W Kansas, W Nebraska, or Idaho favorites?

As another poster said, Shelly, ID. is great and the dump station is on site. Also in Idaho along US 93 there are numerous Forest Service CGs. McKay on a dam is great along with several others.

mountainsam wrote:
Might consider a short detour south of I80 and visit Pioneer Village in Minden NE. Not the greatest camp ground but full hook ups and drive thru's. Works for a day or two while visiting the museum.

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I second the Cabela's in Sidney, NE. They have a small but nice CG on their property. Elec. and water at each site, a dump station (for CG renters only), a corral for your horses, and the nicest bathrooms I've ever been in. Each one is private, huge, and cleaned after EACH use. Reasonably priced, if you don't count all that you'll spend in the store. :)

Might consider a short detour south of I80 and visit Pioneer Village in Minden NE. Not the greatest camp ground but full hook ups and drive thru's. Works for a day or two while visiting the museum.

If you have any reason to stay in the Idaho Falls, ID area N. Bingham County Park in Shelley is a nice quiet little park. Water and electric only w/dump station. Ponderosa State Park in McCall, Idaho is a wonderful place-just in case you get anywhere near that area.

Three Island Crossing State Park in Glenn's Ferry, Idaho is very nice. The camping loop is in a huge- I mean unbelievably HUGE circle, with sites along the outer edges. Irrigated green grass and very large trees. They also have a nice visitor center with information on the Oregon Trail and wagon ruts to be seen nearby. It has w/e and is situated along the Snake River. Lots of sites for any size rig. We prefer the upper loop.

Sidney NE Cabelas gets our vote, too, but if you want to go up to Chadron or Crawford, there is Chadron State Park, a little gem of a park about 9 miles south of Chadron, or Ft. Robinson State Park over at Crawford. Ft. Robinson has a lot of history and is a well kept fort because it was active until the 60s, so the buildings survived and have been restored and turned into cabins etc.

Depends on how far west in Nebraska you're interested in, but we liked Ft Kearny State Rec Area (you'd need advance res's for a weekend night, though) - electric hookups at the sites, nice shade. A really big rig might have a problem fitting in most sites, though.
Ft Kearny State Historic Park (different park) is nearby & interesting if you're into history.

We actually liked the Cheyenne KOA (in case you find you can get to eastern Wyoming on the day you were aiming for western Nebraska). Big rigs may have to unhitch to fit in the pull-thru sites, and the CG is covered in river rock (round stones about the size of golf balls) so a bit difficult for those with mobility issues, but it's very clean and the road & train noise isn't bad at all.

Haven't stayed there, but Cabela's in Sidney, Nebraska has a fairly large CG, with space for big rigs and hookups, behind their flagship store there. Walk to restaurants as well as to shopping in Cabela's itself. It gets good reviews.

We're just learning some places in Idaho, but have so far enjoyed Massacre Rocks State Park near American Falls (electric-water hookups) - big rigs won't find many sites to fit in, and the lower loop will be far less noisy; Bruneau Dunes State Park - about 20 miles or more off the interstate but quiet & peaceful (busy on weekends but a great star show then!), electric hookups; Castle Rocks State Park by the City of Rocks - off the beaten path but within 45 miles of the interstate in 2 directions, elec-water sites in pinon pines, great view, some sites will accommodate big rigs. Village of Trees RV "Resort" just east of Burley is nice - not as shady as it sounds like, but fairly large grassy sites, FHUs, and along the Snake River; older but clean facilities. Friends have seen the Mountain Home RV Park and said it was very nice; we haven't been there yet.

I do not recommend the Boise-Meridian KOA. Tight spaces, an RV parking lot. Clean, but not where I'd choose to stay again. Our local KOA (Pocatello) is making improvements, and many sites have some shade - awfully nice this time of year!