Arco, ID

From North Salt Lake City, UT

We spent 4 nights at Mountain View RV Park in Arco, ID as part of our visit to Craters of the Moon.  Nice campground with new owners who are beginning to make some improvements.  A little pricey but their only competition is a KOA.

I Googled the Top Ten Things to See in Arco, and Google returned "The Top Two Things to See in Arco" which I thought was pretty funny.  The top two things were Craters of the Moon and the EBBR at the Idaho National Lab.  The EBBR (experimental breeder reactor) was only open from Memorial Day to Labor Day.  Oh well.

Arco does have a few things to see however.

Number Mountain - Butte High School tradition dating from 1920.  Each graduating class paints their class year on the cliffs on the mountain.

Sail from the USS Hawkbill - I still haven't figured this on out.  There was no information that tied the Hawkbill to anyone or anything in Arco.  It just kind of showed up, I guess.

And finally, Big Southern Butte - another volcano about 25 miles from Arco.

Off to Salt Lake City...