Arrived here July 26 for two nights. We chose dry camping as electric & water sites were $40 per night. We paid $26.50 per night and had a gravel area on the side of the roadway with no water, trash, picnic table, fire pit, or anything. You could park along any roadway for free and have the same services. On the plus side, we had a view of an open field of grass and local mountains in the background. There was very little traffic and we had the whole area to ourselves for the two days. It was pitch black at night and Buddy was so uncomfortable he would not pee and wanted back inside the motorhome. The coyote's were quite loud in the early morning hours, both nights. They also have great dump stations with water for your coach. The regular campgrounds with electric and water were quite nice in the trees. Our fee included $3 extra for out of state resident, extra $5 for day use fee for our toed vehicle, and an extra $5 for not having a Idaho State Park annual pass in addition to a sales tax. I rate dry camping F* and electric camping F***.
The park itself was quite nice and had a boat ramp on Lake Pend Oreille. There was a free museum at the Brig, which was the jail for military personnel and prisoners of war. There was information on David Farragut, the first Admiral in the USN and the leading Naval Officer during the Civil War. He is the person who coined the saying "Damn the Torpedo's - Go Full Steam Ahead." This area was the Farragut Naval Training Station (the largest in the world) and trained over 300,000 recruits between 1942 and 1946.
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