Blackrock Canyon

We are here for a climbing competition but couldn’t find anything in Pocatello to boondock. This was perfect. Just 15 min to downtown. There were a class A (still there when we left) and another big rig. Plenty of room. Toilet was clean. Quiet, away from highway noise. We heard some shooting from the hills (saw a truck parked next to us so they are probably day hunters - not overnighters). A bit of washboard getting to site but not bad, just go slow. We are pulling a 34’ fifth wheel.

Incredible boondocking experience. The views are sublime. Not sure why so many reviewers are complaining about the ATVs and dirt bikes when this area is literally for them. We were there on a weeknight and after the adventurers cleared out, we had the entire canyon, complete with starry skies, to ourselves. We loved hiking the canyons. We had to be up and out early and were sorry to miss the sunrise, which must have been spectacular.

Covered picnic table, fire ring, and bathroom are available. Close to towns.

Big parking area for ATV enthusiast mostly. Only two other campers and they were in cars. Heard lost of shooting very close by although I think shooting is banned near the parking area and road.
Has a very clean pit toilet at the parking lot that was very well maintained.
Only complaint is the huge stones in the parking lot, some 8 to 10 inches in diameter. Just drive carefully.
Had enough cell service (Google Fi) to browse the web.

Enjoyed our stay here, if it were warmer it would’ve been nice to relax outside with a fire but it was really windy. Consistent traffic even though it was probably a less busy day, not sure what a weekend would look like.

Riding: Beautiful spot to drive on the trails. We just have a little Polaris Ranger 150 for our kids and it couldn’t quite make it up some of the hills, but it did make it to some really beautiful views. I can see why it’s a well trafficked spot for dirt bikes.

I’m definitely saving this spot to potentially visit again if it weren’t on a weekend.

Stayed here on a Saturday night in our 24 ft View rv. Arrived around 8:00pm and there was a group of high school kids having a bon fire. This place Is basically a staging parking lot for dirt bikes and atvs/utvs. We stayed at the other end of the parking lot from the group near the bathroom. We found this place to be in a beautiful area but definitely noisy on a Saturday night with traffic and train horns. We have At&T and had one bar. All in all we would stay here again.

Left Antelope Island by Salt Lake City this morning. Very cold and snowing with sleet. Got on I-15 and drove north for a couple hours till I got here, Blackrock Canyon, BLM. Today is the first day of the season it was open as they closed it off in the winter. It's basically a gravel parking lot and is used by alot of offroaders as a base. There is a toilet 🚻 and across the access road are 4 covered picnic tables with a concrete sidewalk leading to them. Got here around 4pm and no one was here. Around 5pm, people trailering ATVs and off road trucks and jeeps started trickling in. They unload and fire their machines up and off they go. I like watching them and started talking to a few of them (I used to have a Yamaha Banshee and went riding all the time b4 someone stole it!). If you want quiet and solitude, not the place, but its not bad at all....and I'm sure it will clear out at night. Found myself a somewhat level spot and tucked myself out of the way. It's a fairly large lot. Surrounded by mountains that are close, so the views are nice. Access road is about a mile long and pretty well maintained. VZW and ATT 2 bars and no issues with the internet. No TV signal at all. Nice spot for a overnight, close to I15, but I would not want to stay longer. If I had my Banshee....I sure would! Off to the next spot tomorrow.