Yellowstone/Lewis Lake

Got a FF site on a Saturday afternoon, park was very busy, but campground was low-key.

We prefer a smaller, more primitive camping experience, so that was worth the tradeoff of farther driving to park attractions.

Some sites in A loop (70 where we stayed) are close to the highway. It was quiet…

We wanted to stay overnight in YNP in late October and found out that most of the hotels were already closed and the only campgrounds open were Mammoth, which is open year-round and Lewis Lake, which was open until 11/4. We had no trouble finding a spot in the late afternoon but because it was the…

Lewis Lake is hands down my favorite campground in Yellowstone National Park. For reasons I don't understand, most people avoid this campground, but it is the coolest in the summer, has a very nice lake next to it, and is a short drive to most of the attractions in the Southern half of the park. It…