Teton Canyon Campground
Teton Canyon Campground is located in beautiful Teton Canyon at an elevation of 6,500 feet. Thick pines shade half of the campground, while aspens and a few pines dot colorful wildflower meadows in the other half. The towering Teton Range and Jedediah Smith Wilderness are adjacent to the canyon, offering great views to part of the site. Excellent hiking, backpacking, and horseback riding opportunities abound, with trails beginning in the campground. A horse transfer station is located on site as well. Teton Creek runs alongside with great fishing for brook and Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
This newly-remodeled campground provides vault toilets, potable water, and garbage service but no electricity. Each site has a picnic table, fire pit, and grill. It is bear country, so food storage boxes are provided at each site as well. Two equestrian campsites are available for those with horses. Site 21 is first come, first served, but site 22 can be reserved for $10/day. Roads and parking spurs within the site are gravel.
Popular activities in the area include the Teton Valley Summer Festival over the Fourth of July in Driggs, complete with a hot air balloon festival, parade, rodeo, bike races, and antique and craft booths. Grand Targhee Resort is nearby and hosts outstanding annual music festivals: Targhee Fest is in mid-July, and the Targhee Bluegrass Festival is in mid-August. The resort also offers lift-served hiking and mountain biking, scenic chair lift rides, guided horseback riding, a climbing wall, and an 18-hole disc golf course. A disc golf tournament is also held annually in late July. Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks are both within a few hours drive.
Trail Creek Campground
DIRECTIONS:
From Victor, ID, take State Rt. 33 south 5.4 miles to campground
sign. Turn right after sign into campground.
NOTE: State Rt. 33 becomes State Rt. 22 when it crosses into Wyoming.
GENERAL COMMENTS:
The elevation is 6,600 ft.
NOTE: The campground is physically located in Wyoming.
The campground stretches along Trail Creek and Wyoming State Rt.
22 under large spruce trees and other conifers. Traffic on Rt.
22 is light so the sound of the creek is heard throughout the
campground. Several camping sites back up to the creek. The
grass understory limits privacy. The campground is a nice
overnight stop in route to or from Yellowstone and Grand Teton
National Parks.
SEASONS
Open Seasonal: Yes
Open All Year: No
Seasonal Comment:
Open May 15 through September 15.
RATE AND MAXIMUM STAY PERMITTED
Rate: $8 per day
Maximum Stay Permitted (days): 16
CAMPGROUND SITE CONFIGURATION
No. RV Sites: 0
No. Tent Sites: 0
No. Combined Sites (Tent or RV): 10
Total Sites: 10
Tent Pads: No
Group Tent Sites: Yes
Open Sites: Yes
Wooded Sites: Yes
No. Tables on Sites: 10
No. Grilles on Sites: 9
RV INFORMATION
No. Full Hookups (includes waste): 0
No. Water and Electric Only: 0
No. Water Only: 0
No. Electric Only: 0
Group RV Sites: No
No. RV Pull Throughs: 7
Waste Station: No
Potable Water at Waste Station: No
Average Parking Apron Size: 14' X 50'
Comments:
The parking aprons are gravel.
FACILITIES
Vaults: Yes
Flush Toilets: No
Hot Showers: No
Wheelchair Friendly Toilets: Yes
Public Phone: No
Playground: No
No. Water Spigots (non-site): 5
No. Threaded: 5
WATER SPORTS - None
HIKING - No
FISHING
Fishing: Yes
Comments:
Yellowstone Cutthroat and Brook trout
Mike Harris Campground
NEAREST CITY/TOWN: Victor
RESERVATIONS: 1-877-444-6777 or make on-line reservation
DIRECTIONS:
From Victor, ID, take State Rt. 33 south 3.5 miles to campground
sign (Forest Rt. 350). Turn right after the sign onto Rt. 350
(gravel) and go 0.3 miles to campground.
NOTE: The Granite Entrance to Grand Teton National Park is 22 miles
east of campground.
The campground is a single loop through a stand of Douglas fir and
other conifers. The camping sites are nicely shaded and well spaced
providing good privacy. Young Douglas fir, scattered throughout the
campground, seem to be waiting for a string of Christmas lights.
SEASONS
Open Seasonal: Yes
Open All Year: No
Seasonal Comment:
Open May 15 through September 15.
RATE AND MAXIMUM STAY PERMITTED
Rate: $10 per day - single
$20 per day - double
Maximum Stay Permitted (days): 16
CAMPGROUND SITE CONFIGURATION
No. RV Sites: 0
No. Tent Sites: 0
No. Combined Sites (Tent or RV): 12
Total Sites: 12
Tent Pads: No
Group Tent Sites: Yes
Open Sites: No
Wooded Sites: Yes
No. Tables on Sites: 12
No. Grilles on Sites: 12
RV INFORMATION
Hookups: None
Group RV Sites: No
No. RV Pull Throughs: 2
Waste Station: No
Average Parking Apron Size: 11' X 43'
Comments:
The parking aprons are gravel.
FACILITIES
Vaults: Yes
Flush Toilets: No
Hot Showers: No
Wheelchair Friendly Toilets: Yes
Public Phone: No
Playground: No
No. Water Spigots (non-site): 1
No. Threaded: 0
Comments:
The water spigot is a hand pump.
WATER SPORTS - None
HIKING
Mikesell Canyon Trail #049 (foot, horse & mountain bike) - 8 miles
FISHING - No
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