## Overview

 Beaver Creek Campground is located near the Madison River and Earthquake Lake, less than 30 minutes from West Yellowstone and Yellowstone National Park. Visitors enjoy the area for its fishing, boating and hiking opportunities, as well as its close proximity to Yellowstone.
## Recreation

 Earthquake Lake offers fishing and canoeing and can be accessed via trails from within the campground, or less than a mile away on the highway. A visitor center is nearby, with interpretive displays, as well as information on the 1959 earthquake and subsequent landslide that formed the lake. Hebgen Lake is considered Montana\'s premier still-water fishing lake. Anglers will find a healthy population of brown, cutthroat and rainbow trout. Boating and swimming are popular activities on the lake. The Cabin Creek Trail begins at nearby Cabin Creek Campground. This 6-mile trail is open to hikers and horseback riders.
## Facilities

 The campground offers several single-family sites, each equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets, drinking water, food storage lockers and trash collection are provided.
## Natural Features

 The campground is situated on a hillside above the Madison River and Earthquake Lake. Hebgen Lake is also nearby. A forest of pine, Douglas fir and aspen forest the campground. Plentiful grasses and summer wildflowers cover the forest floor. 
## Nearby Attractions

 West Yellowstone offers dining, shopping and lodging options. The Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center is a popular attraction, with live grizzlies, gray wolves and birds of prey, and a variety of educational exhibits and programs. Yellowstone National Park offers unparalleled wildlife viewing opportunities, breathtaking scenery and unique geological features. 
## contact\_info

 For facility specific information, please call (623) 910-0170.

Beaver Creek Campground

About 25 minutes outside of West Yellowstone, MT, this campground is tucked away along the Madison River between Hebgen Lake and Earthquake Lake. This was a busy campground with nearly every site full (holiday week close to Yellowstone National Park). There was a nice trail from loop A that allowed us to access Earthquake Lake. We also hiked off trail on our own and could easily get to the Madison River and stay close to the campsite. Numerous bathrooms, bear proof trash bins, and bear storage lockers. Camp host was very friendly and sold firewood either at their site or would drive around the campground 6-7pm offering wood. Each site had a parking spot for 2 vehicles, fire ring, picnic table, and tent location. Only needed to travel 0.5-1 mile on a gravel road but could easily get back to town for groceries, etc. Gorgeous drive along the lakes and rivers to access campground. Earthquake Lake Visitor Center is only a few miles down the road and offers a nice history on the natural disaster that caused "Quake Lake" to form.

Quiet, Large, Beautiful Scenery

Located in the Gallatin National Forest and a few miles northwest of Yellowstone, this area is part of the migration path for many wild animals – including grizzly and brown bears. The 9 campsites are spread across a 4.5-mile dirt road, with trailheads in between. There are minimal utilities at the campgrounds: campfire rings and parking for 1-2 vehicles, no bathrooms, spotty cell service, and no fee for camping. Rated a four star because of location of campsites are in the canyon, making for an early sunset and late sunrise. Beaver Creek is clear and cold water - excellent for fishing! Remeber - be bear aware!

Yellowstone Migration Path - Beaver Creek Campground

**Forested campground 30 minutes from Yellowstone National Park**  

  

Beaver Creek Campground is the good spot for a Yellowstone National Park jumping off point. Located 30 minutes form the park the distance improves your chances of finding a campsite in the busy season. The campground sits above Quake Lake, if you enjoy fishing there is a steep trail leading to the lake from the“A” loop, however there is no boat launch at the campground, you will need to drive a½ mile down the highway to find a boat launch for the lake. The campground features paved roads with gravel parking pads, vault toilets, picnic tables and metal fire rings at each site, and their are bear proof food storage if you need it, but you might need to share space with another spot. Campsite can be reserved. The campground has 62 sites spreed apart in 3 loops. Two fully ADA sites are available. Drinking water is available at three locations in each loop. The camp hosts are very friendly and helpful, they also have firewood for sale if needed for$6 A word of caution about the road driving in. The road is paved but narrow, so drive slow and watch out for cars.

**Ranger review Outdoor Element's Woolly Mammoth Survival Braid**

Got my wife the Woolly Mammoth Survival Braid and have to say that this is a nice survival bracelet. We did wonder if the Jute it is made with would be a little itchy when put on, but found it to be quiet comfortable. We like the idea to place the ferro rod and striker in in the bracelets buckle. It sparks up very nicely making our charred cloth and cotton balls with Vaseline easy to get started. We then tried to start a fire with the sample piece of jute, made a little nest and gave the striker a try and after a few attempts got a spark to take hold and had a fire. Nice to now that we now have a wrist full of fire starting material if we ever need it. Might just want to take this off when starting fires as it didn't take much to get the sample burning. All in all a great survival tool to have around.

Ranger review Outdoor Element's Woolly Mammoth Braid at Beaver Creek CG

Depending on the loop, this is a nice site. Our reservation was for B2,3 which were down in a heavily treed section with no sun. We stayed here Memorial Day weekend so it was still sleeting and chilly. Camp hosts were very accommodating and moved us to B12, with sun and a view too. Campground was not full (likely due to Covid and travel restrictions in MT). It was quiet, spacious between campsites, especially B9-12. C loop was very nice as well. No designated tent site, we were able to pitch on grass. Fire ring and picnic table. Bathrooms were VERY clean, hand sanitizer was restocked daily.  Earthquake Lake is just down the road, but closed for Covid restrictions.

If this campground is full, you might try the dispersed camping that is also named Beaver Creek, on the N side of the road. Turn to Beaver creek, a dirt road that goes back 6 miles through a few trail heads. There are 6 spots, none bad but some better than others. If you find one, take it. Some people stay for many many days down here. Free.

Nice site

This campground was a little further from Yellowstone than we wanted and without hook ups it was a little rough, but the campground is secluded in some gorgeous forestry and well maintained. About half of the spots are difficult to get into with their one-way traffic pattern; seemed like the hosts had gotten good at blocking traffic so people could travel the “wrong” way to get into their spots... not a great place for kids since there was no park and riding bikes around was dicy but we spent most of our time away from camp anyways.

Decent access to Yellowstone 

We stayed here one night before entering Yellowstone, and loved it. Arrived late, and left early. Bathrooms were clean, campground was peaceful. 

Loved it!

Quiet and well kept, this beautiful mountain campsite is perfect for relaxation. 
3 different loops, bear boxes, vault toilets.
High elevation means bugs were at a minimum. 
Located within a fair distance to Yellowstone. 
Ground squirrels were around but  not hand fed and kept their distance. 

This one’s a gem

This was a nice stop outside of Yellowstone before heading to Glacier. A bit tight for our 38’ MH, but got in fine and set up for the evening. Weren’t many trails for hiking at the campground and the lake wasn’t much to look at. Outside of that, the overall scenery and solitude was just what we needed after spending time camping in Yellowstone. 