Best Tent Camping near Emigrant, MT
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Best Tent Sites Near Emigrant, Montana (63)
1. Travertine Road Dispersed - Yellowstone
31 Reviews•78 Photos•1134 SavesGardiner, Montana- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- Tents
- Group
- Dispersed
2. Loch Leven
9 Reviews•32 Photos•77 SavesPray, Montana- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- ADA Access
- Tents
- Standard (Tent/RV)
3. Custer-Gallatin National Forest Dispersed Camping
11 Reviews•38 Photos•426 SavesGardiner, Montana- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Tents
- Dispersed
- Firewood Available
- Alcohol
4. Little Trail Creek Road - Dispersed Site
5 Reviews•17 Photos•102 SavesGardiner, MontanaThe Gardiner district covers the southeast part of Custer Gallatin National Forest, bordering Yellowstone National Park. Both Gardiner, MT and Cooke City, MT are within the Gardiner district.
Many people enjoy the solitude and primitive experience of camping away from developed campgrounds and other campers. Dispersed camping is the term used for camping in the National Forest OUTSIDE of a designated campground. It also means no services (such as trash removal), and little or no facilities (such as tables, fire pits or toilets) are provided.
- Pets
- Fires
- Tents
- Dispersed
- Alcohol
5. East Boulder Campground
9 Reviews•33 Photos•169 SavesMcleod, MontanaThis campground does not use a reservation system, it is managed on a first-come, first-served basis. Be aware the campground may fill up on weekends & holidays during the summer months and you should arrive in the early afternoon to ensure there is a space available for the night. Accessible - yes (toilet as well)
- Pets
- Fires
- ADA Access
- Tents
- Picnic Table
- Toilets
8. Heart Lake Cabin — Yellowstone National Park
1 Review•11 Photos•15 SavesCuster Gallatin National Forest, Montana- Tents
9. South Fork Brackett Creek Dispersed Site
4 Reviews•13 Photos•120 SavesBozeman, MontanaMany people enjoy the solitude and primitive experience of camping away from developed campgrounds and other campers. Dispersed camping is the term used for camping anywhere in the National Forest OUTSIDE of a designated campground. Dispersed camping means no services (such as trash removal), and little or no facilities (such as tables and fire pits) are provided.
Rules for dispersed camping Groups over 75 people are not allowed. Dispersed camping is NOT allowed in the vicinity of developed recreation areas. You need to be self-contained. No amenities are provided; such as water, restrooms or trash cans. Please pack out all your trash. You may camp in a dispersed area for up to 16 days. After 16 days, you must move at least 5 road miles for camping in another dispersed area and you can not return to your original campsite for 7 days. Please use existing fire rings and avoid creating new fire rings. Contact your local district office for information on fire restrictions. It is your responsibility to know if fire restrictions are in effect before you go camping. Be bear aware and know the food storage regulations before camping. These regulations are strictly enforced. Where can I disperse camp? To find out where you are allowed to disperse camp, please refer to each district's Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM). These maps will show which roadways allow disperse camping and it tells you the distance you are allowed to drive off the road to camp. Please note that some roads have more limitations and restrictions than others. Please consult the Motor Vehicle Use Map or call the district office for more details. To see our Motor Vehicle Use Maps, click here.
Can I have a campfire? Please use existing sites and fire rings. Firewood permits are not needed if wood is used on the forest. If wood is transported home for personal use, you will need to purchase a firewood permit at the closest district office. This permit should be obtained prior to you gathering or transporting any wood.
Before you leave your campfire make sure is it completely out. You should be able to put your whole hand into the ashes without being burned; it should be cool to the touch. Stir the ashes to make sure all embers have cooled. This is very important! Many forest fires are caused by abandoned campfires that were not completely out.
The National Forest has wildfires each year. Many of these are human caused from escaped campfires in dispersed sites. Campfires are allowed unless there are fire restrictions in effect due to high fire danger conditions. It is your responsibility to know if fire restrictions are in effect before you go camping. You can learn about any fire restrictions by contacting the nearest Forest Service office.
Dispersed camping means no bathrooms and no outhouses. That means extra care has to be taken in disposing of human waste. To dispose of feces, dig a hole six to eight (6-8) inches deep at least 200 feet away from any water source. When you are done, fill the hole with the dirt you dug up and take your toilet paper with you to dispose of in a proper waste container. Never defecate or leave toilet paper on top of the ground. Do not simply cover it with a rock. It could easily get into the local water source and contaminate it.
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- Fires
- Phone Service
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- Group
- Dispersed
10. Serenity Sheep Farm Stay
6 Reviews•18 Photos•27 SavesBelgrade, MontanaWe offer space to park or pitch your tent. I've been at this for 13 years, so there's not a lot I haven't seen. BYO sleeping arrangement.
We have a hot shower and restroom facilities, which right now is a bright blue porta potty. It is serviced each Monday.
Go-Fast campers are just up the road. We've hosted many.
Car campers and vans are welcome as well.
I don't do homeless camps or man-camps.
Yes, I've seen it all!
*A NOTE ABOUT YOUR DOG* Don't surprise me with them. We are animal lovers, but this is a working farm. They must be ON LEASH at all times and you are expected to clean up after them. This includes poop and hair. Remember, I've seen it all!
Farm=mud & manure so it smells like a farm.
Located on a historic farm just minutes from town. We have lived here all of our lives and work the land we live on.
Our farm includes 2 antique shepherd's wagons, a cabin, which are listed on Airbnb.
Serenity Sheep Farm Stay and The Wool Mill.
The space
This listing is for up to 3 people. Let me know if there are more than that in your party. $10 for each additional person. Please don't surprise me with your pets. We are pet-loving people, but this is also a working farm. I need to know in advance.
We have 2 antique shepherd's wagons for rent as well as a cabin. This tent space is in a field that is shared with them. There is one outhouse and a propane, heat-on-demand shower house as well as a fire pit. All are shared spaces. This tent space is a field on a farm. We have lots of farm animals wandering about. The chickens do roam. We also have Richardson's ground squirrels, more commonly known as gophers, who can dig holes and tear up the ground. With all of that said, we are not a campground per se. We only allow 2 tent guests at a time, so this is not like a large commercial campground. You will share a fire pit with any other guests here on the farm, if there is no burn ban in effect.
We are 8 miles from Belgrade and Yellowstone International Airport, 10 miles from i-90 and 20 miles from downtown Bozeman.
$25 fee to pick up your dog poop!
Quiet, private, not a campground. It's a working farm.
20 minutes from Bozeman.
Guest access
You'll be sharing a composting outhouse and or port-potty and shower house with other guests.
Other things to note
Our bedtime is 9:00 pm. Some days earlier. We realize travel plans change and late arrivals are a part of that. It's common for guests to come in late, so I can give you easy, specific directions to the place in that event. Past 9:00 pm, we sleep! :-)
I've found it best to lay it all out for guests so they know what is expected of them. Someone is always here if you need anything and we are happy to assist, but there's nothing we can do about the weather.
The first wagon on the left on your way in is a farm store. Be sure to check it out and see what all we do in the wool mill.
- Fires
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Tents
- Trash
- Picnic Table
$30 / night
Recent Tent Reviews near Emigrant, Montana
892 Reviews of 63 Emigrant Campgrounds
Tara W.
Traveler
Mallard's Rest - TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Great fishing, nice campsites, dog friendly
We stayed for one night and camped in a tent. The river access was nice, as were the campsites. However, there were not many marked tent sites and there was dog poop everywhere. Other than that, it was very nice! They have 2 vault toilets.
- M
Mark F.
Scout
Livingston/Paradise Valley KOA Holiday
Just what we needed
Came in late in the rain…they had cabins available for not much more than a tent site. That was a blessing for us since we have been tent camping. Staff is very helpful and friendly!
- KKalli W.
Guide
Bozeman Hot Springs Campground & RV
RV > Tent
Between the free coffee, breakfast, & hot spring access our stay was worth it. Tent sites were small, no privacy. I wish we would have had our RV. Not an ideal place to tent camp in my opinion. Near a busy (noisy) highway. Clean facilities. Staff were all friendly & helpful.
- KKaelin P.Guide
Bear Canyon Campground
Basic RV park/campground with amenities for children
This is your average family campground with RV park and grass closely packed tent campground (like literally right on top of one another split by single pine trees). Very much like a KOA (pool, shop, WiFi, showers, laundry etc.) but half the price ($26/night for basic tent site). No fire pits, there is a picnic table for each site.
- LLinnea W.Traveler
Pine Creek Campground
Must Go To
Tent camped here. Definitely bring bear spray as this is a remote campground in the woods.
Had great availability last minute. $34 for the night. Sites 1-13 are pretty grassy and good for the tent! Site 14 was tent friendly, but it was harder to find a flat surface with no tree roots. A 2 person tent was used at site 14 and we made it work. If you have a bigger tent I would definitely go for sites 1-13 first. Each campsite had a bear locker to put food in!
Sotnos B.Guide
Canyon Campground — Yellowstone National Park
Loop camping
The first clue of how large this campground is, is during check in. A whole row of agent's are checking campers in. Once you enter your loop however things become quiet. I stayed in a tent camping loop, where almost all campers were sleeping in their vehicles like me. The problem is, tent sites have on-loop parking, there is no driveway, so it was literally a string of parallel parked rigs on both sides of the road, and the road was sloped. Each site had a private bear locker for personal storage. Bathrooms have nice, enclosed large kitchen sink for meal clean up to prevent bear attracting smells at your site. This is a high altitude camp and was very cold (high 20s) at night. Great base for explaining Canyon country and Hayden Valley. Nearby lodge, shopping and groceries.
- JJenni G.Scout
Madison Arm Resort
Beautiful views, very accommodating staff
We just returned from a stay at Madison Arm resort on Hebgen and I was very impressed. They had showers, a small store, fish cleaning station and plenty of bear proof garbages. They offer cabin, RV rentals, Rv and tent sites. We enjoyed our stay and the view from our tent site.
Mia Y.TravelerBear Canyon Campground
Noisy, but beautiful .
As mentioned in other reviews, trains were loud. There was also a child messing with our tent early in the morning and being super noisy. Tent camping is crowded and unorganized, but neighbors were super respectful. Something to mention with tent camping: you will NOT get a view like the plug in sites do. Nice showers and bathrooms. There is a pool that isn’t super crowded. Price was about $40/night which was high for a site with no view, and no privacy, but I understand the appeal of the pool and showers!
- SStephen D.Guide
LaDuke Spring Campground
OK campground just north of Yellowstone national park
A private campground just north of Yellowstone national park which offers for hook ups for larger rakes as well as tent sites along the Yellowstone River. A little pricey but very convenient. We took a tent site for $30 a night for our VW van. I can’t post was nice enough to allow us to recharge our house battery in the morning while we took showers.
- JJohn A.Scout
Bozeman Hot Springs Campground & RV
Steep price for a tent site
$60 for a late check in tent site. Pass
- mmel B.Guide
Travertine Road Dispersed - Yellowstone
Beautiful
Nice roads and huge beautiful sites. Being a small female solo tent camping I felt safe. There are lots of elk and rabbits.
- CChad L.Guide
Bear Canyon Campground
Great spot - lots of trains
Nice camping close to Bozeman - which is home to Montana State and a couple good microbreweries. Really liked this campground - but didn’t get enough sleep. Tent camping is nice here, some trees for wind cover and flat ground with picnic benches. But the trains roll through the entire evening, with horns sounding their arrival. Made it pretty tough to sleep. Nice amenities with a pool, showers, water, etc.
Justin S.GuideLivingston/Paradise Valley KOA Holiday
Great location for the parks.
Great little KOA. Awesome views of the Absaroka range. Book early. Tent sites were great. Nice dog park, small though.
Jess S.Traveler
Spring Creek Campground & Trout Ranch
Quiet & clean
Tent camped for 1 night. Campground was quiet and had very clean bathrooms/showers. Would definitely stay here again but pay the extra $10 for dry camp as it was pretty muddy
- WWill E.
RangerBozeman Hot Springs Campground & RV
Wow just wow
OK this place is awesome. Great hotsprings. Greatly needed after hiking in the area. Clean rv and tent camping. Supurb staff. Lots of things to do for the kids. Free breakfast. Lots and lots to do in the town.
- James N.Scout
Beaver Creek Campground
Great site
Lots of available sites. Not far from Yellowstone. Room for large tents. We had an 8 x 15 tent. Camp host was extremely helpful. You can buy wood from host. No showers. Toilets are vault toilets but extremely clean. Nice place to stay for $15 a night.
Jessie C.Traveler
Carbella Rec Site Camping
Not the best for a tent
The location and views were great and it’s hard to beat free. That said, this is not an ideal place for tent camping. The wind was brutal all night, one of the RVs ran their generator constantly so it was loud, and there were a lot of large rocks in the ground. It’s a great location in general, but just not ideal for a tent.
- Misty B.Traveler
Livingston/Paradise Valley KOA Holiday
Great for an overnight stay
We stayed her for 1 night on a road trip in one of the tent sites and it was perfect. There were several options to put our tent on our site including an area covered by trees and secluded from the rest of the park. It was right on the Yellowstone River. The staff was VERY friendly!
- Krystle C.Traveler
Madison Arm Resort
Enjoyable
This campground has a boat dock, cabins, boats for rent, paddle boards for rent, kayaks for rent, water/power sites, full hook up sites, rv and tent sites, bathrooms, showers, store, firepits, firewood for sale, friendly people, boat trailer parking, sells fishing licenses, atv trails nearby.
Rachel R.Traveler
Indian Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park
Simple campground
A great simple campground inside Yellowstone. we were there the weekend before July 4th and found a site easily. Many of the other campgrounds had fIlled early each mornIng. There are bear proof boxes in each site for your food items, be sure to use them. Tent camping is okay, and they have nice pads to set the tents up on in the sites. There’s vault (pit) toilets and no other hook ups for RVs.
Steve & Ashley G.
Legend
Pebble Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park - CLOSED IN 2024
Great Small Campground
We entered Yellowstone through the Northeast from Silver Gate Montana to avoid traffic and locate a smaller campground. Pebble Creek was great for tent camping. There are about 30 sites at this location which is best suited for tent campers or those traveling with a small camper or van. The have the toilets and fire pits. They don’t take reservations at this site. You need to be here early to get a site. The wildlife is the area is amazing. We saw plenty of bears and bison everywhere. Yellowstone did not disappoint. The summer crowds were overwhelming in some of the more popular area. I would like to come in the off-season and do some more hikes.
- EEmily K.Traveler
Bozeman Trail Campground
Wouldn’t reccomend in September
I really hated my time here. I gave 2 stars because the people are nice and the site and facilities are generally well kept. Maybe my problems were largely seasonal, I stayed in mid September. First of all the tent sites are very close to a highway which is busy with big rigs and traffic all night, there is also a train that goes off as it nears. While I was here next door was also construction that had vehicles beeping early in the morning. Sleeping here was rough, I woke up from noise at all hours. The other main issue for me was the bugs. They were on EVERYTHING (pictured), again, maybe a seasonal issue. The tent sites are also under these trees that drop sticky leaves all over the site and leave a sticky residue all over your car and tent. RV camping here is probably much better because it's quieter and not so close to the road. I would recommend, at least in this season, spending a little more and going to the hot springs campground.
Michael J.LegendPebble Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park - CLOSED IN 2024
Something different
Pebble Creek is a cool little campground that because of it's location in Yellowstone National Park, it offers a much different experience compared to most of the other campgrounds in the park, ie, it's more like just being in the mountains, and it's also off the beaten (heavily beaten) tourist path.
There are bears in the area though, so be careful, especially in tents (sometimes they won't even allow tent camping here)
Azaali J.GuideMadison Arm Resort
Nice place for a quick stop
Little on the pricier end however there are a number of amenities such as laundry (additional cost), dish wash station, and hot showers at no additional cost.
Tent sites were a bit small but do-able and it was nice being on the water.
Quick access to west Yellowstone.
- Sotnos B.Guide
Yellowstone RV Park
Stopover for Exploring North Yellowstone
Tent camping sites are snug and offer no privacy. Scenic spot high above the river. Bathrooms clean, showers without timer. Right on highway but little traffic and quiet at night. Good overnight if you plan to explore Mammoth and Lamar Valley. Typically I'm traveling by motorhome so I always check out the sites....this campground had tight RV sites, no privacy, generous hook ups.
- Pauline S.Traveler
Madison Arm Resort
Great location
Off the beaten path location with a gorgeous lake just west of Yellowstone. It's a long dirt road to the campground but totally worth it.
We tent camped for two nights and though it was a little cramped with our neighbors we were happy to be right on the lake.
The bathrooms need some TLC and improved airflow but that is our only complaint.
Kimberly Y.GuideIndian Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park
Great for tent camping with lots of shade
No light or noise pollution. We heard wolves and moose during the night. No flush toilets or showers, but those are available in the center of the park at guest services. Smaller RV and tent sites. No generators allowed and no electricity. Fires were allowed in rings. Located in a forested part of north Yellowstone Park
Guide to Emigrant
Tent camping near Emigrant, Montana offers a unique blend of stunning landscapes and outdoor adventures, perfect for nature enthusiasts looking to escape the hustle and bustle.
Tent campers should check out Travertine Road Dispersed - Yellowstone
- This spot provides a few level areas for tents, with breathtaking views into Yellowstone, making it a favorite among campers seeking scenic beauty.
- The road can be rough and steep, but the experience of camping among elk and rabbits adds to the charm of the location.
- With no amenities like drinking water or toilets, it’s ideal for those who appreciate a more rugged camping experience.
Local activities for adventurous campers
- At the nearby Custer-Gallatin National Forest Dispersed Camping, you can explore numerous trails that lead to stunning views of Yellowstone and Mammoth Hot Springs.
- Fishing enthusiasts will enjoy the access to the Yellowstone River at Loch Leven, where you can cast a line and soak in the serene surroundings.
- For those looking to hike, Little Trail Creek Road - Dispersed Site offers trails that lead to beautiful lakes and breathtaking mountain views.
Tent campers appreciate these amenities
- Loch Leven features picnic tables and toilets, making it a convenient choice for families and those who prefer some basic comforts.
- The Custer-Gallatin National Forest Dispersed Camping offers firewood and a few reservable spots, perfect for those who want to enjoy a campfire under the stars.
- At Blackmore Campground, you’ll find fire pits and clean facilities, making it a great option for a more social camping experience.
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