Bridge Bay Campground, near [Yellowstone National Park](https://thedyrt.com/camping/wyoming/near/yellowstone-national-park), is a fantastic spot for those looking to immerse themselves in nature while enjoying the park's stunning scenery. Located right by Lake Yellowstone, it offers a unique blend of wildlife encounters and beautiful views, making it a memorable place to camp.

The campground features clean facilities, including flush toilets and pot washing areas, which visitors appreciate. Many campers have enjoyed the wildlife, with elk and bison often wandering through the area, adding a touch of adventure to your stay. One camper shared, “We had 6 ELK come through at different times,” highlighting the campground's vibrant ecosystem.

While the sites can feel a bit packed, especially during peak season, the surrounding woods and meadows provide a nice backdrop for your camping experience. Some reviewers recommend aiming for shaded spots to escape the summer sun, and many have found the views of the lake and sunsets to be spectacular. If you're looking for a central location to explore Yellowstone's wonders, this campground is a solid choice.

Bridge Bay Campground\_\_\_elevation 7,800 feet (2377 m)\_\_\_is located near Yellowstone Lake, one of the largest, high-elevation, fresh-water lakes in North America. Campers at Bridge Bay will enjoy spectacular views of the lake and the Absaroka Range rising above the lake\'s eastern shore. Yellowstone National Park Lodges provides reservations for this campground.

Bridge Bay Campground — Yellowstone National Park

Whether you're a tent camper, an RVer, or just passing through, West Yellowstone, MT has a lot to offer. There's so much to see and do, from exhilarating hikes or bike rides to exploring the local dining and shopping. Find the best campgrounds near West Yellowstone, MT. Read helpful reviews and tips to find the perfect camping option for you and your crew.

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The Best Camping Near West Yellowstone, Montana

Quiet and nice view of Lake Yellowstone. 

Great Getaway

We enjoyed our stay at Bridge Bay Campground! We arrived early in the morning and we're lucky enough to have been assigned one of the best sites. The campground was clean and very well maintained. The location made it easy for us to explore the south end of the park, including Old Faithful and Morning Glory pool. This was the last campground we visited in during our trip to Yellowstone and we would absolutely stay here again! If you're staying during busy season, make sure to reserve a spot ahead of time. The park was completely full and had we not reserved months before, we would have been out of luck.

Clean, well-maintained, and great location w/ lake views!

Bridge Bay provides great base camp for exploring the south and west ends of the park! We stayed two nights and would definitely come back! Facilities were clean and well maintained. Sites included a fire pit and picnic table.

Great views of lake! 

The location and the lake views make this campground a perfect spot to stay while exploring the lower region of Yellowstone National Park.

Great base camp for exploring!

A well run National Park campground with lots of amenities. We were there in May and it snowed! Many of the sites were very muddy or had standing water. Great home base for visiting the south loop of the park and Yellowstone lake.

Yellowstone goodness

Stayed at Bridge Bay for a few nights while visiting Yellowstone. Woke up to bison footprints everywhere and a few of them relaxing in the campground.

Herro Buffaro!!

This campground does have bear lockers but they are pretty small and have to be shared among campsites. You get a great view of the lake from the campsite. Bathrooms were always nice and clean. Bison were often grazing in the open area next to the campground. 

Great view of the lake 

There was so much smoke and campers so close together and the lack of trees in part of the campground that it look like a refugee camp. The back of the campground was beautiful and much more quiet and spread out.

Good spot but cramped and crowded

We camped here for a night. Luckily, our camping spot was near the woods. it is very open there and a little crowdes.

car camping

Very large campground in a wide open field. make sure to have plenty of tie downs and stakes to keep the tent from disappearing during the day. Great proximity to the East half of the Grand loop. Very few trees and not much to separate the camp sites in the field. 

The picture of bison eating grass next to a picnic table are no joke. They wander right through the lower campsites. marina store is within walking distance and offers enough to replace what you may have forgotten (tent stakes). I 

Yellowstone from your tent

This campsite was nice but it was very open with no tree cover and lots of people in the middle of the summer. We woke up in the morning to the bright sun beating down on our tent and the sound of dump trucks emptying the big metal bear dumpsters at 7 am. It's nice that you can reserve this ahead of time, but I would recommend a different campsite over this one if it is possible for you.

Not much tree cover

Like all campgrounds in Yellowstone, this campground is well maintained, and well run. I have never enjoyed staying here however. It is very packed, and most of the loops are exposed to everything due to lack of trees, in the shoulder seasons, this isn't too bad, but believe it or not, it does get into the mid 90s in Yellowstone during the summer, and that isn't fun. I've also had close noisy neighbors every time I've stayed here... but, if you've been to Yellowstone, you will know that sometimes you are happy that these extra 100+ sites exist.

If you have to

Flush toilets, pay showers, and well-spaced campsites eith beautiful views - but only if you book your site early!

Beautiful views but book early

There is a public restroom in each loop. It has cold running water and flush toilets. If you don’t have a hard sided trailer all food and related items must be placed in a provided Bear proof box. Each site has a table and fire pit. The upper loops are shady the lower loops have a few trees scattered about. Wildlife can roam thru at any time. They gave us a site large enough both our trailer and 5th wheel could be right next to each other.

Scenic Campground in National Park

love Yellowstone! but this campground is a city to itself. 438 spots and NO SHOWERS! dish washing station was out of order. 
minus- couldn’t pick exact site on the website and would not do that again. loops a-c are just parking lot camp sites with no privacy or trees.. yuck!! other loops are good. 
campground gets very busy! 
plus- wildlife was very cool.

great surroundings but campground is minimal

Staff at check-in are friendly and helpful. Amenities include bathrooms, dish washing site, clean water, bear boxes for food items and a personal outdoor grill in each camp site. There is a small store and boat rentals by the bay for those who want to explore the lake. Multiple camp sites for tents, motor homes and camper trailers. Most sites are bordered by a thick wooded area and gives the camper a feel of the true beauty of Yellowstone. Yellowstone lake is nearby with opportunities to kayak, rent a boat or just enjoy the solitude of the pristine alpine lake. This campground has its own personal hiking trail to the natural bridge that is worth the time to explore. I would definitely book this site again the next time I am in Yellowstone.

Camp by Beautiful Yellowstone lake

We stayed at bridge bay campground for five nights and each day was better than the last. We had some amazing animal encounters. Elk and bison randomly wander through the campground. Lots of chipmunks and birds. Our site backed up to the forest which was really nice. The bear box was a little on the small side. The site had a pick nick table and fire ring with grill plate. The bathrooms weren’t to far away and were kept really clean. Flush toilets a huge plus. Overall the campground was very clean and quiet.

Forest meets meadow!

Bridge Bay is a nice campground.  It has all the amenities you could ever want.  Only downside is its fairly busy, however I don’t think there is really anyway around this in Yellowstone.

Nice Campground

There are open sites with few trees or shadier options in the wooded upper loops of the campground. The location is within sight of the western shoreline of Yellowstone Lake.  It great for people who want to be near the Marina but I enjoy Grant campground and village more.  The sites are a good size and you can reserve them ahead of time.

Close to Marina

Crowded, basic, but had a last minute spot for one. Not far from attractions or the great lodge for WiFi and food.

It’s what you’d expect 

This campground is centrally located in Yellowstone National Park. It has quite a few loops. We stayed at sites in loop C and loop G. Loop C was very open with some of the campsites being close together. Loop G was wooded with many campsites being further apart. The restrooms were clean but there were no showers. Some of the campsites are not level so be sure to ask if you need a level site. Be upfront and honest when reserving a site about the length of your RV/vehicle. - some of the sites are quite short.

Great place to stay to see Yellowstone. Reservations are needed in the summer and a good idea anytime.

Wonderful National Park Campground

This campground is one of the closest to the east entrance. It is fairly close to a restaurant and services in the park. We bought another battery at the park service area when our battery went dead due to cold temperatures ( using the furnace). The campground is one big wide open space with few trees between sites. We did have an amazing siting of a fox nearby.

Little privacy 

none of the sites were even, most downhill. There are barely and trees and the loops are very small. Only upside was they had firewood for purchase and the bathrooms were clean.

Sloped sites

We unfortunately did not enjoy our stay here. With all the nearby beauties of Yellowstone, we were hoping for a more wooded area. However we were in loop D, which was just an open area with very crowded campsites everywhere. We were very close to neighbors, which made it a noisy night. 

Campground was great but didn’t expect 4” of heavy snow in June

Yellowstone in June

Camping in crowds isn't my deal so it gets 4 stars. However, it is a well executed national park Campground.  Its clean and well kept the restrooms are clean and warm. Water and food storage is readily available. And the big bonus is the random critter visitors you may find in your Camp when you wake up. We had a bison bedded down about 5 ft from our truck/tent our 2nd night in the camp. He hung out with us until we got all packed up then he wandered through the other sites. Had to take a break from breakfast prep when he decided to scratch his face on the campsite marker and release himself next to our table lol. Great time. We stayed in June and there was daily rain and a couple nice thunderstorms.  Nearly all sites were taken, secure a reservation 4 months in advance or more.

Solid NP Campground

Great place to stay in yellowstone had tons of fun

Great place

Drove in from east to west on a Friday late afternoon and the sign at the East Gateway said all park campgrounds were full. As I know to do, we stoped to check and see if there were any cancellations... and voila there was a spot waiting for us!

Campground Full - They Found Room

It is Yellowstone.  Campsites are different. You can't understand what they mean until you get there.  The reservationist said our car and pop up were too long.  Our camper and SUV fit perfect side by side.  Nice wooded site with some privacy.  Elk were moving thru camp ground, one night was warned a Grizzly was in general area.  Excellent Programs from park service nightly in pavilion.  No electric or hookups be prepared to go with out or battery power.

Yellowstone need I say more.

Spent one night in this campground before we went to a full hookup spot. Spacious sites, didn’t look into someone else’s camper when looking out yours. No hookups. No showers. Clear bathrooms. Did notice some tents get flooded as it rained quite a bit while we were there. Had several buffalo wonder through camp. Fun to watch. Glad I wasn’t in a tent. Heard that a grizzly had wondered through the week before we were there. 

Wildlife in campground!

We had the most beautiful site in the F loop with great views of Yellowstone lake. Giant bull elk grazed and slept nearby every day we were there (4 nights). Saw bears moving through the area, but none that stuck around. Clean bathrooms.

Amazing

I really enjoyed camping here.  We were on A Loop which is right by ranger booth where you check in.  It was actually pretty entertaining place to be.  You get to see a wide variety of camping rigs, that's for sure.  Our site was in the RV loop so no hook ups but it was paved and really level.  We booked in February for our trip the beginning of September.  I was shocked at how huge this campground is!

  

The bathroom was small and basic, but clean.  Actual flush toilets and running water.  Every site has a large bear box for storage, a fire pit, and a picnic table.  You can buy firewood at the ranger booth for $7 a box.  

  

We stayed the whole week so it seemed like we had new neighbors almost every night.  Did not see any bears but we saw bison and a beautiful bull elk in the trees behind our site.  The elk were bugling almost every night.  There are Ranger led educational talks at the amphitheater every night.  I really enjoyed that.  We also went down to the Bridge Bay Marina and took their scenic boat ride.  So fun!  I recommend checking that out too.

Week long home base in Yellowstone

Visited here June of 2019.  It was first time in Yellowstone, so we didn’t know what to expect. This campsite has mixed RV and tent camping. The only downside is that campsites are very close together and some of the tent camp sites do flood (1”-4” of water) during rain as we saw during our visit. So if you are tent camping, check out your site carefully. Camp office staff was very friendly. The camp office sells firewood. There is a RV dump station at the marina across the street. The marina also sells fishing licenses and does kayak inspections (you have to have a sticker to use kayaks in Yellowstone waters).  Big bison roam the campground as do an occasional bear, so use of the provided bear boxes and keeping your camp clean is highly recommended.  Nice campground. Very crowded during summer. 

Very Nice Campground 

Tent camping in yellowstone was great. Loved seeing the mountains, geysers, bison, hot springs, sunsets, and waterfalls.

Epic tent camping in Yellowstone NP

We had a reservation for one night to stay here on the way to the Tetons. The site was somewhat open, and below a power line. Picnic table. We were expecting to be close to water, but it was a little drive to get there. Clean toilet. Tents not too close together. Quiet at night. There is a large camp store system nearby (nightly ice cream fix).

Open-ish

Bridge Bay is a monster of a campground- over 400 sites! That is more people than my neighborhood has!  Honestly I can't believe we picked to stay here, as it is not our typical style, but it was all about location and convenience for this stay. The campground sits on the shores of Yellowstone Lake and is conveniently located for seeing many of the attractions of the park. Not much in terms of privacy but the sites are clean and level and the campground offers wildlife viewing right from your site!  It is a reservation campground but we lucked out and got a site for 2 nights by just pulling in on a Thursday.

Like a Village!  

Loved the site. Beautiful with easy access to everything. 

Great site

Spent a week here and would have stayed longer if I had known how much the family was going to enjoy it. Only 4 stars because we travel in a 38’ motorhome and the sites were very tight, but to be expected in an older campground that was never designed with larger rigs in mind. Bison and Elk visited our site almost every day. Saw a Grizzly by the marina area, just around the corner. Great spot to head out in all directions to see the sights. 
Enjoyed the fishing charter. Caught three Cutthroat Trout (catch and release only) and one Lake Trout that we cooked up for dinner. 
Verizon works in the campground, but nothing else. We use AT&amp;T for cell and a Verizon MiFi. 

Enjoy the wildlife

Clean campgroumd. Conveniently located in the park and near marina with fishing guides. Sites are maybe ~50ish feet apart with not much privacy but you're not tripping over each other. RVs were politely not running generators constantly. Occasionally some idiot tried to drive a giant bus sized RV into a small RV spot and its hilarious. Definately worth watching. Feel free to point amd take video of them trying to turn around on a 1 lane road.  Separately,  least twice a morning some idiot hits their car alarm somewhere. 

Campsite has clean bathrooms, dish washing stations and sells firewood. Marina next-door has basic camping supplies including Coleman propane refills. Campsite does not provide bear boxes and requires you store bear vaults/coolers in your car. Staff were friendly and helpful. 

We had nightly elk visitors. Apparently Bison are possible as well. Most sites are open meadow but some are in trees. No grizzly signs but brought bear spray just in case. 

Great experience overall. 



Great

Nice spot! But some close together; we had a very nice spot; overlooking the natural bridge hiking trail; saw a bull elk 50 yards from our site. Site Had shade but many didn’t, some sites appeared to be more of a park on the side of the street type of spots.  We were located in A loop, was close to animal viewing and drives to the Yellowstone canyon.

Nice spot! But some close together

Helpful campgrounds keepers, fire wood, clean bathrooms and everything else you may need! If you’re lucky you can hear Elk at night!

Tight but nice!

Stayed here for one night in early Sept. For a large campground, we found it to be well spaced (and we had one of the inside loop spots!) with other campers very respectful of each other (very quiet at 10pm!) clean bathrooms and wash station. Easy check-in. Firewood available at campsite. 

Great for a large campground!

Although we arrived late, checking in and settling into our campsite was a breeze. Our campsite was extremely spacious and although we had neighbors, it felt isolated. The campsite is next to Bridge Bay which had a variety of amenities. The bathrooms were clean. The downsides were that food storage bins were shared with neighbors and the dish washing area is quite cramped for the number of campgrounds in the designated area.

Along the Bay

Well, we TRIED to stay here but it wasn't open as of May 11, 2021.  We did ride through parts to check it out for the future. 

Funniest thing, at the entrance are old school phone booths.  With zero cell, you will be kicking it old school.  

The loop we drove through was definitely not big rig friendly.   There are picnic tables, fire pits and bear proof storage boxes at each site.  We saw a grizzly, so take it seriously. 

The marina is around the corner.   Boat rentals,  etc are right there.  There are flush toilet, a definite plus.  The sites are close together, but if you just want to hang at a campsite and relax, maybe look elsewhere.   This is a home base for exploring all the Yellowstone had to offer.  We will be back.
  

Can't beat it for convenience 

Covid restrictions were tight in August of 2020 so not many of the Yellowstone campgrounds were open.  We were lucky to get a space that someone had cancelled on.  Don't give up until your last day to check for availability as there are always cancellations.  We arrived in the evening after spending a magnificent day exploring Yellowstone.  Such a treasure that has been gifted to the American people.  Campgound itself was pretty basic but the surrounding area was lovely.  Lots of nice hiking and people watching as campers enjoyed the lake and the starry sky at night.

Camping in Yellowstone at Bridge Bay Campround

A charming campground with daily visits by elk and bison. 

Full of wildlife

We were in the H Loop with maybe only three other campers. A-D loops were fairly full for post Covid camping. 

Keep your food items put away. We saw no bear in our camp but enjoyed watching the moose walk by. 

Perfect central camping to enjoy Yellowstone  

Campground is in middle of park so it’s not a quick drive in but the drive is beautiful! The campground is easily laid out and clean and fire rings at each spot. Bear boxes located throughout campsite area you may have to share with your neighbor. Wake up and go for a walk and you will see a lot of wildlife in campgrounds. The staff at checkin is friendly. There is a marina if you want to rent a boat or look to launch your own. RV dump station and water refill are conventionally located at exit. The park has a 8pm-8am quiet hours (no generators) which is fine as it dropped to 40 at night so perfect for RV and camping. 

Beautiful

Very nice campground with roaming buffaloes. We did the hike from the site and also saw some deer.

Buffalo and clean grounds

Awesome location inside Yellowstone. The campsites are more spaced apart than in other campgrounds which was nice. There are a couple of resident bison in the campground that walk around wherever they like. Pretty awesome sight! As usual, $28 a night and $10 for a box of firewood. No hookups. 

Awesome location with Bison 

We got a nice tent site in the park campground.  Our site was small and there are many neighboring campsites.  There was a nice bathroom with hot water and toilets.  There was also water and dumpsters.

Elk right in the camp!

Very strict about keeping stuff put in bear boxes(for good reason) but they don’t supply enough of them. It appears you get 1 per 10 spots. Very strict on the check in time. So we had to drag our trailer all over Yellowstone to waste time til we could check in. 
However, we were lucky to snag two nights the morning of due to cancellation. Bathrooms were pretty clean but it sucked that the showers in the park were shut down because of covid. Wouldn’t you want your guests to be clean? 

Not enough bear boxes

We were confused on how getting a spot worked, it’s assigned at check in. We got lucky and got a desirable  spot in J loop. Only downside is it was on a slant, tent included. Bathroom was nice and clean, hard to wash dishes in the sink but otherwise a comfy night 

Nice if you get the right spot 

Very concentrated campsite, as expected, but we were in Yellowstone!


Yellowstone campground

 Our site was spacious. A lot of wildlife around. The bathrooms were nice. 

Awesome

Pretty much what you’d expect for a primitive drive-up tent only campsite. Fire ring and picnic table. There’s well maintained restrooms with household AC outlet, water fountain with faucets and dishwashing area. The only issue I saw was that my site and a few others had no bear box. I stored my food and cooking gear in my car, but if you’re backpacking or on a motorcycle or bike, you will definitely want to ask the rangers for a site with a bear box

Great Campsite On Lake Yellowstone 

Convenient central location in eastern side of Yellowstone, but lots of sites stacked up next to each other with not much space or privacy.  Campground is on a hill so most sites are not level

Convenient but Cramped

On our trip, we have visited six national parks. Bridge bay campground has to rank at the bottom. Very little privacy. The sites are not level. Small sites. And to top it off, no showers. Would avoid at all costs.￼

One of the worse national parks I’ve been to.

This campground have good and bad sites. Up top above loop D is forested and very nice. While below most of the sites are in the open with no shade or trees. Elk visited day and night. 

In the heat of the day when I just wanted to hang out I took my hammock and road over to the day use area at Gull Point and hung out there til it cooled off. 

Camp by the lake

This campground is a mixed bag. We had a great site on the far side of Loop H. It was a small pull out style pad, but ample site area up to the forest. The lower loop area looked less desirable. There is a general store at the marina and you can take lake tours and rent boats.

Yellowstone by the lake

Uninspired campground layout with one site directly on top of another except perhaps in loops E &amp; F in the trees. That said loops E &amp; F directly overlook the main south Yellowstone loop road with cars whizzing by. 

Many loops closed due to bear activity. Staff not helpful if you don't like your site.

Loop D is situated in full sun except for a very few sites at top. site first assigned to me in Loop F overlooks the Yellowstone Loop highway as well as the lake. but the Highway??? on a camping trip? Loops E &amp; F have trees and shade but also massive tree roots. See photo.

Maintenance by the park service is negligible with many sites showing excessive wear.

Avoid this campground at all costs.

Horrible campground in Yellowstone-- Industrial camping

We leaned quickly that you experience here largely depends on luck. Night 1 of 4, we were in loop C. A soulless, treeless field engulfed in the smoke of 1,000 fires. The following day my husband asked if there might be any sites less bad, and they moved us to H Loop. A lovely wooded loop far from the big field. Some sites in the back loops even have lake view. Bathroom was nice. Bear sink very nice. Not all sites have bear boxes, but we were fine without. Everyday, we left and felt awful for the hundreds of people baking in the sun in loops A,B, C, D. Generators can be loud here. Our neighbors used theirs much of the day. 

 Cattle Call or Nice Sites 

This campground is meh. I guess a lot depends on the loop and spot you are in. The place is gigantic. The reservation system does not allow you to book a specific spot, but you’d be well advised to call Xanterra and ask for a spot in one of the further loops (E or higher). Upper part of the loops (away from the road) generally have more trees. Avoid loop A like a plague. It’s basically an RV park, campground staff lives there and it has this super industrial feel about it. We stayed in loop B and after a long back and forth with the check in ladies got a spot surrounded by tent campers (we had a tent) rather than RVs and some shade. We were told no spots were available in the tent only loops. 

The location is pretty convenient though, the proximity to the lake is nice. Lots of animals come to the campground. Elk grazed around our table, a bison napped right by our tent and a huge fox checked it out one morning. This is was not my first time in YSNP, but the first time i camped inside the park and I absolutely enjoyed the experience. Do I wish the campground experience was more intimate? Yeah. But my original reservation was canceled due to the flood so we made the most of it.

Meh… but you are in Yellowstone!

Big centralized campsite over 400 sites. We had a pop-up RV and were put on a very slopey site that was a bit hard to flatten. Nice bathrooms though with flush toilets and running water. Elk and bison in the campsite.  Definitely lots of people there but you didn't feel overcrowded.  

Big campsite lots of wildlife

Overall this campsite is huge with over 45 spots. However the walk intent sites are very private and nestled in the forest.  Several spots were not flat but overall very gorgeous.  

Tent sites are secluded

The furthest loop (loop H) is one mile from the water. A little frustrating to end up there when you plan on being on the water. However, that loop is thick forest and very pretty. Some of the lower loops are completely exposed. I ended up moving down to loop A in the trees and it was great. Lots of elk and bison here. Beware of their poor AIS procedures

Not very close to the water

The facilities and being close to the wildlife was very nice. However the sites are very close together. And the site I got was very difficult to back into with my trailer due to it being a one way road and another camper having their vehicle parked on the side of the road. Even though when booking the site it said to make sure that the length of site you require is totaled with your vehicle and trailer/rv. Not just the rv/trailer. My site was extremely close to other sites and felt like I had to whisper during quite time to not bother them. 

Sites are close together 

Great location, plenty of facilities, elk sightings everywhere (sometimes near your setup). Big shared dishwashing sink.


Great Yellowstone stay

Let’s start this with the staff at check in… Being the unprepared person I am, I had no reservation. Luckily, the staff there got me a fantastic spot with no problems at all. Generally, I have a little issue because I like to hammock camp and most grounds require a tent be set up at least. They sorted me right out, with a view.

  

The grounds were well kept, bathrooms clean, and even had bear boxes for each site. Hard to complain. I do wish they had shower facilities on the grounds but I found some a few miles away. Felt super safe and confident in my stay there. I definitely recommend it for anyone visiting YNP.

BridgeBay YNP

LOUD campground with no help to quiet folks down. This is a largely tent campground and drunks until 2am can really mess up a trip. The tent site we had was right out in the hot sun with no shade or privacy. Ask for the wooded areas! It was a wonderful location with lots of wildlife and very clean! A bull elk tried to eat our clothes which was funny. A Bison stayed behind our tent the entire time too. The showers are not too far and very clean. 

Great location 

The campground itself was cramped and packed, but bison and elk  roamed through each day, and it was just a place to lay our heads at night. The bathrooms were clean. We found it to be a great central location from which to explore the splendors of Yellowstone. 

You’re in central Yellowstone

This was by far our favorite campground in the park. Amazing views of the lake and sunset, wildlife everywhere, and it’s very quiet! 

Spectacular views!

Would definitely recommend 

We had 6 ELK come through at different times. One ate the food off the neighbors table. Very cool. Bathrooms are flush toilets and clean. Definitely recommend 

Awesome campground for wildlife 

The well established and well managed campground is nicely located within Yellowstone National Park. It has toilet block and pot washing facilities on each loop and some welcome elk friends who remained on site pretty much throughout both of our stays there.

  

Knocked a point off as:

   - our second stay on the quieter I loop had us pitched on a site which was quite uneven. I suspect a smaller tent may have found a flatter spot.

   - lots of people have campfires so it does smoke up a bit. I love the campfire smell but do worry that it may have a negtive impact on local wildlife. Driving towards camp in the evening and it's visible from well before arriving at camp so it's invasive in my opinion.  

  

Would recommend the outer loops as the first areas do look a bit crowded and lack some of the privacy that I quite enjoy on a campsite.  

  

No shower facilities nor wifi for those who want them, though if you're a Verizon customer you're about 5 minutes driving away from a few decent signal spots (tested on an iPhone 14 so may not be as successful on other devices. T-Mobile sucks and barely had SOS throughout Yellowstone so your loved ones will appreciate you more during your stays if you have Verizon).

Great campground in a wonderful place

Nice site inside the park. Easy to find/ only stayed one night 

Nice area 

Stayed here for four nights this past July with my buddy and brother. It was an amazing trip that left us with life long memories. Tucked off the main loop, and right across the street from Lake Yellowstone, this area was packed full of wildlife. There is a boat launch, where they do AM/PM tours, rentals, etc. They also have fishing gear and a camp store. My only gripe would be they definitely pack the campsites in here, and in the summer you want to ensure you have a shaded spot as the sun can beat down on you pretty well. I would highly recommend this campground.

Great camping location!

Booked three nights, stayed two of them in our van. Sites are sort of level, some are on a hill so will need some leveling.

  

Pull through sites are turnout style, so it can get a little cramped, and navigating a larger vehicle could be difficult if your neighbors arent courteous and park fully out of the road.

  

Generator use is allowed between 8AM - 8PM, did our neighbors listen to this rule? NOPE 5AM loudest generator on the planet was started up right across the road from us. Staff did nothing, even though it ran until 9am.

Other than this the campground was reasonably quiet. 

  

We opted not to stay the last night we had booked here because of how much smoke there was from people and their campfires. You can visibly see it roll of the hill and onto the lake come dusk and if you open your door its almost instant campfire smell/smoke in the RV (Van). Stayed at Fishing Bridge the rest of the trip because no campfires!

Clean, kind of quiet, but smokey

We got what may be the best spot in the campground or world so it’s hit and miss… you don’t get to choose. 

Got lucky!

Beautiful view of Yellowstone Lake right across the street! Clean and inviting surroundings, wildlife sightings, close to all the geysers. Nice marina and store. Would stay again for sure!

Great Campground!

We stayed in Bridge Bay in the middle of June at site #282. This site butts up to an open field which for some could be a draw back because there's little privacy but for us we got views of the Lake which were wonderful; we were able to sit outside and enjoy the sunrise over the Lake. 

  

The Facilities are nice with potable water and sinks to clean dishes. There's also a few trails to hike and explore. We had an Elk walk right into the field towards sunset and graze. I'm only rating 4 stars because It's a little far from things like Old Faithful and Canyon Village, but we would stay here again.  

  

Yellowstone is always worth the visit if presented with the opportunity and this is a really nice campground.

Great views of Lake, Long drive to a lot of things

This is located centrally in the park so you can make day trips that are reasonable in any direction. Expect wildlife daily in the site (bison and elk). The front loops are not very private but there are sites at the back loops that seem to be more secluded and wooded. I

The heart of Yellowstone

As far as I can tell, you can not request which site you get assigned. We were very lucky and got a site in the G loop which was great! A, B, and C loops are all quite open without much privacy. The rest of the loops are much more private.

  

I absolutely loved our site! We had a tiny view of the lake and things felt fairly private, especially for a national park campground. Other sites would be a very different experience.

  

It was very fun to see bison and elk walking through the campground.

  

The campground is right across from Yellowstone Lake and it was an easy walk down there.

Sites Vary Depending on Loop

Passing though Yellowstone we stayed here at Bridge Bay. Centrally located it was perfect for us to get out and see the sights. 

Book online. 
Book months ahead if possible 

We snagged the last site for $42/day.  

Even paved sites. 

Water pumps don’t have threaded attachment. So get yourself a camco water bandit if you want to fill your rig.  

Lots of wildlife. 

Friendly campers.  

Tent sites and RV 

Central location - book online  

Staff is amazing and campground is very clean. We had a nice sized camp site. Plenty to do. Regular bathrooms and dishwashing / water areas

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