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About Big Springs - Caribou
Number of accommodations: 15
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Reviews (52)
What Guests Are Saying
Big Springs - Caribou offers a well-maintained and enjoyable camping experience, highlighted by friendly and helpful camp hosts. Visitors appreciate the clean facilities, beautiful surroundings, and fun nature trails, making it a great spot for families and outdoor enthusiasts. However, some concerns were noted regarding cattle presence and occasional traffic in the campground, but these did not significantly detract from the overall positive experience.
What Guests Are Saying
Big Springs - Caribou offers a well-maintained and enjoyable camping experience, highlighted by friendly and helpful camp hosts. Visitors appreciate the clean facilities, beautiful surroundings, and fun nature trails, making it a great spot for families and outdoor enthusiasts. However, some concerns were noted regarding cattle presence and occasional traffic in the campground, but these did not significantly detract from the overall positive experience.
Review Summary
Taylor M
VerifiedJune 1, 2026 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Fantastic campground, largely due to the camp host, Kevin. He was kind and answered our questions and was always available if we needed anything. We really didn't' need much, but it was good to know he was willing to help if necessary.
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
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).
The campground is accessible via Blaser Highway/Old Highway 30, which is a paved highway connecting to nearby roads. The nearest major highway is US Highway 30, approximately 9 miles from the campground.
Elevation: 1930 feet
51 mi drive to downtown Pocatello (about 1 hr 10 min)
Policies & Rules
General
- 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 .
- This is Big Springs Campground on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest near Lava Hot Springs, Idaho
- 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.
- 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
- There are no electric, water or sewer site hookups at this campground
- This facility is pack-it-in/pack-it-out
- Off-road vehicles not allowed to be operated on campground roads
- Wildlife Caution
- Idaho OHV Safety Message
- Click here for more info about 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 9, 2026
