About this place
Over 21,000 acres here, all public, and most of it is sand.
Large active dunes run across the area. Sand Mountain is the biggest, rising about 500 feet above the plain next to it.
Two old volcanic buttes and patches of newer basaltic bedrock add to the mix.
This is important wintering ground for large mammals. Elk, moose and deer all use it.
The elk herd depends on the western part in particular, and it migrates in from as far away as Yellowstone National Park and Montana.
The facts
- Cost
- Camping fee not confirmed
- Type
- Open area. Camp anywhere within it
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Getting there
Ten miles west of St Anthony, on the line between Fremont and Jefferson Counties.
Coordinates 43.97583333, -111.9072222
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What is near here
There are some well-known places within reach of this site.
- Teton Dam Directions
- Menan Buttes Directions
- Lower Mesa Falls Directions
- Upper Mesa Falls Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Parker, ID Directions
- Sugar City, ID Directions
Sugar City is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
Have you been here?
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Bureau of Land Management’s own records, read in August 2026.