Tom Miner Campground
Dexter I.The Dyrt PRO User
Reviewed Sep. 29, 2020

Off the beaten path campground near Yellowstone

Tom Miner Campground is tucked away 12 mile west of U.S. 89 and only 17 miles from Gardiner and the entrance to Yellowstone NP.  This nice campground is set in a mature fir tree forest which provides plenty of shade.  The sites 16 campsite are nicely spread apart and each features a picnic table, metal fire ring and bear lockers.  Water is available from a hand pump and vault toilets are available.  This is a Trash-in/Trash-out camp gound.A small creek runs along the edge of the campground.  Tom Miner sits at the edge of the Gallatin Petrified Forest and has a nature trail that take you to some cliffs with petrified wood embedded in the rock.  Scavengers have taken most of the petrified wood along the trail but still some nice specimens can be seen.  A permit is required if you wish to search the forest for your own petrified wood.  The road to the campground is very well maintained most of the way, the last few miles are narrow and a little bumpier.  Right before the campground the road forks at a forest service information sign, turn right for the campground, turning left will take you to an area of disperse camping.

Month of VisitSeptember
  • Review photo of Tom Miner Campground by Dexter I., September 29, 2020
  • Review photo of Tom Miner Campground by Dexter I., September 29, 2020
  • Review photo of Tom Miner Campground by Dexter I., September 29, 2020
  • Review photo of Tom Miner Campground by Dexter I., September 29, 2020
  • Review photo of Tom Miner Campground by Dexter I., September 29, 2020
  • Review photo of Tom Miner Campground by Dexter I., September 29, 2020
  • Review photo of Tom Miner Campground by Dexter I., September 29, 2020
  • Review photo of Tom Miner Campground by Dexter I., September 29, 2020
  • Review photo of Tom Miner Campground by Dexter I., September 29, 2020
  • Review photo of Tom Miner Campground by Dexter I., September 29, 2020
  • Review photo of Tom Miner Campground by Dexter I., September 29, 2020