There are exactly zero hotels at Menan Buttes, and the nearest hotels in Rexburg have been booked solid for months. We actually had to book rooms in Twin Falls, about a 3-hour drive away. But the thought of getting up at oh-dark-thirty to drive up to the butte didn't sound awesome, nor did getting stuck in traffic and having to watch the eclipse from the side of some road.

So we decided to book a camping space on private land near South Menan Butte and try our hand at car camping. A couple of enterprising private land owners that together own and farm on the butte are renting out overnight camping and day parking spaces for the eclipse. Check them out at Crater Adventures . 

Please note: I have no affiliation with Crater Adventures, and I'm not endorsing them or their operation in any way. It's just what I chose to do to see the eclipse and have a place to stay. I have exchanged a couple of emails with the proprietor and he seems like a solid guy doing his best to make a few bucks and have this be a comfortable, safe, family friendly event. But anything can happen -- it's not like he or anyone else has a lot of experience with hosting thousands of people for a celestial event. If you have any doubts, hit his website and maybe shoot him an email. You may also want to check the BLM website for North Menan Butte for hiking and camping information. (That's "Bureau of Land Management" for those confused by the shared initialism and current events.)