Lower Penstemon Campground, Burley, ID

Lower Penstemon Campground is located in the Minidoka Ranger District, Sawtooth National Forest (1 hr 2 min southeast of Twin Falls, ID) with an elevation of 6,610 feet. There are a total of 6 campsites. The campground is normally open from mid May to the end of September. Sites can accommodate RVs and trailers up to 30 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. There is a fee of $8.00 per night. Activities include biking, horseback riding, hiking trails.

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Campsite Reviews (23)

3.2 out of 5

5 star		22%
4 star		26%
3 star		22%
2 star		13%
1 star		17%

@DanW8978335 · Camped on Sep 28, 2024 at Campsite #5

Campsite was excellent. Bathrooms were adequately stocked with TP. Weather was great. Trails were fantastic. Colors were brilliant yellows and green.

@TylerB1032926 · Camped on Jul 12, 2024 at Campsite #5

If you are tent camping I recommend avoiding site 5 as it is extremely small. All the other sites have plenty of space but this one for whatever reason is super small. The table is on a hillslope and surrounded by shrubs. If you are just in an RV it's probably fine. Also the campground map is wrong on the website. The actual campsites are about 1000 ft northeast of where they are located on the map. It's a single road heading straight north with only a small loop at the end. Check google earth to see the actual location.

@GinaBF9554669D · Camped on Jun 22, 2024 at Campsite #5

The place is very nice, but the Lower Penstemon sign was down on the Canyon Rd. so beware. It made finding the place a bit tricky for new to the area camper friends.

@PamelaM1753071 · Camped on Jul 27, 2023 at Campsite #2

The campground itself was great. The vault toilets were terrible. They were filthy. The floors were carpeted with dead flies. The camp host from porcupine springs kindly came and cleaned them a couple of days into our stay. It was not her job, but whomever job it was had failed to do it. Other than that, good place to camp.

@CarolineC46803 · Camped on Jul 5, 2023 at Campsite #4

It was really hard to find. The lower campground is not labeled and near impossible to find. There was no working water. The bathrooms were quite impossible to go in because of the amount of flies and smell. Once we were settled into our campsite, it was amazing. But the process to get there is somewhat difficult. It is an hour off the highway, and you will have no service.

@MarieTD6826CED · Camped on Jun 23, 2023 at Campsite #4

The campground was dirty when we got there. We had to brush off the table and pick up garbage left by past campers. We left it a lot cleaner than we found it, other than that it was a fairly shady spot. It would have been nice if there was more signage, to where the trails were located.

@Antonioa808216 · Camped on Sep 4, 2022 at Campsite #1

Camping is located at side of very transit road. No water at camping. Not very good place to spend the night.

@ArchieJ6366513 · Camped on Aug 19, 2022 at Campsite #2

everything was awesome except the bathroom was out of toilet paper and the water wasnt working at all

@CarlS3807743 · Camped on Jul 1, 2022 at Campsite #2

No fresh water was available at either Lower or Upper Penstemon. Had to drive several miles up the canyon to Diamondfield Jack to get water. The picnic table at my site was very dirty. There was litter in the site. Some can only be blamed on the previous campers but there is no excuse for the lack of water.

@BethH1585808 · Camped on Aug 4, 2021 at Campsite #5

Right off the road, which was surprisingly busy for being way off major highways. Most of the campsites were reserved but only 2 (including mine) were actually occupied. My campsite had limited parking and no flat spot for my small 2 person tent.

@BethH402 · Camped on Aug 4, 2021 at Campsite #5

@GisselaB721 · Camped on Jun 24, 2021 at Campsite #4

This site is not maintained at all. The pit vaults could be smelled several feet away from them and looked like they hadn’t been touched in weeks. There is no water though there are pumps. We ended up leaving as sleeping in a site where you can smell fecal matter coming from the pit vaults was beyond disgusting.

@GisselaB460356 · Camped on Jun 24, 2021 at Campsite #4

@DeborahB541180 · Camped on Jun 16, 2021 at Campsite #4

We were glad we brought toilet paper because there wasn’t much when we got there. Also on one of the outhouses had a broken handle. We were surprised to see so many moose… it was awesome. We kept our distance of course. Not much shade in some of the campsites , so bring your own.

@DeborahB459 · Camped on Jun 16, 2021 at Campsite #4

@JordanW523 · Camped on Aug 7, 2020 at Campsite #6

I booked sites 2 and 6 for a group of people. We all ended up staying at site 2, as there was more flat area for tents and more open space overall. All sites are very close to bathrooms. It is about 40 minutes away from cell service, which was nice! Quiet, peaceful campground.

@JordanW6625201 · Camped on Aug 7, 2020 at Campsite #6

@HaroldM344 · Camped on Aug 6, 2020 at Campsite #4

A small loop campground, a fair distance from the "beaten track." Forest Route 500 continuing on to Oakley is about 25 miles on a dusty gravel road (in case you don't want to go back out the way you drove in). There is a trail along the crest of the ridge above the campground--just go up the steep hill maybe 100 yards. Watch deer grazing on the opposite side of the valley.

@HaroldM6881223 · Camped on Aug 6, 2020 at Campsite #4

@CarlaM820 · Camped on Jul 2, 2020 at Campsite #6

Visited from southern California and was very surprised at how beautiful Idaho is and this campground was amazing! Would definitely visit here again. Beautiful scenery and very off grid

@CarlaM6857877 · Camped on Jul 2, 2020 at Campsite #6

Visited from southern California and was very surprised at how beautiful Idaho is and this campground was amazing! Would definitely visit here again. Beautiful scenery and very off grid

@JeremyT5683438 · Camped on Sep 20, 2019 at Campsite #1

This camp site is nonexistent. The owners of the Ski Lodge have dismantled it and have the fire ring leaning against their building. There is no table, or any other semblance of a campsite there. Choose a different spot.

@JeremyT989 · Camped on Sep 20, 2019 at Campsite #1

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