Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Boulder, WY

We are full-timers in a 36 ft Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow and needed a place to dump, do laundry and take on fresh water after a week of boondocking outside of Rawlins and this place fit the bill nicely. Our dog had been bitten by a rattlesnake while boondocking and had to stay 2 nights at the vet In Rawlins, which made us miss our 2 night reservation here. The owner, Boo, was very understanding and accommodating. She didn’t have any available spaces when we did arrive, but she let us stay in their dry camping area and apply the 2 missed FHU days to cover 4 days in their dry area, which was very level. FHU site 23 opened up and we moved there for 2 more days in early July. The sites all looked very level and are very spacious for a private CG. Ours was almost perfectly level. Some sites were open while others had a few trees. There is a little road noise from US-191, but not excessive. Our sewer receptacle was a little recessed, so I couldn’t get our hose threaded tightly, so I had to weight it down. AT&T coverage decent, ranging from 1-2 Bars of LTE with service up to 5.5 MB/s. We were able to get DISH coverage on all three western satellites at our site. There were 10 OTA channels to be had with our fixed omni antenna.

There isn’t much in Boulder, but Pinedale is just 12 miles away.

This area is noted as the backpacker parking area to access the wilderness trails above Boulder Lake. It is just outside of the developed Boulder Lake CG. However this area is also a popular free dispersed camp area for TTs and RVs as the regular campground is a bit tight for larger TTs and RVs and the loop Rd in the campground is terrible. So folks camp out here on the open flat grassy area, and as a bonus there is a grassy boat launch area good for kayaks and other water craft. No potable water, no toilets, no trash dumpsters, no tables or fire rings. 14d limit and the rangers do come around to check I hear. There is a toilet up the hill at the packstock staging parking area.

This CG sites at top of Boulder Lake by inlet. The CG has 15 sites, half back in half small pull thru. No reservations, all FF. However the CG loop road is crappy narrow, lumpy bumpy. Overhanging tree limbs, sites are so what worn out. No water, trash or cell signal. However it is cheap...$7/$3.50 senior. 14d limit. Note that there does seem to be free dispersed camping back out where the backpacker parking is in an open grassy area. Seems the locals park there in their larger TTs and RVs instead of trying to fit in the regular campground. There is also a grassy boat launch site there also. The Boulder campground was almost empty and the grassy open free dispersed area was packed, wonder why!!

We arrived at night and found a spot pretty easily. The next morning, we tried to venture outside and the mosquitos were coming in thick swarms. We ran back to the camper trying to avoid the ridiculous amount of cow patties. The dogs were snatching the dried ones up as we ran further exacerbating the trauma. 😂. Our one dog fell 10 feet into the Reservoir because the edges are not sturdy. We had a hard time getting him out as the walls are straight up. We were afraid he was going to get sucked into the spillway. Needless to say, go further than we did if you want to stay here. Not sure what it is like, but it's bound to be better.