Willow Bay Recreation Area

This place is wonderful. Super clean grounds. These Natives work hard! Super friendly staff, amazing restaurant next to the casino. Best Indian taco I ever had. You must try them! Large showers/bathrooms and full hookups. I did have a camper next to me who was to lazy to walk 10 feet into his rv to use the bathroom so he peed on the pull through asphalt. This land is sacred to these people and idiots are disrespectful of that. This rv park is one of the very best I've stayed in. Very quiet and peaceful and extremely well ran. All rvs accepted. All sites pull throughs. Wi-Fi was good for the most part. Sometimes it faded in and out. 3 bars of LTE cell without a booster.

This has to be one of the finest parks we've ever stayed in! No, there is no pool or hot tub but you are right on the lake and just about every site has a view of the water. The pull thru sites are extra long (enough for your rig, your tow car and a boat!) and the grass, between the sites, is lush. Trees provide just enough shade and quite a few of the sites are aligned so your satellite dish has a clear shot. The staff and owners could not be nicer; they clearly want you to have a good time.

There are ball fields, a cafe and an extra wide boat ramp with two docks. Its kayak and SUP board friendly. Its also pet friendly. There is a paved walking path, along the water and, if you're lucky, you might see one of the resident moose. Excellent wildlife and lots of birds.

The only downside is there is a very active train track running along the back side of the park, if you're rig is closed up, you probably won't hear it. Even still, it didn't keep me from giving this park five stars.

We started out in Site 16. The water pressure was almost non-existent, we had no picnic table or fire pit, and lots of mosquitoes (it isn’t the campground’s fault there were mosquitoes obviously, but still). I called about the water after hours and the owner came over in the evening to check it out, offered to run a longer hose, and hope it works. The next morning she came back and told us we could move to 19. Site 19 was wonderful, it was all up hill from there!

19 had a beautiful lake view and a nice spot to hang outside with a fire pit and picnic table. The sites were all spacious and we had a big tree to block some of the day time sun.

Verizon worked great for video conferencing. I don’t remember the upload/download speed, but we didn’t have trouble. ATT was much slower, we could still get online, but it wasn’t sufficient for video.

The campground had a small laundromat and full hookup sites. This campground is also in a City park which has a great bike trail and access to the reservoir for boating and kayaking.

Pocatello is about 25 minuets away for just about any “big box” store you could need.

Love the park. Cafe is a nice convenience. The lake is absolutely beautiful. The staff are very friendly and helpful.

My only complaint is the females bathroom. Other than aesthetics (it could use a good renovation), there is one shower and the door does not lock at all. It free flows both directions. There is no shower head only a handheld that you have to set down on the shower seat while you wash (😳). Water pressure is mediocre. Rinsing hair with one hand doesn’t work that great. So trying to rinse my hair with a handheld in one hand and getting the soap out of my hair with the other hand while water and soap runs into my eyes and no hands left to wipe them off AND standing backwards in the shower watching the door to make sure nobody comes in (especially kids that like to swing open everything), needless to say was not a very pleasant experience. Park is a bit noisier than most I’ve stayed at. No quiet times. People walking right up to and around your rig and windows too. Have been startled several times with people right next to my windows. And a train track that runs quite frequently next to the park. Even at night. Annoyances, but like I said it is beautiful and shady here. So if you’re not terribly picky this is a good place. If you are persnickety, you’ve been warned.

I had to kill a few days waiting on paperwork, so I was here for a little bit. Chris is super cool and extremely accommodating and helpful. Lots of walking trails and whatnot. It was offseason while I was there, but very relaxing. Only reason it doesn’t get five stars is the WiFi. It my particular spot it was nonexistent; closer you are to the repeater (atop the laundry and bathroom building), the better it is. Also... there is some train noise. It woke me up but didn’t keep me up... light sleepers’ mileage may vary. If you want an amazing breakfast burrito, go to Tres Hermanos, in “town”.

Friendly staff person answered the phone and took our reservation (less than 48 hrs. prior to arrival). We lucked out and got end spot #12 with peek-a-boo view of American Falls Reservoir. Lake levels were very low and the first leaves of fall began to drop during our stay. So peaceful here - even though there’s a little highway noise off in the distance.
Campground was quiet during our mid-week stay (no kids and campers all pretty much kept to themselves). There are free & hot showers (not the cleanest) and a coin-op laundry area. Location is close to rail lines but we didn’t experience excessive noise - just about a half-dozen trains per day and a couple during the night. I was able to walk into town (4 mi. round trip) to do some grocery shopping at Ken’s Food Market.

AT&T provided 58Mbps download and 16Mbps upload speeds.

We would happily stay here again.

Very, very nice park. Lots of nice manicured grass. Large sites with plenty of room that you don't have to be in your neighbor's face.
BUT...the bathhouse is AWFUL! It was not cleaned the three nights we were there, because the same nasty Q-tip was there the whole time.
I would only come back if I was assured the bathhouse is cleaned every day

We travel in a campervan and don't typically stay in RV resorts where there isn't much space between you and your neighbor. This place was different however largely because of the fantastic access to nature. We took the nature walk which was probably a 2 mile paved path. How wonderful to get some exercise after being in the campervan for a long driving day. On the way back to the van we saw the most amazing sunset over the lake. Wow. Spectacular. Also, we saw so many birds and rabbits along the nature path. What an amazing evening experience. Services at our site worked perfectly. It was great to dump our tanks before taking off the next morning. Next time we'll try reserving one of the sites in the first row facing the lake. Finally, it's worth noting that this place is about 25 minutes off of I-15 at Pocatello. It was a great place to spend the night while heading to Glacier National Park.