Gilmore West Campground in Farragut State Park

We stayed at Gilmore West Campground in Farragut State Park in Athol, Idaho. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Not a bad campground, but too expensive for out-of-staters.

Dates:

Check in: 2022-08-27
Check out: 2022-09-01
5 nights

Weather:

Mostly sunny
High temps ranging between 77-95°F, lows around 49-60°F
A little wind

Noise:

No road noise, some train noise
Not much neighbor noise

Site:

#306, back in, asphalt
Needed to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach
Somewhat level
Large site: about 90 feet long by about 70 feet wide
Partial hookups:

50 amp power, conveniently located
30 PSI water pressure; conveniently located
No sewer connection

Picnic table and fire pit on gravel
Large trees

Internet (in usage priority order):

Starlink: 9-17 Mbps down, 5-10 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
AT&T: 13-24 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
Verizon: 8 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 100 ms ping
T-Mobile: no service
Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

Dumpsters
No pool

Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:

Basic state park site for a deluxe resort price

The Good: This is a beautiful park with easy access to Lake Pend Oreille. The sites are mostly tucked into the trees, and they’re decently sized.

The Bad: Only one loop of the Gilmore campground has full hookups, and we were not in it.

The Ugly: For a non-Idaho resident to stay here in a motorhome with a tow vehicle, they charge nearly double the camping fees, and then they charge an extra “day use fee” for the tow vehicle, bringing the total to $90/night for a site without sewer. We’ve stayed at deluxe RV resorts for less than that. We camped at Farragut State Park in a Motorhome.

The RV park maps:

Park map

Gilmore West and East… I think we hadn’t noticed that West doesn’t have sewer, which wasn’t ideal after another campground without sewer, but it was fine:

Park map