Summer 2024 Update:
Lake Walcott is open to watercraft April 1 – October 31.
DISC GOLF COURSE CLOSED – August 15 – 18, 2024 for the Idaho State Disc Golf Championship. Picnickers and other day users are not permitted on the course for this event. Only participants of the championship are allowed use of the disc golf course and surrounding areas, including the picnic shelters, playground, group camp, and swimming area. The boat launch, kayak docks, and Upper Lakeview picnic area are still accessible for park visitors.
July 26, 2024 Due to unhealthy air quality and per order of the Department of Environmental Quality, we will be implementing an open burn ban at Thousand Springs, Castle Rocks, City of Rocks, and Lake Walcott State Parks. This means no campfires, charcoal, or gas fire rings. You can still use gas cookstoves.
About the Park
Lake Walcott has a great disc golf course, awesome fishing opportunities, a canopied park perfect for group activities and a variety of campsites. Campers can set up primitive sites along the water’s edge. Several group camp sites for tent camping are also available as are fully serviced campsites and cabins.
Located on the edge of Idaho’s high desert, Lake Walcott offers a welcome refuge for water and wildlife lovers. Picnickers will love the grassy, shaded day-use area and disc golfers come from all over to play the world-class 21-hole course. The park is a great base from which to explore the Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge, which offers some of the best birding in southern Idaho.
Current Conditions
Address: 959 E Minidoka Dam
Rupert, ID 83350
Phone: (208) 436-1258
Hours of Operation: Day-use locations within state parks are open from 7 am to 10 pm, per Idaho state code 26.01.20 (5). Day-use hours may change based on park manager discretion.
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