Riverside Campgrounds Near Yellowstone NP

Riverside Campgrounds Near Yellowstone NP

Another camping trip in the books! Nick and I went up to Island Park, ID from September 4th- 7th and stayed at Riverside campgrounds.

We booked our rv spot on recreation.gov and got a spot right next to Henry Fork River. All of the campsites are standard non-electric spots so that means no water or electricity. (Tent or RV is allowed in any of the spots and they are pull through or back in)

We filled up our rv with fresh water and if we needed electricity we brought our generator to plug into. The only time we used our generator was when we left our site to go hiking and needed AC for our dogs since they weren’t allowed on the hikes we went on.

Honestly, we didn’t even use up all our water we brought and used very minimal of it. We were being pretty conservative of it since we were there for 4 days but we definitely had enough for another day or so.

This was also our first time without hookups for our rv so we were very cautious of how much we were using. We also brought big jugs of water that we would use to clean plates outside and the dogs drank from them so our rv water was really only used for bathroom times.

And since the weather was cool in the mornings and evenings all we had to do is open our windows at night to cool down the rv. It worked out so nice and now we feel more comfortable with spots like this.

Riverside campground is really beautiful! Like I said, lots of spots next to Henry Fork River or in thick woods so no matter the spot you can’t go wrong. It was also very quiet and really peaceful. We lucked out with having almost full moons every night too.

Our views consisted of the river, thick forest, wildlife, and people fly fishing in the river. Bonus: Did you know Henry Fork River is world wide famous for their fly fishing?! How cool!

So if you’re looking for a place within 45 min of Yellowstone np, seconds from the river, 10 minutes from Harriman state park and much much more then book yourself a campsite at Riverside. We would definitely come back again. Xoxo Kimmy