STODDARD FSCG, Spencer, ID

Stoddard FSCG, Spencer, ID  

RUN BY:   Nat’l Forest Service

LOCATION:  44.417456  -112.217455

Last Visit:  5/2/2018

UTILITIES:  None

COST:  during season, but don’t know how much.

DISCOUNTS:  I would assume 50% with senior pass

OUR RATING (1-5): Category I.  Score 4.

NOTES:  You have to remember that Idaho is mostly at higher elevation and, like Montana, spring doesn’t come early. To the contrary, even May is still closer to winter than spring. This very nice little Forest Service campground was open but no one there either to camp or collect money.  It is just off I-15 just before you enter Montana.  The exit is marked.  It sits on the side of the mountain and is quite lovely. We arrived rather late so I didn't get any campground pictures.  This picture is from their website and a good example. 

Environment: mountains

Amenities:  None

Dump:  don’t think so.

Public Water:  during season

Toilets:  during season

Showers:  No

Laundry:  No

Phone Service: none 

Nearest Propane: (sorry. No idea)

Location: Exit I-15 at Exit 184. Go west on USFS Rd 33. Follow this road to the campground sign. (A left turn) 

Proximity to shopping: Spencer, ID is closer but Dubois appears to be a bit bigger.

Camping Population:  no idea. We were alone

Sites:  nice and roomy.

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RATING KEY:    category - score 

Categories:  I - established campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days

                    II -  boondocking, dry camping where there are no designated sites and no amenities but

                               one might choose to stay for more than a night.

                    III - over-night areas 

You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities, location, safety, camping population, site, phone service 

* There are people who are not full-timers and van-dwellers by choice. We try hard not to be demeaning or assume that they are bad people but sadly, as you find in the poorer parts of a city, there seems to be more crime. Many call these people van-dwellers. That isn’t really accurate even though they do often live in vans. We know quite a few van-dwellers who have good incomes, are full-timers by choice and prefer a van to other types of vehicles. To try to show some respect for people who have a difficult lot in life, I’m calling them ‘residential campers’.  It is only when you get a high proportion of residential campers in an area that you find an increase in petty theft, etc.