Mink Creek Group Site Campground in ID -- Campground & RV Camping
Mink Creek Group Site Campground in ID
CampgroundUSFS
10 mi from Pocatello
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Road Access
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 6%.
Rig fit
- Maximum published vehicle length: 50 ft.
- Longest published RV site: 50 ft.
- Longest published trailer site: 50 ft.
- 1 pull-through sites.
Campground details
Setting
Mink Creek Group Site Campground is a single accessible reservation facility located 12 miles south of Pocatello along Mink Creek in the Bannock Mountain Range. Surrounded by ponderosa pines and aspens, the site accommodates up to 200 people. Facilities include a 40x80-foot covered picnic pavilion with concrete flooring, night lighting, two electrical outlets, 12 large picnic tables, two serving tables, a fire ring, two vault toilets, and four water hydrants. The West Fork Mink Creek Trail begins directly outside the gate, providing access for hiking, biking, and horseback riding.
Getting there: Take exit 63 off I-15 just south of Pocatello. Follow the brown "Mink Creek Recreation Area" signs to Bannock Highway for 2 miles, then turn left up Mink Creek Canyon. Go 7 miles south on Bannock Highway, past Bannock Guard Station, to the campground.
- Moderately separated here.
- Slate Mountain stands 1,843 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles northwest.
- A group campground, with most of them shaded.
- West Fork Mink Creek runs 0.4 mi off.
Climate averages
October normals 40–59°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 89 of 100.