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Mountain Home, Idaho
Fort Running Bear
P.O. Box 909
Mountain Home, Idaho 83647
(208) 653–2494
www.fortrunningbear.com
Mountain Time
 

Open April 15 through October 15
High-Use Seasonal Period: June 1 through September 30

Sites: 46 Full / 25 Partial
Check in: 9 AM to 9 PM
Maximum Electrical: 30/50 amps ($3 extra for 50 amp)

Directions:
From I-84 take Exit 95 and go north on Hwy. 20 approximately 26 miles. Watch for signs. Go to 118 1/2 mile marker. Turn left at Little Camas Inn. Go 2 and 1/2 miles to Fort Running Bear. (NOTE: Travel 3 miles on gravel road.)

Accommodations   Facilities and Amenities

Cabins, $60
Reservation Requirements: Minimum stay: 1 nights.Check in: 1 - 9 PM, Check out: 11 AM. 48 hour cancellation notice is required. Reservations may be made up to 30 days in advance.
Notes: Satellite TV in all cabins. Pets not allowed in cabins. Water on site. Sewage on site and dump station. Linens provided in cabins. Cabins fully furnished, full kitchens. Pets must be on a leash. No credit or debit cards accepted.

 

  
The resort offers a pavilion, cook-out facilities, clubhouse, TV lounge, videos, card room, swimming pool, pool table, miniature golf, horseshoes, playground, laundry, showers, weekend breakfasts, pot lucks, and bingo. Dump station.



Resort Profile

A beautiful wilderness area and one of the finest fishing lakes in southwestern Idaho are just two of the rewards you’ll be giving yourself when visiting Fort Running Bear. Fishermen boast that catching 18" to 24" rainbow trout are commonplace at this 40-acre resort. Deer, elk, pheasant, grouse, chukar, and geese are frequently sighted in this snowcapped mountain area, and hunting is offered during appropriate seasons.

At an elevation of 5,000 ft., it should be noted that the nearest grocery store or gasoline station, in Mountain Home, is 23 miles away. Mountain Home is the site for Mountain Home Air Force Base, home of the nation’s premier air intervention composite wing. See it firsthand at the annual air show each October.

A short drive from the resort is Anderson Ranch Dam Recreational Area where there’s year-round fishing for kokanee and chinook salmon, rainbow trout, and small mouth bass. Below the dam, the South Fork of the Boise River offers blue ribbon fishing, too. Above the dam on the reservoir’s west side are boat launches and a full-service marina. At the headwaters of the reservoir, you’ll find the former mining communities of Pine and Featherville which offer more fishing along the Boise River. Anderson Ranch Reservoir is popular with waterskiers because of the ideal water temperatures and calm waters.

South of Mountain Home off Highway 51 lies a bit of the Sahara on the Snake River — the Bruneau Dunes State Park. Here rise the tallest single-structured sand dunes in America, the largest of which towers 470 feet high.

Considered to be one the natural wonders of the world, the nearby Shoshone Ice Cave is a lava tube spanning three blocks. The cave breezes with flowing air currents that have formed sparkling icy shapes. The icy floor inside is 1,000 ft. long and eight to 30 feet deep.