Idaho Falls Area Camping Suggestions

Are you staying in your RV while you will be working at INL? And will you be in town or out at the site? Reason I ask, if you are out on site, you might consider staying out in Arco. There is a KOA and Mountain View RV Park. In Idaho Falls, there is Snake River RV Park and Sunnyside Acres (lower rated than Snake River). Shadyrest Campground has become a camp for long-term migrant workers (not that that is bad, but, it's not really a campground anymore). "Targhee Inn and RV" was torn down in the past couple of years, and I wouldn't let anyone stay there, anyway. The Dad's Truck stop has some campsites, but it's noisy with trucks and is right on the interstate at the south end of town. South and North Tourist parks are city parks that offer free camping with a two week limit. North Tourist shouldn't be designated as a camping park; it's more of a wide spot in the road, wedged in with recycling bins at a very busy intersection. South Tourist is nicer (I take my dog swimming there), but there are transients who move into the park in the summer. There is a free RV dump there.

I'm sure you know that Idaho Falls is only about 50 miles south of Island Park, 100 miles SW of West Yellowstone, 80 miles from Jackson and the Tetons, as well as being on the way to Glacier.