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
Brad N
June 30, 2022
Group campsite had great views and plenty of seclusion. Plenty of room for a large group and it has nice access to trails.
Heidi B
VerifiedJune 11, 2022 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Beautiful area. We had fun doing a little hiking in the forest. Crying babies at night, but that couldn't be helped. Fairly clean restrooms. Our 12 man tent wouldn't fit on the tent sight, so we had to put it on the gravel. But, it was a good experience.
Cristian C
VerifiedJune 7, 2022 • Stayed at: 029, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Had a great spot not too far from river
Nicklaus R
September 19, 2021
Excellent place to camp
Cyndee Z
VerifiedSeptember 10, 2021 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Our family had a great time camping here over the weekend. Excellent place to ride 4-wheeler’s, take hikes, enjoy the scenery. Our camp host and hostess were very friendly and helpful. Best camp hosts yet.
David V
VerifiedSeptember 3, 2021 • Stayed at: 023, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Great camping area at the end of the road. Good trails for walking and a nice creek nearby. Was an easy drive into Lava Hot Springs for the day. Campsite well kept, vault restrooms were some of the cleanest we had seen. Will be back.
Marisa R
VerifiedSeptember 2, 2021 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Beautiful and clean. The sites are already leveled, made it super easy to set up. Some sites had pavilions, benches and tables. Camp host let us use atvs at 5mph through camp. Bathrooms were kept clean, No spiders or awful smell. I would go back again.
Elizabeth M
VerifiedAugust 24, 2021 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Such a fantastic spot! Can’t wait to go back! Lots of hiking trails and spaces to ride 4wheelers.
Aaron A
VerifiedJuly 25, 2021 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
Campground was clean and very family friendly. The hosts were great.
AMY N
VerifiedJuly 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: BIG SPRINGS - CARIBOU
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!
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. |
