Yellowstone Park / West Gate KOA Holiday, near West Yellowstone, Idaho, is a convenient base for exploring the wonders of Yellowstone National Park. This campground offers a mix of tent sites, RV accommodations, and cozy cabins, making it suitable for various camping styles.

You'll find a range of amenities to enhance your stay, including a mini-golf area and a playground for the kids. Many visitors appreciate the clean facilities, with well-maintained bathrooms and showers, ensuring you can freshen up after a day of adventure. As one camper noted, “The staff is courteous, and the store is great if you forget anything.”

Just a short drive from the park entrance, this KOA is perfect for those looking to experience Yellowstone's breathtaking landscapes. While some campers mentioned that the sites can feel a bit tight, the friendly atmosphere and proximity to the park make it a popular choice. Whether you're here for a quick stop or a longer stay, Yellowstone Park / West Gate KOA Holiday has the essentials for a memorable camping experience.

Just 6 miles from Yellowstone's west entrance at West Yellowstone, Montana (the most popular and convenient entry point), you'll find a pine-shaded site that is the perfect base camp for exploring the world's first national park. Old Faithful puts on its steamy regular-as-clockwork show just 30 miles away. The area offers horseback riding, world-class fly-fishing, whitewater rafting, a nightly Old West Rodeo, Yellowstone Giant Screen Theatre and the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center. Return for a soak in the indoor pool housed in a classic Montana log building. Fuel up with a latte and pancakes for breakfast and a barbecue dinner in the evening (featuring Almost Famous ribs). Save room for delicious homemade fudge.

Yellowstone Park / West Gate KOA Holiday

Whether you're a tent camper, an RVer, or just passing through, West Yellowstone, MT has a lot to offer. There's so much to see and do, from exhilarating hikes or bike rides to exploring the local dining and shopping. Find the best campgrounds near West Yellowstone, MT. Read helpful reviews and tips to find the perfect camping option for you and your crew.

West Yellowstone

The Best Camping Near West Yellowstone, Montana

Typical, charming, yet crowded KOA. Located about 25 minute drive outside west gate of Yellowstone. Beautiful view of mountains. Well stocked store, friendly staff. Tent site was rather small, but had a large table and nice fire pit. Restrooms and showers very clean. Very crowded and a bit noisy into the night, but overall very pleasant stay.

Typical, charming, crowded KOA

Cabins that look new. Shower facilities that are newer and well cleaned. A decently sized indoor pool and a very friendly staff!

Very well kept and updated campground!

This campground was HUGE! Great place for an extended stay, especially with family. There’s an indoor pool, mini golf, bikes to rent, a restaurant and ice cream stand. No shortage of things to do right at the KOA! Sites are a great size, more than enough room for a big tent. About 15-20 minutes from the West Yellowstone entrance so it’s a good location, plus you’re not far from town.

So many amenities!

Great campground that is super close to Yellowstone. They have just about every amenity you could ask for. Pool was fun for the kids on days we didn’t go to Yellowstone. Laundry room was nice for mom to get caught up on after 20 days on the road! The workers all seemed friendly and willing to help, overall a great stay!

Has everything you could need, and more!

We have stayed at this KOA for 2 different trips exploring Yellowstone. It is far enough outside of the town of West Yellowstone that you don't feel like you are that tourist trap, but close enough to get to Yellowstone easily. Always clean bathrooms and showers. Indoor pool and Spa to help relax after a day of exploring the Park. Mini-golf course and playground is for young kids to just play. They have food at the KOA it is a bit spendy but convenient to get going in the morning to get the most out of your days at Yellowstone.

Great place to base out of for exploring Yellowston

A camping ground , pretty close to west entrance of Yellowstone Park, close to the town, great amenities, little playground for kids, full stocked KOA store, yummy pizza .. amazing friendly and knowledgeable staff , free coffee at the end of the day when they are closing .. I can’t say enough. They are very well fenced , it would be great if everyone who camps put the trash in trash cans and don’t leave anything outside for the wildlife. There have been grizzly sightings near the fence looking for food. It’s normal for a wild animal to be curious so it’s humans (campers) who have to keep themselves safe by following the rules of the campgrounds and keep it safe for others.

Beautiful place , great amenities 

very nice campground.. Well kept and clean.. we enjoyed our stay.It was a bit pricey and if your not out by 11 am they charge a 25$ late check out fee..

Very close to Yellowstone park. The RV spot was huge (patio space, plus grassy area with trees which was great for the dogs!) although we paid for the premium spot. Dog park was nice for the pups. No complaints at all.

Huge RV spots, large store, kept up nicely

Staff is always friendly and helpful. Lots of activities for the kids. Lots of trees, clean, relaxing. We have been there 3 times twice as tent campers and once as RV camper. They have everything you need to enjoy camping.
Kind of pricey.

Friendly

Reserved a cabin at KOA in West Yellowstone; it had been raining, the area in front of our cabin was a lake!!    Our fire pit and picnic table were completely underwater.   We went to office &amp; they assured us they would send someone over to take a look.   They threw down some boards to walk on, but fire pit was still underwater &amp; we would have to navigate those boards to go to the restroom in the middle of the night!    

  

We went to the office again &amp; asked if there was another cabin for us to move to; the manager said there was but it would be $100 upgrade!!   We asked if he would be negotiable as our cabin wasn't safe.   The manager kicked our family of 5 out, with the words.....good luck finding another place to stay in West Yellowstone this time of year!!    Luckily, we found, Hibernation Station in town - lovely place, fully furnished cabins with bathrooms.   Why anyone would stay at the crappy KOA cabins 7 miles out of town when you can stay at nicely furnish Hibernation Station cabins with bedding, private bathroom, fully equiped ktichen, walking distance to restaurants &amp; wonderful management.    Shame on KOA for not ensuring better management.

TERRIBLE MANAGEMENT, DON'T STAY!!

Spots are close together, like really close.  Our fire pit was pretty close to our neighbors sewer hose.  Staff was friendly and helpful.  There are extras, but the come at an additional price.  (Mini golf, bike rentals) This was a good place to reserve and stay a few nights so we could find a walk up campsite inside Yellowstone.  It’s not close to town, but they did have a yummy bbq menu inside camp.  ($$) and a coffee stand ($) 

Spendy but good

We booked a deluxe site here because that’s all they had left. You could easily have paid the same for a decent hotel room. The patio for the deluxe sites was tiny, basically the size of a small sidewalk. The sites were really close together and didn’t provide any privacy. Bathrooms were ok. If you get a tent site or cabin along the edges of the campground then this could be a great place to stay. The store was really nice as were the staff. If you are a KOA diehard or have a huge rig then this might be a good option. Otherwise try to get a site inside Yellowstone to be closer to nature. 

Crowded and overpriced 

Yellowstone NP is just 6 miles from the campground, so it’s passable for a few nights. You don’t need to spend much time in the campground because there isn’t much shade.
Sites are very tight.
There is a tour bus that can pick you up at KOA's office for a ride to the park, if you don’t want to drive yourself.
There is also horseback riding, fly-fishing, and whitewater rafting nearby.
 indoor pool, laundry/shower dump station.
They have pancakes in the morning.
West Yellowstone is close by for after visiting the park.

Close to Yellowstone 

9/6/19
Conveniently located, 6 miles from west entrance of park.  We had a pull thru site, 45,. Level gravel site. I didn't like that our electric and water are on site 44 grass area right next to their firepit. Our picnic area not level. Table very worn. They have a lot of different sites including ones with patio and porch swing, tent sites, cottage. Sites that back up to highway get a lot of road noise. Bathhouse attached to store was average quality, clean, good water pressure. The bathhouse attached to the indoor pool/spa smelled really moldy. Nice play area with mini golf. Small fenced dog area.  Good size laundry facilities and store.

Close to West Yellowstone 

I don’t like to leave bad reviews where I have not stayed. But, any review of a place should start with customer service.

I emailed this KOA requesting a tent say. I half-hour later I received an email back saying there were two sites but that I needed to call to reserve. I called promptly spoke to a person named Judy, her demeanor was less than encouraging. I relayed to her what the email had said and she barked at me and said we don’t send emails concerning availability. I said but I have one right here saying that you do have two tent sites. She said maybe we do have two tent sites but we don’t take emails, then she promptly slam the phone down and hung up on me. I emailed back and explain the situation at which point I was told sorry￼ all tent sites are now unavailable. 

Times like this I wonder, was it me? But I also realize that the year 2020, social distancing, pandemic, is also causing a rush on outdoor tent sites. There is stress all around. But, common courtesy should always prevail when you are customer facing.

Ugh, yucky customer service  

Great if you have kids and need a pool. But it’s nothing special. I probably wouldn’t stay here again because there is no view. The sites are close together and all you can see is other people’s sites. Also, it’s been disappointing how many people won’t where their masks during this pandemic. The pool was super crowded and not policed. The positive it is close to the park and the sites are clean. We have a trailer so I can’t comment on the bathrooms. 

Nothing special. 

This KOA is conveniently located 6 miles from Yellowstone gate. Bathrooms &amp; Showers are clean!!  The park has an expansive camp store, coffee hut and pancake breakfast every morning as well as a bbq dinner (menu) every evening.  Laundry facilities were clean, reasonable and spacious. 

Perfect Yellowstone Location

Words truly do not do justice. All the amenities you expect from KOA. The sites are beautiful with wide open views. Highly recommended.

Amazing KOA and scenery!

I come to this campground every single year and have for the past 9 years in a row (14 trips total).  This campground has all the amenities you may need or want!  Tent camping, cabin, RV, etc.  And I have done them all there.  There is a laundry room, showers, outdoor activities like biking, ice cream, mini-golf, playground, etc.  I typically rent a cabin nowadays.  I have stayed in the one-bedroom, and the two-bedroom deluxe with kitchen and bathroom/shower.  Both are great!  I highly recommend coming to this campground and cannot wait until I am there again this year!  

This campground is only 6 miles from the West Entrance.

An all time favorite!

Place is very large very cramped together. The employees are very nice. Pool is large. Quick drive to Yellowstone

We had a pull thru site with patio. Our fire ring was right next to our neighbors sewage drain, and the way our site slopped we couldn’t put chairs around it. 

Almost all of the sites have shade. The laundry facility was clean and the Yellowstone Park entrance is nearby.

They do not enforce the quiet hours, our neighbors were playing loud music and slamming doors until 11:30pm. 

Clean and cramped

Not exactly what I have in mind when camping but this is a KOA camp. Very cramped. A little expensive. But they have everything you need and an indoor pool. We needed a place to stay ASAP and it ended up being cooler then we thought. 

Cramped 

Nice clean campground with EXCELLENT FOOD! You have to try the ribs!! WiFi was a huge disappointment. The staff prompt us at checkin that it was substandard. Well, if you know it’s bad, upgrade/fix it. Everything else here was perfect, why let the WiFi be substandard??

Clean and great Ribs!

Staffare super friendly. The on site store has anything you forgot. Close to town. Close to yellowstone

Nice and clean close to yellowstone. 

Pretty typical for a KOA, from what I’ve experienced. The little store  has a TON of stuff, food, RV related, backpacking, souvenirs. It was clean it was well maintained. It was a little jam-packed. It did feel like half the camp arrived and set up camp after 9PM and half were breaking camp and leaving before 7AM. Just makes for a pretty noisy corrosion, but it’s the life of being so close to YNP, I suppose. 

Pretty standard

Nice KOA. Many options for camping from tents to very long pull throughs. Some sites with porch swing. Camp store well stocked and reasonably priced. Also had a morning breakfast and barbecue dinner the dates we were there. Food was really good. Neat part was close access to Yellowstone NP

Yellowstone 

Everything you could possibly need is here. Nice restrooms, wooded sites., cabins, a dog area, nice tent areas as well as rv sites. They even have a heated pool!

West Yellowstone KOA

Great place to use as base for exploring National Park. Staff was helpful and accommodating. Restrooms and showers were deep cleaned daily. Sites were a good size for regular RV or tent camper (huge rigs with multiple pop outs may find some spots feel crowded.

Exit and entrance is on main Hwy and can be quite busy.

Comfortable campground

We stayed here one night. We had a pull in site for our RV and saw cows from our site. We had an upgraded patio site with a tree. There were trees throughout the campground. My grandsons and I loved the indoor pool. It was different and we didn’t have to worry about burning during this heat wave. 

The fudge was the best I’ve ever had and I consider myself a good judge from decades of testing. 

All hookups were good. We also had dinner here. It was quality. We each had something different. The corn was sweet and tasted distinct to me as farm sourced. The trout was fresh and meaty. I tasted the ribs, which were also good. 

Cool indoor pool & best fudge

I enjoy all the amenities, the only thing I wish it had was a sewer at the individual sites, but it’s ok because they have a couple within the park located towards the exits. They have a huge playground, miniature golf, cornhole, a cool view of some cows on a ranch, indoor pool, and several individual showers. Restrooms were clean. I also like the fact that you can rent some bikes and they have a restaurant which is helpful when you don’t feel like cooking! I liked our location near the store/restrooms/restaurant. We were told to keep an eye out for bears because we have small dogs but haven’t seen any yet. Also the cows graze so close to the campsite it’s beautiful to watch them. I would stay here again!

Great staff and lots of amenities. Unfortunately the bathrooms were only cleaned once a day and were very gross and dirty by the evening. 

Nice Amenities 

This location offers some full hook-up locations, but they are generally pretty tight and some are fairly uneven. 

  
The people running the KOA are nice and accommodating (We had to change spots because we felt that we could not safely level our trailer due to the site eroding on the low hill side- YIKES!) The cell service was good.

  

This is about 15 minutes from the West Yellowstone Gate and outside the town of West Yellowstone by roughly the same. We went in their last week of operation before they closed down for the season and it was... sparse. I'm sure during the summer it is much more lively and fun to be there. 

  

To be truthful, we would maybe stay here again, but would MUCH prefer to stay in the park, even if we didn't have full hookups.

Tight spaces, removed from park a bit, but overall good amenities

Several years (10) ago I booked this KOA to travel with friends and visit Yellowstone.  They all backed out, and it ended up being an incredible trip with my Mom.  So much so that we are having our 11th trip this year.  I am also bringing my husband separately for his first time.

  

This KOA is well kept, clean, spacious, plenty of fun things to do, the staff is courteous.  And I love the different options that you have for staying there.  Tents, RV's, and Cabins.  The general store is great if you forget anything.  And the BBQ is wonderful for breakfast or dinner!  

  

The accommodations are perfect.  We have stayed in tents and cabins.  I love that each site has a picnic table, and fire pit.  If you choose a cabin, it consists of beds, a porch swing, and a space heater.  Unless you choose to upgrade (which we have done in the past as well).  Then you have a kitchenette and bathroom/shower.

My Home away from Home 

Expensive but shoot, minutes away from the West entrance of Yellowstone. Great store and staff. 

Great stay!

This is a great place to stay when visiting Yellowstone. Everything you need plus a restaurant to boot

Yellowstone Mainstay

Great place about 5miles west of park.  Over 200 sites. Had nice laundry and restroom facilities.  Playground for children and put put golf.  Can ride bikes around all the sites.  Beautiful indoor pool we used. Wanted to inside the park but you have to book those months early.  Had great prices on gifts (40% off) when we were there.

Great KOA

We enjoyed this campsite. They had great hot breakfast and grilled dinner options. The cook however was rather grumpy when one of our dogs pee’d on his lawn one morning. Rather rude. 

Clean. Well kept. 

I mean it’s a KOA. It’s kinda what you expect. We needed a place to charge batteries, do laundry, and shower! It’s a nice KOA though. There is a mini golf area. There’s two little fenced off dog areas! It’s close to the town. 

It’s a KOA - nothing fancy  

I rarely stay at KOA’s as I’ve found the sites poorly kept, usually muddy site, no grass and rv’s packed in like sardines. This one didn’t disappoint. Roads throughout the campground are rutted and in rough shape. They obviously hadn’t mowed and with all the staff driving around on golf carts seems they could have “tidied” up our space since it had dirt all over the patio. And does KOA ever invest in gravel to add to sites that obviously need it? I’ve seen state parks that only have volunteer hosts do a far better job of cleaning up campsites. We decided to splurge and got a “deluxe” patio site believing we would have no mud and more space. Hardly deluxe but definitely expensive. Very small patio with a sidewalk (which was not useful), muddy and absolutely nowhere to tie our dogs out without being disrespectful to campers on either side. The sewer h/u to the camper next to us was right in front of our “patio” and picnic table. Not nice to look at when eating/ sitting out. Especially with clear sewer hose. The perimeter around the campground was full of junk and unsightly. The entire place looked old and rundown. The camp store was not well stocked with food items. I would guess they close soon for the season so don’t bother to restock and the restaurant was closed. Bathroom near our site was old and in need of an update but was reasonably clean. To add to all of this the campers on one side of us felt they didn’t need to tie out there two dogs. So the dos of course kept trying to come over to greet our dogs which of course drove our dogs crazy. Yellowstone was on our bucket list and we drove across country to see it. Yellowstone did not disappoint but this KOA definite did. 

Dumpy, overpriced

They first put us by the road and we requested to change sites and they did so. The sites are not well maintained and small. Our picnic table was old and gives splinters if you’re not careful. The store is nice and bathrooms and showers are clean. Overall, it’s too pricey for conditions but doable for a short stay 

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