Big Springs - Caribou

We have been going to Big Springs camp by Lava Hot Springs almost every year for 8 years now. We missed one year when a parent had a stroke. We love it there, it's beautiful and the camp hosts are friendly. And although I understand the rules on no ATV riding in the camp area, I don't like our property being left that far away from where we are at night. So we are thinking about camping in a spot outside of the campground where we can keep an eye on all of our belongings. In the past, some camp hosts would let you ride them out in the morning and back in at the end of the day. That worked well. If the rules go back to that, we will come back. Another big problem is you don't put up all the camp spots on the online reservation site.

Nice, clean campground.

We stay here just about every year. Last year we stayed twice! Its a beautiful campground and great for families. Large sites, beautiful nature trail that's great for young families. At first I was a little put off by the camp host because he was very serious about the 5 mph speed limit and the fact you couldn't bring atvs, motorcycles, or utvs into the campground. But the one time he wasn't there to tell people, I realized why. Inconsiderate people acting like the campground was a part of the trails and ripping around all through the campground kicking up dust and making noise to the point you couldnt carry on a conversation. The campground is great, and probably one of my favorite. The camp host is a really great guy who just wants to preserve the essence of why people go camping. Though I could do without some of the people that were there, especially the ones running their loud generator just to watch tv all day. SMH. But we've stayed there 3 times and as long as the camp h

Beautiful place. Quiet, serene and peaceful. One of our favorite places!

What a wonderful place. A little hard to get too but so worth the drive. We will definitely go back!

Hard to get there but loved the cows during the drive to the entrance. Grass was quite tall. Nice campsites. Only spent 1 night. Not ATV'rs so not ideal for us. Still pleasant but probably won't camp there again.

We had a great time at Big Springs Campground. The camp hosts were very helpful. There are a lot of nice shaded campground spots. It is fun to walk to the spring. We love the campgrounds proximity to Lava Hot Springs pool.

We LOVE Big Springs and have been going there for 10+ years. Unfortunately a box of rocks could do a better job at communicating than the camp host. We clearly woke them up from a nap around 2 p.m. when we just wanted to ask a few questions, she was instantly upset and telling us what we couldn't do, when all we were doing was asking questions about a few 1st come 1st serve sights (we already had 4 reserved sights). She said how hard it was to do books and was charging my parents with a Senior Pass $7.50/night when the sign clearly said $7.00/night because she had no change. Which didn't matter because we had $14 to pay for 2 nights. We did pay $15 because she couldn't understand that we didn't need change and we didn't want anymore confrontation. She did tell us quite time was from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. then campers in the group sight kept their generator on all night and all day. Just a little frustrating when its suppose to be quite and the host did nothing to stop it.
We plan on returning as always but hopefully with new camp host!

Campground was clean and very family friendly. The hosts were great.

Such a fantastic spot! Can’t wait to go back! Lots of hiking trails and spaces to ride 4wheelers.