Camping & Cabins
The Bighorn National Forest offers a wide array of sites for camping and recreational cabin rentals. Many camp sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis and some may be reserved. If a site is reserved, there will be a sign posted with the reservation dates. If there is no reservation, there will be no sign or an open sign.
Campground and cabin reservations may be made through Recreation.gov at 1-877-444-6777 or online at https://www.recreation.gov. Reservations are recommended for holiday weekends.
Most campgrounds are available for reservations six months in advance of their opening date. Please check https://www.recreation.gov for specific opening dates.
Lake View Campground
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Lake View Campground is located on the northern shore of Meadowlark Lake. This area is ideal for trout fishing enthusiasts and other water-based activities.Â
Leigh Creek Campground
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Leigh Creek Campground is nestled among the pines at the bottom of Leigh Canyon. Nearby interpretive signs explain the geology of the white limestone cliffs of Tensleep Canyon. Nearby Tensleep Creek…
Lost Cabin Campground
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Lost Cabin Campground is located on a hillside among a thick grove of lodgepole pines.
Lower Paintrock Lake Campground
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Lower Paintrock Lake Campground is located in a remote setting on Lower Paint Rock Lake. Nearby trailheads offer access to the Cloud Peak Wilderness.Â
Medicine Lodge Lake Campground
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Medicine Lodge Lake Campground is located in a remote setting on the shores of Upper Medicine Lodge Lake. Nearby trailheads offer access to the Cloud Peak Wilderness.Â
Middle Fork Campground
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Middle Fork Campground is located 14 miles west of Buffalo, Wyoming, adjacent to the Cloud Peak Skyway (scenic byway), near the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area. Middle Clear Creek runs next to the…
Muddy Guard Cabin
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Muddy Guard Cabin was built in the late 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corps for the use of the Forest Service as a guard station. The cabin is made out of peeled logs with saddle corner…
North Tongue Campground
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North Tongue Campground is located on the North Fork of the Tongue River about one mile north of Burgess Junction, where the Medicine Wheel Passage Scenic Byway and the Bighorn Scenic Byway come…
Owen Creek Campground
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Owen Creek Campground is located west of U.S. Highway 14, the Bighorn Scenic Byway. Owen Creek runs nearby.
Pine Island Group Campground
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Pine Island Group Campground is situated on the banks of the South Fork Tongue River off of US Hwy 14.  This area offers one group site for overnight camping or day-use picnicking. It can…