Ammon is a city in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the population of Ammon was 13,816.Ammon is located in the Upper Snake River Valley. Its western boundary abuts the City of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Foothills and mountains outline Ammon’s eastern and southern skies. The Caribou National Forest with its Blackfoot Mountain range begins ten miles to the south, and its rugged Caribou Mountain Range lies 20 miles to the east.Ammon is one of Idaho’s fastest growing cities. The City of Ammon’s growth rate from 2000 to 2010 was 123.3% based on the 2010 US Census and is the State of Idaho’s 17th largest City.The City’s rapid growth is due to its availability of open space for affordable residential housing and the City’s hometown lifestyle, as well as its near proximity to the urban amenities and job market in Idaho Falls.Amenities and attractionsThe City of Ammon has nine parks totaling over 62 acres. The 18 acre McCowin Park is the City’s largest park. It has a swimming pool, picnic shelter, playground equipment, and tennis courts, horseshoe pits, walking path, and ball fields. The amenities of the other parks include shelters, playground equipment, Tot Park, facilities for athletics, and picnics.Within an hour’s drive from the City, opportunities abound for boating, rafting, canoeing, hunting, fishing, camping, snow and water skiing, snowmobiling, and ice fishing. Entrances to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, as well as the Jackson Hole Valley, home of the City of Jackson, Wyoming and the National Elk Refuge are all just less than a 2-hour drive away.