Niagara Springs State Park — Attraction in Jerome

Wife and I travel full time in our F-450 and Grand Design 380-FLR 42Ft. 5th wheel RV. I'm a retired veteran, currently work as a VOIP IT Tech and remote work full time. We stay in the local areas for 30 days and visit local establishments, parks and scenery and move on. We don't give 5 stars to most places unless we've had an extremely awesome experience.

Our experience was less than stellar, in fact, we're not going to recommend this at all.

The house flies - just rolling our window down to pay the 7.00 entrance fee we had (NO KIDDING) over 100 flies in our vehicle. We asked the gate attendant about that and was told, "It's due to the harvest going in".

The weeds and grass were so overgrown we could barely see the river 25 feet from the bank.

Bathrooms are literally a wooden outhouse and HORRIBLY dirty, YOU CAN'T HOLD your breath that long.

The Good. The actual state park has gravel roads that go around in about a 1/2 mile circle. Inside the circle was a well maintained grassy area that has a LOT of room for families to have picnics and play. Outside the circle is a Frisbee course that spans pretty far.

We decided to forgo the park area and head down the road to the Crystal Springs hatchery to take a look around. (This is still in the park, just down the gravel road about 2-3 miles). The road is well maintained and packed pretty well.

During this part of the trip we encountered a few water falls and gushing rivers that we stopped and took pictures of. Once we got to the end by the hatchery and the small reservoir, it seemed there were NO relief from the flies. As with the park bathrooms, this one was even worse.. As I was walking out of the bathroom, a man and 2 little boys were about to head it. I suggested that they pee by the tree. I wouldn't take my kids in there.. (I know I'm not supposed to say this but happened)

We left and headed out of the park. Once we got out of the park we stopped along the road (about a mile) and climbed above on some cliffs and took some photos there too. This part was really nice to view.

I DO NOT...

When you head down to Niagara springs it is an enjoyable little drive down into the canyon. As you get down into the canyon you will pass one of our States Steel head fish hatchery. You will continue on and there is an outlet on the right with a parking that you can fish in with the whole family. It does become quite crowded on the weekend but during the week it is a little more private.there is a roadway close to that parking lot that is blocked off by three rocks. You can walk through those and they will take you down a scenic little walk to the park. If you drive to the park you will be expected to pay $5 for usage. This is very fair The park is very beautiful and offers a variety of venues for parties, weddings, class reunions, birthdays, etc. It is a lovely park. One thing I need to mention is that you need to take your own trash bags if you pack it in pack it out there are trash disposals in the area.It is absolutely horrible the last few times that I have been down there this month. I continue to pick up people's trash and go back in a couple of days to my dismay, people can't keep from polluting by the river.The thing is if they don't pick it up they're going to close it up.It is a must see for every family if they're...

We were merely doing by to see the spectacle of the springs. We were not disappointed by the amazing volume of a water just appearing from the cliffside. What was disappointing was the bathrooms being locked, though we know it's off season. There were two pit toilet outhouses, but due to their condition, bushes we're a preferable option. Toilet seats that looked partially melted off and a full variety of venomous animals occupying the rest. (Wasp nests just over the door, spiders along every corner and under the seat.) All in all it was ok. There was no bench at the viewpoint. No water access at the springs or hike to check out where it actually emerges. Not even a pipe for folks to...