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Reunion Flat Campground is located in beautiful Teton Canyon in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Hiking, backpacking and horseback riding are popular activities in this scenic region.
The towering Teton Range and Jedediah Smith Wilderness are adjacent to the canyon, offering excellent hiking, backpacking and horseback riding opportunities.
Trails begin just up-canyon at Teton Canyon Campground. Teton Creek offers fishing for brook and Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
This fully accessible campground offers three group sites with large picnic tables, campfire rings, grills and ample parking. Site A can accommodate up to 150 guests; Sites B and C can accommodate 65 people each. Four additional single family sites are also available.
Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided, but there is no electricity. Roads and parking spurs are gravel.
The campground is situated along Teton Creek in a forest of pine, spruce, fir and the occasional aspen, which provides partial shade. Vibrant summer wildflowers dot the landscape. A variety of wildlife makes its home in the area, including moose and deer.
Popular activities in the area include the Teton Valley Summer Festival over the Fourth of July in Driggs, Idaho, complete with a hot air balloon festival, parade, rodeo, bike races and antique and craft booths.
Grand Targhee Resort is nearby and hosts annual music festivals, including Targhee Fest in mid-July and Targhee Bluegrass Festival in mid-August. The resort also offers lift-served hiking and mountain biking, scenic lift rides, guided horseback riding, a climbing wall and an 18-hole disc golf course.
Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks are both within a few hour's drive.
From Driggs, Idaho, travel 9 miles east. Turn east at the Key Bank on Little Avenue and follow the road to the forest boundary. Turn right on Forest Road 009 and go 3 miles to the campground.
It's not often you find a group site that still has trees. The fence needs to be repaired to keep the cows out. Barbed wire would be a wonderful addition to keep the calves from crawling thru the fence. But the creek was great. There are a few bridges across it from what looks like boy scout service projects. There are areas to put large tents, or lots of small spaces for small tents. It's well shaded in the tent area. No shade over the picnic tables, but a tarp canopy can be rigged. Or even a pop-up canopy would work as the trees do great at dampening the wind (turns gusts into a breeze).
Our host was wonderful. The facilities were very clean and the grounds were beautiful.
Great location and I give 5 stars to the host. We have traveled to 28 states and never found cleaner restrooms anywhere. In addition they are nice, friendly and caring.
It is only a 3.5 mile hike, but it gets fairly steep at parts. We went as a church group with our young woman and it was doable enough for them. We hiked to the top, had lunch and were able to ride the tram back down. It is free to go back down if you don't have enough energy. There are restrooms at the top and breath taking view of the Tetons.
