Lake Walcott Campground

The Lake Walcott Campground is somewhat isolated given its location on the north side of the reservoir and away from Interstate 86. The closest towns are the twin cities of Burley and Heyburn, which sit across the Snake River from each other.Burley is the larger of the two and is where most of the attractions and restaurants are, while Heyburn’s location on the interstate provides it with two large truck stops where you can fill up or empty the tanks on your RV rental. It’s also where you’ll find the region's movie theater, bowling alley, and golf course. To learn more about the history of the Lake Walcott area while renting an RV, check out the Cassia County Historical Society Museum in downtown Burley. It’s not very large but tells an interesting story about Burley and the Snake River Valley’s role in the Oregon Trail and the settlement of America’s west coast. A larger history museum can be found in the town of Rupert, a bit closer to the campground. The most important historical sight in the region, though, is the Minidoka internment camp. Used to forcibly relocate and house Japanese-Americans during World War II, the camp was one the largest in the country, and the labor extracted from the prisoners housed in it was used to build the massive Anderson Ranch Dam near the town of Mountain House. Unlike more famous camps, like Manzanar in California, Minidoka has only a few pieces of the original facilities remaining, but volunteers are working to recreate the camp as it was in the 1940s. If you’re a WWII history buff, this is a bucket list destination when camping with an RV in the area.