Gallatin National Forest Snowbank Group Campground

Crowds chased us out of Yellowstone. Stopped at Chico Springs (which is great), and we found spot 10 as first come, first served. Creek was the perfect backdrop to a quite night.

Snowbank is an excellent off-the-grid semi-developed and hosted FS campground.  Spacious and private sites better for small RVs, trailers, and all tents.  Clean vault toilets, bear-proof storage boxes, and plenty of community water spigots.  Decent picnic tables and fire rings at each site.  No hookups to my knowledge.  The campground is on recreation.gov and sites are reservable.  Access to a great trail and FS road from campground, other hiking nearby.  Also, a 20 minute drive to Chico Hot Springs Resort and Day Spa (food, bar, soaking).  Expect to see wildlife, and this is grizzly country so proper food storage and best practices are required by law.  No cell service.  Excellent spot before or after visiting Yellowstone.

We loved it here. Not too far away from Yellowstone Park. This campground has a rocky creek running along side of it which is crystal clear and has a small waterfall created by a down tree. The sounds of the creek are great. We stayed in site #8 which had room for two vehicles a large area AND another very private area surrounded by trees with a path to get to the creek. The creek has a “beach” area made of rocks and was cold and relaxing. The road getting in here was mostly paved with about 3-4 miles of a well kept dirt road. RVs will make it here easily. Bathrooms, running water, trash/recycling, and bear bins. I highly recommend this place.