Targhee Creek

This is a great base camp for staying at Yellowstone! It was 25 minutes from the West Yellowstone entrance. The entrance to it comes up very quick on the road and people can get really aggressive on the connecting highway. We stayed at the most private site, most of them are more open. The road is bumpy, I was fine with my AWD Subaru but a regular 4 door would have to be really careful. We heard moose in the distance one night and you can hear cars very lightly sometimes. The wildflowers around the site and forest coverage was great.

Turn on FR 057. The end of the road is about 1 mile in. There are two very nice spots at the end of the road right along the creek. Across the bridge from the road closed sign there is also an excellent tent spot right along the creek. There are also at least 6-7 spots on the way in, as well as the large trailhead parking spot that others have mentioned. We got luck and got the best spot along the creek as a family was about to leave when we pulled in midday on a Monday. It was absolutely beautiful and very secluded at the end of the road. The spot is 12 miles from West Yellowstone entrance. Excellent Verizon service was a bonus that we don’t get at a lot of dispersed sites. Highly recommended!!

This is a great place. I took first one open while driving up the dirt road but wasnt to tough to find spot.