U.S. Forest Service · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · Idaho

Riverside Park Campground

Riverside Park Campground is located 49 miles south of Idaho Falls, Idaho near Palisades Reservoir, along the banks of the South Fork of the Snake River. Cottonwoods provide partial shade. The South Fork of the Snake River has great fly-fishing for rainbow and brook trout; tubing, canoeing, kayaking, and rafting are also popular on the river. Wildlife can be frequently spotted throughout the area. This campground provides vault toilets, potable water, and garbage service and electricity at select sites. Roads and parking spurs within the campground are gravel. A campground host is on site. Firewood is available for purchase. Phone, gas, and groceries are three miles away.

Closed for the season Booking not publishedTents only

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4fires
active

Btnf Rx (prescribed burn) · 24 mi away

3 more within 50 miles

Incident details ↓

Amenities & rules

Equipment	Tents
Fees	For current fees, please go to Recreation.gov

Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.

Season & status

Status	Closed for the season. Forest Service sites close for the season; check the official page for the reopening date.
Season	May to September
Forest	Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Fees	For current fees, please go to Recreation.gov
Rules	No ATVs allowed.

Caribou-Targhee National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →

The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Swan Valley, 8 miles from the campground at 5,397 feet, station USC00108937 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 20 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates

43.3407° N, 111.2049° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

Prescribed
Btnf Rx
24 mi from the campground
Prescribed
North Zone Piles Rx
24 mi from the campground
Prescribed
Bear River Zone Rx Piles
42 mi from the campground
Prescribed
North Zone Rx Piles
42 mi from the campground

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Outdoor gear	Mountainist ↗	15.4 mi
RV sales & service	Airstream of Wyoming ↗	21.7 mi
Dump station	Dump station ↗	31 mi

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Explore

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →

0.7 mi
Calamity Cutoff
1.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 3 more
1.2 mi
Red Ridge ↗
10.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
1.4 mi
Russell Creek
3.9 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
1.5 mi
Little Sheep
2.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
1.7 mi
Yeaman Creek
4.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
1.9 mi
Sheep Creek/Little Elk
3.3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Caribou-Targhee National Forest.

in
Caribou-Targhee National Forest ↗
National Forest · Forest Service · 3,077,758 acres
4.8 mi
Bridger-Teton National Forest ↗
National Forest · Forest Service · 3,466,359 acres

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.