Camping Guide
Idaho Campgrounds
Buy a copy of our Camping Guide
Southwest Idaho is great for all kinds of camping, and a new book by Idaho Statesman outdoor writers Roger Phillips and Pete Zimowsky can get you there.
- Purchase copies of our Southwest Idaho Camping and Fishing Guides
- Sample page of the Southwest Idaho Camping Guide
Camp Cooking Tips and Recipes
- Camp cooking tips
- How many briquets for a Dutch oven recipe?
- Campfire Trout
- Anything goes (in) stir fry
- Premade ribs and chicken
- Easy Dutch-oven dinner
- Dutch Oven Yogurt Chocolate Cake recipe
- Pork and stuffing
- Brookies and bacon
- Pineapple Tapioca
- Dutch Oven Peach Upside Down Cake
- Marias Cherry Fudge Cake
- Hurried hash browns
- Smoked Salmon Pasta
- Annies Fried Seaweed and Soba
- Chilled Sesame Linguine
- Black bean burritos
Tips
Recipes
Links
- Find your perfect camping site
- Idaho National Parks
- Idaho RV Campgrounds Association
- Idaho State Parks
- KOA Campgrounds - Idaho
- National Weather Service
- Public Lands Campgrounds
- Trails.com - Best Campgrounds in Idaho
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Camping Guide
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These campgrounds are ready to kick off your season
Camping season’s here, but we’ve had a cool, wet spring and snow is still falling in the mountains, so many of your favorite places are still snowbound.
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Here are some places to camp and play
Sometimes you just feel like kicking back, relaxing and staring at a campfire, but other times your camping is a base for your favorite outdoor activities.
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Add a little competition to your camping trip
It’s fun to go fishing, hiking or four-wheeling when you’re camping, but sometimes your family would rather play games.
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Camp, cook, eat, repeat
Happy campers are well fed campers, and preparing a meal outdoors can be as fun as eating one. Here are a few “recipes” to take along on your camping trip.
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Get your RV ready to roll and live in this summer
Camping season’s in swing, and if you’re heading out in your RV, make sure it’s ready to go after winter storage.
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Camping: Roger and Zimo to give tips on camping
Idaho Statesman outdoor writers Roger Phillips and Pete Zimowsky will give a talk on camping in Idaho at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at Sierra Trading Post, 530 E. Sonata Lane, Meridian.
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Your guide to glamorous camping cuisine
As hard as I tried, I couldn’t help snickering the first time I thumbed through Annie Bell’s “The Camping Cookbook.”
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Cheesy Dutch Oven Chicken Breasts
Light about 24 charcoal briquets. Wipe olive oil throughout the Dutch oven.
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Try these tips to keep your camping trip comfy yet affordable
When I was growing up, our family had three kinds of vacations: camping, visiting relatives, and hunting, which was essentially camping with guns.




