Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Buffalo, WY

Sites are very tight but amenities are new and clean. Saw no better and a lot worse in Sheridan. Nice field out back to let dogs run. Also a dedicated dog park.

We had a tent site along the creek. There were plenty of tent spaces the weekend in mid July when we were there, but the camper sites were booked. The couple who runs the campground were so nice and accommodating. I was in Buffalo for my son's regional baseball tournament and didn't know how many days I would need to book. They let me keep my tent pitched until I knew we would need the extra day way beyond check out time.

The Bighorn Mountains are spectacular! The camp host provided us with maps and trails. The drive on highway 16 from Buffalo to Ten Sleep is amazing and worth getting off the beaten path and Interstate.

This campground has clean showers that are free and coin laundry.

Reservable:   877-444-6777 or recreation.gov 

20 sites (accessible) 

Fees:$20.00      Open June      14 day stay limit      13 reservable sites

Additional vehicle$10.00 limit 2 vehicle per site 8 people per site 

Pit toilets    drinking water    trash    picnic table    Host on site    fire ring 

Gravel road and gravel sites. Campground is well maintained along with the facilities. Back in sites.

 Forest Service has been clearing small trees and underbrush from the border of the campground. The campground is set among the tall pines with the mountains in the background which makes for a beautiful and peaceful location. All campsites are good. Directions: From Buffalo, WY, take Highway 16 west for about 13.4 miles to FSR 21. Turn left and go.05 miles.

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Nice place to stop between Yellowstone and the Black Forest. Campsites were clean and well kept. This KOA has wifi, laundry, a dog park, and a lodge. The bathrooms were clean and each shower and restroom is individual so there is privacy. Checkout time is at 11 am.

This location is seasonal and not winterized. They do shut off the water in the "off-season".

*Reservable 877-444-6777 or recreation.gov

*FEES $20.00

 OPEN: June 

LIMIT: 14 days 14 total sites (9 single and 5 tent only sites with 12 accessible sites) nonelectric

Directions: From Buffalo, WY, go west on Highway 16 for about 15 miles to FSR 337. Travel¼ mile east to campground which is on a gravel road. 

Pit toilets drinking water trash picnic table fire pit/grill camp host firewood for sale The site pads are gravel. These are larger sites and will accommodate larger rigs with back in sites. The pit toilets are fairly new and very clean. Hand pumps supply fresh water. The campground is well maintained. Campground trees provide a great deal of shade which will make solar power difficult. No cell service. This campground is set into a bit of a level bowl with boulder outcroppings giving you the impression of seclusion. It is not far from the highway but still remains fairly quiet.

There is a Tent Only area where you will park and walk across a small metal bridge that crosses a beautiful clear stream. That area has it’s own pit toilet located at the car park just a short distance from the tent area.  This campground will the boulders is a beautiful location.

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We stayed here for 3 nights on our trip from Texas. Quiet, pet and kid friendly, and the staff was great! Clean grounds that they are constantly working on- and the bakery was delicious for breakfast. Close to Montana, Big Horn National park, Sheridan, etc. great location! But the staff was just above and beyond- so friendly, so helpful, and we’d stay here again!

I have to start off with, this is my all time favorite camp site, ever! I camped back in this campground years and years ago. The price has doubled since I last stayed there from $8 to $16 and there are many many free sites around but I am more then happy to pay the $16 for this site!

To get here you have to take the highway that goes between Buffalo and Ten Sleep. The turn off is Ten Sleep Drive, there is a resort of sorts there on the corner, you are only about 10 miles from Ten Sleep, so almost on the other side of the mountain from Buffalo. The road is all dirt and a bit wash board but it's in good condition. Slow going though, lots of dust. You'll drive a good 6 miles or so until you come to Deer Park Campground. I have seen big motor homes up here but the campground is really suited for tents, although two motor homes were parked there the night I was there. There are maybe 7 sites in this little campground.

They have made big improvements (maybe the reason for the higher price) to this campground. Years ago the toilets were awful. In fact, I wouldn't even use them, I'd rather drive down to Ten Sleep then set foot in those smelly vault toilets. But now, they are still vault toilets but they are clean, they don't smell, the building has been upgraded as well. There was plenty of toilet paper while we were there. They also have added a water pump that pumps fresh water. This is great, we were on day three of a five day road trip and the water was a welcomed bonus.

So, why do I like this site so much? It backs up to a marsh area and then a giant open meadow. It's a great place to see wildlife and enjoy the sun setting as well as some magnificent star gazing. The site is good sized (too small for a camper but plenty big for a tent). A lot of campgrounds you'll hear lots of traffic noise or people partying but it's quiet here! So quiet that my kids were probably making the most noise and I tried to keep them quiet as well. There is a creek that you can fish just across the road and it's doing quite well. If you know what your doing, I'm sure you can pull out some nice fish. Years ago, the creek was super low and we pulled out barely minnow sized fish (amazing we could even catch them) but now it's much higher and there are lots of eddies and big rocks for hiding places. I can imagine it would be fabulous. There is also a big lake another mile or so past this campground and the trout are eager there. We did catch nice fish there years ago. Didn't make it to the lake this year. There are photo opportunities around every turn. It is absolutely gorgeous!

I have never visited this area with out seeing a moose and this time did not disappoint! I woke up around 6 am and stepped out of my tent to see a nice bull moose out in that very meadow that is so scenic. He walked through and with in about 500 feet of our site and then just kept going. Beautiful creature.

I don't have any downsides, unless of course you get sick or injured. It is a ways back out. Even Ten Sleep is going to take you 30 minutes or so to get to with the slow moving dirt road out. While there we did have a small injury, my 4 year old fell in to a tree branch and cut his head, so make sure you bring a suitable first aid kit in case of small emergencies. I can't say enough about Green Goo products, which is what we put on his head after we cleaned it up. They are extremely reasonably priced and their natural products WORK! Totally worth adding to your first aid kit. This particular product (Green Goo First Aid) also helps with mosquito bites. We camped in many areas with mosquitos (here included) and I put a little First Aid ointment on them and they were gone by morning. Helps relieve the itching too.

I will always return to this site, hands down, my favorite place on earth!

***CAUTION*** Unless you are over the age of 60 or only here for 1-2 nights then I STRONGLY do NOT advise you stay here. Peter D is rude, genuinely does not like anyone under 60, and runs the campground like a military boot camp. I’m all for a clean, quiet, well kept campground and the campground is great itself. BUT Peter D ruins this campground. There is a list of rules but then there is a list of unwritten rules that is continually pulled from his head or“just because I like the way this looks better”. Everytime you turn around, it’s something else getting“talked about” or asked to do or not to do. From him throwing dog screw in the ground tie outs so far under the camper we were on hands and knees trying to get(that he said we were welcome to have in the grass), having no power all night in 40 degree weather and turning on our generator to keep warm but yet getting yelled at the next morning and being told“you have extra clothes, bundle up, it’s unnecessary when a breaker trips(however half campground had no power for 8-10 hours even after several calls to the office). Never place anything in his grass, don’t drive or have bikes in the grass and nearly impossible to pull a large Rv or camper out of the spots. If you go in the grass just know your a** is grass… He allows only select“friends and people” to back their vehicles into their site even if they are still driving the correct direction. Favoritism at its finest. Him complaining to campers about other campers is rude. Everything and all the signs is MY WASHERS, MY DRYERS, MY CAMPSITES, MY GRASS, MY ETC.. his poor wife.. Peter D on the first day/night will be super nice, offering you a“cold beer or drink”, giving your dog a treat, etc. but it’s all for show. Telling your campers,“I’ll help them find another campground” is beyond rude. There were a couple seasonal campers next to us and the insults he said about them to us was astonishing.. it’s only a wonder what he said about us. The amount of circles he will do in his truck to monitor what you are doing and how you are doing it is beyond annoying. He will stop, get out of his truck, just to ask why you are moving the picnic table,“why are you are eating outside when you have a big nice camper”. To give an example of his hate for children.. Our neighbors were staying for about a month, they were in their mid 40s with a 23yr old son. Almost everyday we would here from Peter D“this is a kid free park for long term guests, don’t understand what’s so hard about understanding that”. Always asking the poor couple when they are planning to leave, it’s kid free. Even after they would explain to him that the“kid” is 23yrs old. The response from him was“well he’s still being cared for and under your supervision so he’s a kid”. I could go on and on with the list of negatives about Peter D. But just be advised, if you are not over the age of 60 or only there for a night or two, DO NOT STAY HERE!! You will not enjoy it, you will be lectured for every move you make, every coming and going even if it’s just for dinner plans. And ever having a guest come to visit or stay with you in the park? Forget it! You will get 50 questions and every hour him circling asking when are they leaving, are they leaving soon, I don’t like having anyone else here, they have been here for an hour, are they leaving yet. Yet once again there are NO WRITTEN RULES FOR WHEN GUESTS HAVE TO BE OUT BY.. it’s a rule in his head. One of the many..The park is pretty, dog park isn’t bad, sites are VERY VERY tight when pulling in and out, he will tear you a new one if you make any marks in the grass. Make sure you have an extension for the sewer and water connect as it’s mid to more front of the camper, they were not designed and installed to be towards the back like all the other campgrounds. Your neighbors sewer pipe and tank will be right out your front door..He is very defensive and rude when attempting to bring anything to his attention. Again, I HIGHLY DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PARK. You will not enjoy it if you are there for longer than a night or two or under the age of 60

We stayed at the Buffalo Wyoming KOA in August 2021. This is a very nice KOA park and in fact was our favorite KOA that we have visited. This is a family run KOA that has done some pretty incredible upgrades to this resort. Upon arrival, we were placed in a private site along a babbling brook. It was fantastic sitting outside at any time of day or night and listen to the water running by just outside our door. This park offers FHU sites that are very spacious. A number of sites that even run right beside the river. There is river beach access for everyone. The best park WiFi we have ever used, a nice pool and awesome gated dog run. It was lovely walking around the park in the evening talking to our fellow campers. Wonderful family run park which we highly recommend. If you are interested in videos of this campground and others, check out our YouTube channel: Jeff & Steff’s Excellent Adventure.

Great place to overnight in Buffalo. Friendly, helpful staff. Clean grounds, didn’t use any other facilities. Close to road so traffic might bother some—didn’t us.

Good showers. Helpful and friendly staff. We got last available site because it was Longmire Days in Buffalo. Decent site although hookups needed some attention. Needed about 25’ of hoses to get to water hookup. Quiet at night. Level sites.

We have the best site #3 water across from our site , a short walk to the clean vault toilets. No solar panels are on a 30 extension cord so I can be in the shade and move the panels out. Very quiet park. At 7800 feet it was 100f in buffalo WY and 70 here in the morning it was 44 wonderful weather. We spent 8 days here No cell coverage nor internet.

Lot of space which you may share with a wandering cow from rangeland. We loved it here. Beautiful country with room to wander after dinner with the dogs!

We enjoyed Sheridan. The laundry and bathrooms were clean. The campground was clean. A fenced in area for dogs to run and play was fun. We would go back.