Best Tent Camping near Cowley, WY
Searching for a tent camping spot near Cowley? The Dyrt is an easy way to find tent camping spots near Cowley. Search nearby tent campsites or find top-rated spots from other campers.
Best Tent Sites Near Cowley, WY (12)
1. Big Horn NRC Dispersed SR
Lovell, Wyoming1 Review•2 Photos•8 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- ADA Access
- Tents
- Group
- Dispersed
2. Big Quiet Farm Stay & Campground
Ralston, Wyoming1 Review•42 Photos•6 SavesWitness nature in all her splendor at our unique campground at the base of Heart Mountain. Big Quiet Camping provides a campsite for you to pitch your tent. You provide the tent, sleeping bag, pillow and gear; we provide a rugged cowboy camping experience including outhouse, tent shower, hammocks to stargaze by, fresh drinking water and an outdoor cooked breakfast. WARNING: You may want to stay longer!
Big Quiet Camping is a real, western camping experience. Please be fully aware that you are coming to immerse yourself in true Rocky Mountain camping experience. We also offer a full day of horseback ride in the Washakie Wilderness includes a backcountry cooked lunch, it is a trip of a lifetime. Our Location is just 3 miles east of one of Wyoming most studied geological anomalies Heart Mountain. Big Quiet Camping lies within the center of a 450 Organic acres of Common Ground Farms. This farm is one of the only USDA certified organic Farms in the state of Wyoming, and is also home to Rocky Mountain Organic Meats.
The LandGaze across thousands acres of beautiful grassland and sagebrush and witness the natural wonders that brought many Native Americans to Heart Mountain to harness its healing energy. If you’re looking to immerse yourself in a Cowboy or Native American camping experience then come to Big Quiet Camping. Enjoy the big starry skies, untamed lands and the rich cultural history of the Bighorn Basin. Your children will enjoy the Family Adventure of sleeping outside under the stars and planets of the Milky Way. And at the same learn about food and where it comes along with the effort it takes to raise food and process it.
Restrooms - Our Restrooms are similar to Restrooms in the National Forest. Well ventilated Mens and Womens Outhouse.
Showers - Our on demand hot water Shower is located in a 10'x 10' cedar floor Wall Tent within our camping area.
Activities - They say the best part of camping is sitting around the campfire at night; Wide open skies above you, the sound of coyotes howling in the distance. That stuff is real, not just fiction made up in spaghetti westerns, and that's why we have built a communal fire pit. Come on down and bring your harmonica, ukulele, guitar, djembe, or dobro!
If staying up late and burning the midnight oil around the fire isn't your thing there are numerous other activities on the ranch to partake in. We have a horseshoe pit, numerous hiking and mountain bike trails nearby, and you can also take a tour of the ranch and learn a little bit about where our nation's food really comes from.
- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Tents
- Cabins
$65 - $150 / night
3. M-K Campground
Red Lodge, Montana8 Reviews•49 Photos•128 SavesM-K is a free campground located 2.6 miles up the Main Fork Rock Creek Road #2421, not far from the Beartooth Highway. Mount Maurice Trail (#6) Corral Creek Trail (#9), Beartrack Trail (#8), Lake Fork Trail (#2), Parkside National Recreation Trail (#103), Hellroaring Plateau Trail (#11), Glacier Lake Trail (#3), Sheridan Campground, Rattin Campground, Parkside Campground, Limber Pine Campground and Greenough Lake Campground are also located in the Man Fork Rock Creek drainage.Camp sites: 10Max Trailer Length: 20ftHost: NoAccessible Facilities: Vault ToiletsTrash Pickup: NoFirewood: No. Don't move firewood to other areas or bring in outside firewood. Prevent the spread of tree-killing insects by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it there.Reservations:No Reservations: This campground does not use a reservation system, it is managed on a first-come, first-served basis. Be aware the campground may fill up on weekends & holidays during the summer months and you should arrive in the early afternoon to ensure there is a space available for the night. There is a 16 day stay limit. Some sites have bear resistant food storage lockers.M-K Campground remains open year-round. In the off-season there are no services, the campground is not maintained, and roads are not plowed. If you visit outside the peak fee season, please bring your own water, toilet paper (outhouse will remain open), and please pack out your trash.Directions from district office:Drive south on US Hwy 212 towards Cooke City for 10.9 miles. Turn right onto the Main Fork Rock Creek Rd (FR #2421). Drive 0.9 miles past Parkside, Greenough and Limberpine Campgrounds. Turn leftjust have to Limberpine Campground to continue on the Main Fork Rock Creek Rd. Drive 2.6 miles to the campground.*Please be advised the Main Fork Rd. is bumpy and rocky, especially beyond M-K campground. High clearance vehicles are recommended.Information:Beartooth Ranger District6811 Hwy 212Red Lodge, MT 59068(406) 446-2103
- Tents
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Toilets
- Alcohol
4. Greybull KOA Holiday
Greybull, Wyoming1 Review•4 PhotosMedicine Wheel Ranger District
- Pets
- Fires
- ADA Access
- Tents
- Trash
- Picnic Table
6. Medicine Creek Campground — Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Be the first to review!Fort Smith, Montana•3 SavesMedicine Creek campground is a boat-in or hike-in only campground. It is approximately 3 miles north of Barry's Landing by land or water. - Open All Year - Lake level affects the proximity of the boat mooring to campsites
- Tents
7. Black Canyon Campground — Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Fort Smith, Montana1 Review•4 Photos•1 SaveBlack Canyon is a boat-in-only campground located five lake miles from the Ok-A-Beh boat ramp. Black Canyon is currently closed (as of 8/30/22) because of aggressive bear activity due to them receiving food rewards from campers. - Open All Year - Docks in seasonally (Memorial Day - Labor Day) - 17 tent sites
- Tents
8. Bucking Mule Falls Trailhead
Be the first to review!Lovell, Wyoming•2 SavesBucking Mule Falls Trailhead has facilities for horse users, including stock tanks, a mounting rack and hitching rails. Camping is allowed at this trailhead.
- Tents
9. Little Bighorn West Trailhead
Be the first to review!Shell, Wyoming•1 SaveLittle Bighorn West Trailhead is located in an open meadow. This trailhead accesses the Little Horn Trail.
- Tents
10. Hogan and Luce Campground
Be the first to review!Ralston, Wyoming•6 SavesThe Hogan and Luce Campground has five individual camp sites and one group site. It is located near two reservoirs. The campground next to the Hogan Reservoir has picnic tables, toilet facilities, bear-proof food storage boxes, grills/fire rings, horse trailer parking, horse stanchions, a boat ramp and hitching rails.
- ADA Access
- Tents
Recent Tent Reviews in Cowley
215 Reviews of 12 Cowley Campgrounds
- DDavid D.
Scout
Deaver Reservoir
Very pretty and isolated spot for Campervan
This is a very clean and well maintained spot. Ideal for a campervan or truck camper. Good covered picnic tables and nice pit toilets Also, the reservoir was quite a pretty spot
James B.
Ranger
Cody BLM Dispersed
Two Nights in an amazing spot
We found this spot to stay overnight before visiting Cody and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. We got a great spot with amazing views of the sunset. The road is rough in just a couple of spots, but we saw vans and a large Class C make it up here no problem. It was very quiet at night. There is a highway to the north, but the hills block most of the noise. Verizon cell reception was poor but did work. Starlink had super fast speeds. Sites were clean and definitely worth a look.
- ttina N.Scout
Red Lodge KOA
Great little spot to land for a few days
Office staff and owners are great! Areas are clean and neat.
- FFelix S.
GuideCody BLM Dispersed
360 Views
Fantastic spot. Well maintained road. Clean. Beautiful vistas, Elk, etc. A bit windy, but no complaints here. Very minor road noise during the day, but nothing but crickets and Coyotes at night. Would definitely come again.
- kkarlGuide
Perry's RV and Campgrounds
Good stop over
Nice campground with clean bathrooms. Nice shady sites on rock creek but close together , also more open sites up higher near road.
Anna B.GuideCody BLM Dispersed
Wide Open Spaces
(October 9th, 2023) This was the perfect place to stop on our way out of Yellowstone! It wasn’t clear if there were designated camping spots, but we parked at the end of an empty plateau like some other vans we could see in the distance. Stargazing was incredible, and the views during sunrise were amazing! It was windy on top of the hills, but fine for car camping.
TexasRe D.
TravelerCody BLM Dispersed
Amazing stay
Had an amazing night staying here on our way to Yellowstone. Easily accessible from the main road and lots of pull offs and turn arounds. We stayed in one of the first designated spots because we had a 20ft camper and there was only one other person we saw staying a couple hundred yards down the road. Great place to stop for the night or stay for a few days, close to town yet isolated in a beautiful desert.
Rosina G.ScoutPerry's RV and Campgrounds
Avoid like the plague
In short the campground had a bear owners knew about, but didn’t inform the people booking. 3 year old child gets attacked & all campers immediately evacuated. Campground doesn’t reimburse the patrons as promised. Greedy low life’s.
Sophie B.GuideCody BLM Dispersed
great stop/close to cody and not too far from yellowstone
decent amount of spots and far enough between spots for privacy. directions send you farther than entrance if you’re coming from cody. there is a hill and a road to the right with a sign, that’s where the entrance is, not where directions send you.
me and my friends traveled in a truck, a 4runner, and a sedan. we passed a couple open spots but wanted to see what was further down the road. ended up going down a decently sketchy road, sedan made it but decided we better turn back to one of the first spots we found. once we set up camp it was a great 360 view next to the flag pole. upon exploration we found several bones (femur of a cow we think, spine of a smaller animal, and coyote skull we think) didn’t see any animals while we were there but just seemed like remnants of the coyotes we heard at night.
- TTimGuide
Custer National Forest Rattin Campground
Great Experience
We had site 1. The sites are close and not too big. Really the site is small. There is one bear locker, fire ring, and picnic table per site. The pit toilets were super clean and had a motion light inside them for night time. I loved hearing the rushing water all night long. The campground is very quiet. We walked the river a bit in the morning before leaving. We had no mosquitoes but when we arrived it was 46 degrees and when we left it was raining. Would stay here again. AT&T had one bar and our Verizon had no service.
Christopher W.Guide
Cody KOA
Standard KOA
Stayed 7-31-24
Everything you expect from a standard KOA + Free pancakes.
John H.Guide
Big Horn NRC Dispersed SR
Bighorn Camping next to the water
Amazing views
Ellery K.Guide
Owen Creek
Well kept and kind hosts
Great hosts at this campground, interesting and beautiful National Forest, lots of ATV trails. A bit far from good hikes, would likely need to drive to a trailhead instead of just setting out from the campground if you wanted to make good time.
- Ellery K.Guide
Trail Creek/Barrys Landing - Bighorn Canyon National Rec Area
Gorgeous views
Didn’t end up staying overnight, but enjoyed some day use of the area. Gorgeous views, well-kept pit toilets (with hand sanitizer!) and it wasn’t too busy.
- Ellery K.Guide
Park Side Campground
Gorgeous getaway
Beautiful managed campsite right on the beartooth scenic byway in Montana. No cell service (at all, no matter your provider) but you’re a quick 15 minute drive to the town of Red Lodge with everything you could need.
Perfect amount of tree cover in these campsites with gorgeous views of the Beartooths and scenic hikes every direction. There are three campsites on this main road loop (Greenough, Parkside, and Limber Pine). All have a mix of first come first serve sites and pre-booked sites.
Mariana T.ScoutCody BLM Dispersed
Secluded peace
This area is huge so there’s plenty of space to camp, you may see other RVs on the distance. I love that there’s very good phone reception.
Pallah B.Guide
Bear Lodge Resort
Kind Staff Dumpy Place
The staff were nice, but we will not stay here again. The pictures speak for themselves.
Steve M.RangerDeaver Reservoir
Beautiful location and nice Reservoir with basic facilities
Very easy to find and probably 20 to 25 Camping spots. Some hold rigs up to 35 ft. Dual vault toilet, metal fire pits dispersed. Garbage cans available and picnic tables. However, disrespect of the land and garbage in many places outside of the cans. Sound travels across the water and some disrespectful people. Nice for one night but also stayed 4th of July weekend so might be more crowded than usual. Also, very, very windy up here. Not recommended for tents
- BBartTraveler
Horsethief Station
5 sites
5 sites. This is a first come first serve camping area. There is no concrete pads as mentioned in another review. Fire pits and picnic tables at 4 sites. They say it’s a fishing access but unless you have waders there is little access to rock creek on the bank due to thick brush. It is a decent place to stay overnight. No hookups.
Chris N.GuideCody BLM Dispersed
Solitude Granted
Getting into the area was easy and there wasn't much there other than solitude over a vast long and wide grasslands valley and a humongous 360 degree sky view. Very little shelter from the wind, however if you set up against the small hills just right, you'll have just enough shelter when things a blowing. July 1 was dry and there were herds of deer and a small pack of coyotes wailing in the distance at night. Not too far from Cody, which has an endless rodeo in the summer, it was easy to stay here for free and be close to society too. I will stay here again in my future travels through the area.
- HHaroldTraveler
Five Springs Falls Campground
Nice forest service campground
1 RV site and about 10 tent sites. 2 mile narrow winding road is paved but not recommended for vehicles over 24'. Garbage and 1 common water source. RV site is about as sweet as they come. Water, dump, elect, picnic tables, fire ring, right by a stream. $7 per night
Anthony R.Guide
Hogan Reservoir BLM Campground
Quiet and peaceful!
There’s only about 7 sites with the ability to stay for 14 days in a 28 day cycle. It’s a first come first serve basis. One vault toilet, rules board and a check in box.
I absolutely enjoyed my 4 day stay. It was still pretty early in the season so it wasn’t too crowded. Beautiful views with no heavy traffic.
Each camping site has a picnic table and a fire pit. Each site has wooden outlines of each spot; making it easy to park in your spot and setup camp.
ONLY WARNING! IT CAN GET VERY VERY WINDY UP HERE! I HAVE A PICKUP BOX CAMP BUT I SEEN A TENT TURN INSIDE OUT AND DISAPPEAR.
- EEdward R.Traveler
Horsethief Station
Great spot
Many spots, you need to have a Montana conservation license $10 which you can purchase online, there is great service with Verizon.
Marcy M.Scout
Absaroka Bay RV Park
Great stay
We stayed a week and really enjoyed the staff and this park. It’s in town by a pretty lake and has Mountain View’s.
- KKerstin S.Scout
Cody BLM Dispersed
Good place for one night
There are several spots to stay. You here a little bit of noise when u sleep in a tent. Can get windy. But amazing view. People are shooting here.
Dan D.ScoutAbsaroka Bay RV Park
Friendly!
Friendly staff! Great visit for two weeks in our fifth wheel. Plenty of room for the trailer and truck. The restrooms were very clean and the laundry was in good shape. Cody has so much to do you need at least a week. We went in May and want to go back in the summer to see the rodeo.
- PPatricia F.Traveler
Cody BLM Dispersed
Easy and nice view
Easy access and nice view. However, its not really clear where we can stop to camp, but we just found a grassy area and stopped there. Pack in and pack out as always,
Guide to Cowley
Cowley, Wyoming, offers a variety of tent camping options that allow outdoor enthusiasts to immerse themselves in nature while enjoying stunning landscapes and recreational activities.
Tent campers appreciate these amenities
- The Big Horn NRC Dispersed SR is a free camping spot where you can enjoy campfires and bring your pets along, although it lacks drinking water and electric hookups.
- At the Big Quiet Farm Stay & Campground, campers can enjoy amenities like drinking water, showers, and picnic tables, making it a comfortable choice for families.
- The Greybull KOA Holiday features a heated pool and various accommodations, including tent sites, ensuring a pleasant stay with plenty of activities.
Explore local attractions
- The Bucking Mule Falls Trailhead provides access to breathtaking hiking trails, perfect for those looking to explore the natural beauty of the Bighorn National Forest.
- Nearby, the Afterbay campground offers stunning views and is close to several hiking trails, making it an ideal spot for outdoor adventures.
- The Hogan and Luce Campground is located in a scenic area, providing a peaceful retreat for those wanting to escape the hustle and bustle.
Tent campers should check out unique features
- The Medicine Creek Campground is situated within the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, offering a serene environment for tent camping, though it has limited amenities.
- Campers at the Black Canyon Campground can enjoy year-round access to the beautiful Bighorn Canyon, although it's important to note that it's boat-in only.
- The Little Bighorn West Trailhead provides a great starting point for hiking enthusiasts looking to explore the surrounding wilderness.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is the most popular tent campsite near Cowley, WY?
According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular tent campground near Cowley, WY is Big Horn NRC Dispersed SR with a 5-star rating from 1 review.
What is the best site to find tent camping near Cowley, WY?
TheDyrt.com has all 12 tent camping locations near Cowley, WY, with real photos and reviews from campers.