Water stored in Blackfoot Reservoir is used to irrigate lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation and other lands in the vicinity of Blackfoot, Idaho. Blackfoot Reservoir is managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Fort Hall. Blackfoot Reservoir Campground and 5 campgrounds along the Blackfoot River are managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Both BIA and BLM are agencies in the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Blackfoot Reservoir has a very good population of rainbow, cutthroat trout and carp. Its islands are home to pelicans, cormorants and gulls. Its waters are used by waterfowl, water birds and shorebirds.

DIRECTIONS: From Soda Springs, follow ID 34 N 11.0 mi to mp 69.6; L on China Cap Rd; go 1.5 mi; R on Dike Rd; travel 1.4 mi to campground at edge of reservoir. Follow China Cap Rd to Government Dam Dr intersection; Gov’t Dam Dr. explores W side of reservoir 15 mi to dam; (all rds to the R (E) lead to reservoir); 4.9 mi from intersection, R at sportsman access sign to Hopkin’s Landing; mi 10 R at intersection; 1 mi loop; return to Gov’t Dam Dr; zero mileage; mi 1.7 R at intersection; mi 2.8 R (S) to sportsman access; return to rd; stay R; explore rd for next 16 mi; mi 6.6 R to Pebble Beach; return to rd; R (S) on ID 34 in ~8 mi; go 2 mi to mp 76; walk or drive 2-track rd to R (W) on L(E) side of ID 34; reservoir in 0.2 mi; continue S on ID 34 to intersection with China Cap Rd.