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Table Rock Campground is located in a small but scenic canyon near Kelly Canyon Ski Resort, approximately 30 miles from Idaho Falls, Idaho. Hiking, mountain biking and ATV riding are popular activities.
Hawley Gulch Trail begins at the campground, offering great opportunities for ATV enthusiasts, hikers and mountain bikers. Numerous forest roads and trails in the area allow ATV travel, hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking.
Table Rock is a large group campground that can accommodate up to 200 people. Accessible vault toilets are provided, but there is no electricity. Picnic tables, campfire circles and grills are scattered throughout the site. The road and oversized parking spur are gravel.
The campground is situated in a quiet draw covered by an open grassy meadow dotted with summer wildflowers. Aspens and towering pines border the site, offering partial shade.
From Idaho Falls, Idaho, take Highway 26 east for 20 miles. Turn onto Heise Road and travel past Kelly Canyon Ski Resort. Take Forest Road 218 for 1 mile to junction with Forest Road 217. At the Y intersection, bear slight right and travel 1.25 miles to the campground.
A great intermediate hike with best lookout point of entire Boise town centre. One can see the Boise airport from top of Table Rock mountain. It takes about 1 hour hike up and another one to come down. Best done in the morning of Spring. Not too hot or too cold. Trails can get really muddy after a shower. Great place to bring your kids and dogs along. The view of the valley is spectacular! Lots of parking at the start of the trail.
One of the best views of the Valley and a nice hike.
If you choose to hike the road up from the Old Penitentiary, do it in the early morning, it gets hot quick and watch your step, you could encounter a snake or too :)
No where to park, not open to drive up to it, not unless you're on a bicycle. Or walking. My husband went through cancer n chemo. So he wasn't able to walk to it, if there was a place to park. Very disappointing. But the view of the valley was great.
Table Rock was a neat experience, a sight to see, theirs a huge cross at the top, the hike up the mountain is 25 min. but it's worth it and not that bad, it seems like someone is always there, and you get a aerial view of all of Boise.
