Established Camping
Threemile Campground
About
National Forest
Shoshone National Forest
Overview
Threemile Campground is located just three miles from the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park, and 50 miles from the full service gateway community of Cody, in northwestern Wyoming. The area is an ideal destination for a family getaway, with many opportunities for outdoor recreation. Hard-sided camp trailers and RVs are required.
Recreation
Great opportunities for hiking, fishing, scenic driving and wildlife viewing are available around the campground. The North Fork of the Shoshone River is a popular fly-fishing location for rainbow and Yellowstone cutthroat trout. The nearby Pahaska Trail provides access into the North Absaroka Wilderness Area.
Facilities
The campground offers family campsites for hard-sided camp trailers and RVs. Some sites overlook the river. Each site is equipped with a table, campfire ring and food storage locker. Vault toilets, hand-pumped drinking water (two spigots, one spigot is accessibiliy compliant) and trash collection are provided. Campers may gather firewood in the area.
Natural Features
The campground is situated along the North Fork of the Shoshone River and has beautiful views of the surrounding mountains. A forest of lodgepole pine covers the campground, which sits at an elevation of 6,700 feet. A wide variety of wildlife lives in the area. Visitors often glimpse grizzly bears, deer, elk, bison, moose, fox, coyotes and bald eagles.
Nearby Attractions
Pahaska Tepee is just a mile west of the campground. This historic site is home to Buffalo Bill's original hunting lodge, built in 1904. Tours are offered daily between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Pahaska also offers guided horseback rides, a gift shop, restaurant and lodging. Yellowstone National Park's east entrance is three miles from the campground via the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway. The park offers unparalleled wildlife viewing opportunities, as well as breathtaking scenery and unique geological features. The small, historic city of Cody offers a variety of dining, lodging and shopping options. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center offers extensive displays of Greater Yellowstone natural history, Plains Indians artifacts, western art, firearms, Buffalo Bill memorabilia and a wild sheep exhibit.
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- RV Sites
Features
For Campers
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Drinking Water
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Pull-Through Sites
- Big Rig Friendly
LegendBusy and Full
This USFS campground is very close to the eastern entrance of Yellowstone, and maybe that’s why it had such a busy, chaotic vibe. We drove through it on a Friday afternoon in and all the sites were taken. To tell the truth, I’m not sure if we would have stayed there even if a spot was available. The sites were dusty and open with little privacy.
Gendered handicap accessible vault toilets, dumpsters, host on site.
$15/night. Reservations can be made here, apparently, as there were several empty sites marked with a “reserved” sign. Each site has a bear box, fire pit, and picnic table. No tent camping allowed here due to bear activity. Hard sided campers only. Keep your food and anything that smells like food inside!!
Closes in the fall for the season. 16 day stay limit. No cell service.
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LegendMountain High
Dates: July 1 - Sep end
Fees: $15.00 single site
$30.00 double
Stay Limit: 14 days
Sites: 21
ALERT: Due to grizzly bear activity hard sided camping only. NO TENTS
Potable water, trash, pit toilets, bear box, fire ring, picnic table
There are some great river sites. A beautiful rail fence goes along the campground boundary. Nice level sites and long enough for mid size RV's. The backdrop of the mountains are wonderful. I see no reason to travel into Yellowstone to camp. Enjoy less crowded spaces and enjoy the Shoshone River as it bounces along side the rocky shore.
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LegendNice campground just outside Yellowstone - Hard side camping only
Threemile Campground is a nice campground just three miles from Yellowstone NP. However this campground is not for tent campers as only hard sided campers are allow due to bears in the area. The campground has 21 sites, all with picnic tables, metal fire rings and poles to hang your lantern on and bear lockers for food storage. Vault toilets serve the campground. Water is available as well as a bear proof dumpster for your trash. And about those bears, two black bear cubs were seen just a few miles down the highway. Campsite are nicely spread apart and sit in a mature pine forest.
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Location
Threemile Campground is located in Wyoming
Directions
From Cody, Wyo., follow Sheridan Avenue west through Cody until the road leaves town and becomes the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway (U.S. Highway 14/16/20). The campground is located almost 49 miles west of Cody, on the south side of U.S. Highway 14/16/20, next to the Shoshone River.
Address
203A YELLOWSTONE AVE
Cody, WY 82414
Coordinates
44.4961111 N
109.9511111 W