first-serve campsites and reservable campsites. Visitors can check the kiosk board for available campsites, check if the campsite is occupied, and if available pay at the fee tube. |
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A fee of $5 will be collected on-site for extra vehicles parked in a campsite. The Allowable Vehicle/Driveway Details section has information on maximum vehicles allowed for individual campsites. Single sites: 1 vehicle, Double Sites: 2 vehicles, Triple Site: 3 vehicles |
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There are no electric, water or sewer site hookups at this campground |
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This facility is pack-it-in/pack-it-out |
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Off-road vehicles not allowed to be operated on campground roads |
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Wildlife Caution |
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Idaho OHV Safety Message |
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Click here for more info about the Caribou-Targhee National Forest |
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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. |