US Forest Service · Idaho
Calamity in Idaho. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 722 public campsites we map in Idaho.
Calamity Campground is located along the Snake River drainage at the north end of beautiful Palisades Reservoir at an elevation of 5,700 feet, just 55 miles east of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Visitors enjoy boating, water skiing, fishing and canoeing. Recreation Palisades Reservoir offers excellent boating, water skiing, swimming and canoeing. Lake and shore fishing are very popular here as well, with wild and stocked cutthroat trout as the predominate species.
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Start a 14-day trialSource: Recreation.gov, dated 2026-02-25, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.