Arco, ID – Perhaps the first question is why would anyone stay here, in the middle of a high desert in a small, isolated town far from anywhere. Our reason: hiking in Craters of the Moon National Monument and nearby Salmon Challis National Forest. Therefore our requirement for this campground was simply a place to provide hookups. If you want more, like a destination campground with things to do and a nice place to relax, this campground is not for you. We also traveled to Blackfoot, Idaho, a one hour drive, to tour the Idaho Potato Museum and attend the Eastern Idaho State Fair. We also took a day trip to Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument and the Minidoka National Historic Site. Margaret Fuller and Jerry Painter’s “Trails of Eastern Idaho” includes numerous trails in the region.
Our site was long but narrow, with a large tree on the driver’s side that forced us off the level part of the pad so we could extend our driver’s side slide. Our site was part of a group of sites that shared a common road, meaning ingress and egress in the toad was a nuisance that involved lots of 3 point turns every time you went anywhere. Those RVs with big pickups trucks (5th wheels) parked such that the trucks were encroaching into the common road. This meant our pull thru site was not actually a pull thru site. Upon leaving we had no choice but to back up.
The egress road was often partially blocked by pick-up trucks and a tree that hung out into the road on the opposite side
The only place to park the jeep was in front of the RV on the weird egress road, which meant backing in or out of the road as there was no place to turn around without driving on the grass which was prohibited.
On the plus side the 50 amp power was stable at 120 volts and the water pressure was strong. Arco KOA offers an ice cream social, limited breakfast, and dinner with some seasonality in hours and availability.
Our site was wide enough, but a large tree branch on the driver’s side forced us to the far right of the site which was unlevel
The Arco KOA Office Building also housed the facilities for the campground. As it was across from our site, we had quite a few campers and even staff short cut through the site
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Campground website: Arco KOA
