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St. Anthony Sand Dunes

Egin Lakes Campground 

The Egin Lakes Campground offers the following services: a potable water system, R.V. dump station and 48 improved camp units, including electrical service for 28 camp sites. The posted fees are as follows:

  • 10 “A” sites: $60/night; Double-sized; electrical service ($5 per electrical pedestal/night)
  • 18-“B” sites: $30/night; electrical service ($5 per electrical pedestal/night)
  • 20 “C” sites: $25/night; no electrical service

Please Note: Sharing of electrical service between units is prohibited. Only one camping unit will be permitted to operate off a single electrical pedestal at one time. Please read carefully the instructions located on each panel for hook up and safety.

Other Information

  • Parking of Motorized Vehicles and ORVs under camp shelters and on concrete table pads is not allowed.
  • No advanced reservation system for the Egin Lakes campground.
  • Campsites with blue parking curbs are designated as Handicapped Access sites. There is little use of these sites for that purpose, but if a person who is handicapped (with a valid ticker or license plate) makes a request for one of those sites, anyone else occupying a handicapped site will be asked to move.
  • No overnight camping is allowed in the WSA, except at the designated campsites at Egin Lakes and the designated dispersed area along Red Road.
  • For the 2008 season, there is also the option to stay at either Desert Oasis (208-624-3275) which is only one and one-half miles to the East of Egin Lakes and provides access to the sand dunes, or Sand Hills Resort (208-624-4127) 7 miles away from Egin Lakes that also provides access to the sand dunes. Another option for camping is North of Sand Hills Resort and west of Red Road. The Cinder Parking lot east of Red Rd is a Day use area only. No camping permitted.

Open Campfire Rules  

  • Open campfires are prohibited inside the Sand Mountain Wilderness Study Area (WSA), except in the designated Red Road Open Sand Campfire Area.
  • The burning of any foreign material other than charcoal, paper, and wood (untreated and free of nails, staples, and foreign objects) in all campsites is prohibited throughout the St. Anthony Sand Dunes Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA). Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, pallets, treated lumber, furniture, tires, glass, heavy plastics, aluminum, gasoline, etc.

Egin Lakes Campground

Egin Lakes

Upper Snake Field Office  |  1405 Hollipark Drive  |  Idaho Falls, ID 83401
208-524-7500  |  Fax: 208-524-7500  |  Office hours: 7:45am - 4:30pm, M-F