Best Tent Camping near Evanston, WY

Recent Tent Reviews near Evanston, WY

458 Reviews of 22 Evanston Campgrounds

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  Bill R.

  Ranger

  

  Feb. 3, 2024

  Sulphur Campground

  A small campground south of Evanston, Wy along Utah 150-Mirror Lake Hwy

  Location- 39 miles south of Evanston, Wy in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest of Utah. It is on the east side of Hwy 150 and sits at 9,100'.  There are 15 single site and 6 dbls sites. Reservable with water, sometimes (had it when we were there) and vault toilets.

  Some sites aren't level and some sites can become lakes in heavy rain (our friends were in #3 and we almost had to get out the boats!).

  Hosts were nice and kept the facilities clean.

  Pretty area with the Hayden Fork of the Bear River on the east side of the Campground. Whiskey Creek Trailhead across the Hwy from the CG. Trail leads to Bourbon Lake (yes- this is Utah!).

  Beautiful drive from Evanston. Ranger station is about 5 miles north of the CG. Just beyond that is a dump station. Don't remember if there is a sign but it's a hundred yards or so down a little forest road east of 150.

  We tried fishing the river by the CG and below the confluence with the East Fork. Caught nothing and saw nothing. 

  This is one of those places where you want to have everything you need with you.

   Evanston and Kamas are 40-ish miles away.

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  Reuben H.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 7, 2023

  Holiday Hills RV Park

  Friendly owners and good for tents too!

  Nice grassy area for tent camping, small river that runs through the campsite. Small shop on site along with showers, bathrooms and laundry.

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  Bruce P.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 25, 2019

  Dixie Creek Campground — East Canyon State Park

  East Canyon State Park

  Great family place , large tent sites , bathroom , beautiful views, and clean water .

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  adam G.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 9, 2018

  Bear Lake Rendezvous Beach Campground

  loved the beach.

  has every type of site you could want. no shade, lots of shade. full RV hook ups. tent sites.

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  Katie B.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 5, 2020

  Echo Island RV Resort

  Would Recommend!!!

  (& have recommended!) The staff here was incredibly nice and accommodating. We tent camped right on the river and had a fire in the firepit! Easy access to VERY clean/nice restrooms. We would camp here again!

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  Alan J.

  Scout

  

  Mar. 4, 2019

  Willows Campground (Ut) — Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest

  Beautiful view but that's about it

  Beautiful view but the tent sites are small and right next to the road. The bathrooms were not being maintained, the smell spread across the campsite.

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  Cris W.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 4, 2019

  Lower Meadows Campground — Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest

  Great Tent Sites

  Great tent sites, large & clean. Campground hosts take pride & keep everything tidy. Neighbors can be noisy during quiet hours, but that is no fault other than immature college kids.

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  Dennis A.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 14, 2018

  Mirror Lake - Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest

  Picturesque!

  Beautiful higher altitude camping. RV's and tent camping. No electricity or water hookups. No showers and pit toilets. Allow horses in the horse section of the campground. Lake you can canoe, kayak no motorized crafts allwed. Fishing and swimming in the lake. Nice hiking around the lake.

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  Gracie W.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 13, 2023

  Twin Coves — Rockport State Park

  Nice Campground

  Campground was clean and had vault toilets. Water spicket was available but no showers (I believe there were only showers at the entrance of the park). Be aware that there are tons of bugs here, an overwhelming amount. Pack your bug spray if you’re tent camping!! Amazing views of the lake, beautiful birds, and the weather was phenomenal. Happy trails!

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  Alice V.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 23, 2023

  Park City RV Resort

  Exceptional

  Hot tub! POOL! This place is amazing. I recommend the lower spots, G and H or tent campsites as they are farther from the road. There’s a nice creek down there and still close bathrooms with shower.

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  Chris G.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 16, 2022

  Echo State Park Campground

  Very nice lakeside camping

  New, clean, pretty campground. Some things to know:

  1. All the sites are RV sites. There are currently no tent sites. Plenty of room to put up a tent, which we did.
  2. I 80 is across the lake and you will hear trucks at night.
  3. Crazy amount of bugs. No mosquitoes as others have reported, just lake bugs that like your lights.
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  huckleberry

  Scout

  

  Sep. 30, 2024

  Fort Bridger RV Camp

  Tent camping

  The site overseer Tony was helpful, and professional. The grounds maintained. The bathrooms well stocked, clean and offer good hot water pressure for showers. The tent site is large, grass and away from the RV sites. Definitely a spot we will stay again. Note the site offices close at 7pm. We had no reservations so you must arrive before 7pm. Our visit late late September 2024

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  joey M.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 25, 2024

  Keetley Campground — Jordanelle State Park

  Great views for the family and pets!

  This is a hike in area of camping. Luckily the park provides free wagons so that you can pack up and hike to your area. The hike is about a quarter mile to the general area where there are lots. This area is tent camping only. The views are great and the water is great! It is dog friendly with a leash. Each lot has a paved area with a picnic bench and fire pit. Really enjoyed this place!

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  Mitchell M.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 18, 2023

  Phillips RV Park

  Not a place to tent camp

  I've camped 3 times in the last three years at this campground and it has gotten progressively worse since my first visit in 2021.  My last stay in early August 2023 was the worst.  I had to spend 5 minutes cleaning up dog poop out of my assigned site before I could carefully pitch my tent in a cleared area.  The bathrooms were dirty and the WiFi didn't work at my site.  The "benefit" of being close to I-80 is outweighed by the constant noise of traffic from both the interstate and a service road which runs right past the tent sites.

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  Yallaen

  Traveler

  

  May. 28, 2022

  Lyman KOA

  Nice KOA, just missing a couple minor items

  Overall, a very nice KOA. Picnic tables are all new and maintained, new fire rings. I stayed in tent camping, and it was grassy and level.

  Lots of drive thru spots for electric and hookups.

  The staff greeted me warmly. The office was clean and maintained.

  Bathrooms were clean, but a tad dated. But they were servicable, smelled clean.

  Pool was being repaired at the beginning of .e.orial Day weekend. A bit of a bummer. Also, there waa no firewood that I saw for sale.

  The grounds were about half full.

  The other slight downside was I-80 noise. I made a video so you can hear the noise. Its about 1 mile away.

  I would stay here again!

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  Chris B.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 16, 2023

  Lower Provo Campground — Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest

  Not a good campsite to pick a site without having been there

  We reserved site#2 for tent camping. There is not place to put a tent on that site that isn't on rocks. Also, we were swarmed by mosquitos the second we got out of the car. In the 2 minutes we were trying to figure out where to put a tent, we got bitten at least a dozen times. Site#2 wouldn't fit an RV either- terrible site. There are other huge sites and some really tiny sites. This is not a good campsite to pick a site without having been there. The photos do not tell the whole story. We drove back to Kamas to get cell coverage, called Recreation.gov and explained the issue with the site and they refunded our entire amount. There is no camp host in that campground to help. The bathrooms were ok at best.

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  madeleine B.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 7, 2020

  Phillips RV Park

  noisy at night, otherwise kinda nice

  yup it’s by the highway, but i knew that when i picked it. but i did NOT realize that it is by the train tracks, and ALSO tent area is alongside a road that gets deliveries via semi trucks at 3:30am. if you neeeeeeed to sleep, don’t stay here.

  but i am tired from a hard day’s driving in windy and smoky conditions, and sorely in need of a shower and time with my book, music and planning my route. they gave me a little tent site with electricity for my camper van, in the shade, just as i’d requested. lovely aspen and cottonwood trees making shade. bathroom and shower — so clean! wifi — secure and signal is good.

  and really, it’s not too noisy until nighttime!

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  Sean H.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 4, 2020

  Twin Coves — Rockport State Park

  Clean, Quiet, and Close

  We were drawn to going to Rockport State Park because of how close it is to SLC(only about 40 minutes). The gate guards at the entrance were super nice and helpful, and guided us to the closest tent-campsite to the water. The campsite was very clean and offered a gazebo with a table, a fire place, and a barbecue. The camp spots are decently placed and have plenty to park your vehicle. Other perks of this spot are the fact that it’s dog friendly, has clean outhouses, and fresh well-water.

  Ps. Definitely bring bug spray!

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  Alan B.

  Legend

  

  Sep. 1, 2018

  Trial Lake

  Better than the campground but kind of sad in dry years

  While camping lakeside to get away from the crowds of the developed campground may be a good idea in spring, the dry winter has left this beautiful area as more of a puddle than a lake/reservoir. I wandered around the lake and found quite a few good tent sites tucked among the trees, the only problem was that the water was 100-300' away in spots and some 50' in elevation lower. Maybe after this winter if it's heavy this will be a nice place to camp again, but until then I would head to Mirror Lake or Moosehorn if you want pristine mountain lake camping. Unlike the campground, if you really want to camp here it'll only cost you $6 for 3 days and $12 for the week with a Mirror Lake Hwy rec pass.

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  Rebecca W.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 23, 2020

  Como Springs RV Park

  Great campground in Morgan

  Really loved staying here. We spent 4 days—between Thursday to Sunday—with full hookups at site 38. We were greeted pretty promptly by one of the camp hosts who maintains the campground. The camp hosts were super nice and helpful and it was evident that they really cared for the campground.

  This campground sits right in the south bank of Weber river and there are a few short trails you could take to walk around the river, fish, or swim.

  To get to this campground, we used Apple Maps and it was listed under “Riverbridge RV Park.” You’ll drive over a narrow bridge and there are three rows of RV sites with full hookups. Beyond the RV sites are a grassy area with a bunch of giant trees for tent camping, although a few people used this area for dry camping in their RVs.

  We stayed here in a 29ft pull behind and there were several rigs larger than us. Would definitely stay here again for a weekend in Morgan.

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  Alan B.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 22, 2019

  Anderson Cove (uinta-wasatch-cache National Forest, Ut)

  Great Options next to the Reservoir

  This is a huge campground that sits on the south side of Pineview Reservoir that has a multitude of options for camping and day trips as well as a marina.  The first Forest Service Campground you'll encounter heading up Ogden Canyon and the only major campground on the south side of Pineview.  There are 58 single sites for 28$ as well as additional tent sites that are cheaper for 21$.  There are also 9 double sites and 4 group sites along with parking for boat trailers and day use for picnic and beach access.  Every site has a metal fire ring and a varying amount of picnic tables.  There is a small convenience store kin the reservation hut as well as vault toilets and drinking water spigots spread throughout the campground.

  For fun things to do in the area look no further than Pineview Reservoir just to the north!  From chilling on the beach to fishing from shore or swimming.  There are many options for easy, cheap recreation direct from camp.  There is also a boat launch ramp right in the campground that makes it easy to spend the day motor boating around the reservoir.  Just down canyon there is also a decent amount of decent climbing on some good to high quality quartzite rock.

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  Bill W.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 5, 2021

  Little Lyman Lake Campground

  Great Lake Spot with Great Host

  Spent 3 nights at Little Lyman Lake to get out of the Heat. This is a wonderful campground with 6 small RV campsites and 4 tent sites. Sites 2, 3, 8 and 10 are pull thru. Site 1 is a double back in and 9 is a deep back in. There’s two very clean pit toilets but no water. Doesn’t sound like they will ever get water back so bring enough with you as we could not find any even in Mountain View. The host, Matthew drives up from Meeks Cabin multiple times every day and checks to see if you need anything, he is the greatest caretaker. There is only a few negatives. There’s a lot of people who come into the site to use the bathrooms and fish without paying the day use fee. They did leave some trash in the toilets and around the lake. People also walk right through the campsite to go to the lake. Not too noisy on the weekends and plenty of available sites, we had 2 other campers on Saturday night. Sunday night and Monday we had the whole valley to ourselves. The fishing after everyone left was great, brook and speckled trout, small but fun to catch on light tackle or flies. Matthew made up for the minimal negatives. If you disperse up at Big Lyman and come down to fish, pay the day use fee, make sure you have your fishing license and take your trash out. We’ll be back for some mid week camping soon. Don’t even think you will get cell service, but isn’t that the point.

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  Kiri

  Guide

  

  Aug. 16, 2021

  Magpie Campground

  Got the job done

  We were road tripping through with no reservations. The whole South Fork area has many campgrounds. Magpie is the first and one of the smaller of the campgrounds as you drive up the canyon. We drove through all the campgrounds and didn’t find any hosts to talk with to find out if we could occupy a spot. We thought it would be ok but weren’t sure if we could stay in a spot that had a weekend reservation posted. Plus there was simultaneously not very much shade and lots of overgrown vegetation that made tent camping not very feasible. All the sites with actual river frontage were occupied and most folks had campers. This was especially true at South Fork, Lower Meadows, Upper Meadows & Perception Park campgrounds. We finally found a host at Willows campground who explained the process but we didn’t see any sites we liked there. Magpie actually had some shaded sites so we headed back down there. We grabbed a spot that had no obvious river access but good shade right next to the host site. It was pretty overgrown but had enough of a flat spot to set up our tent and a big concrete pad for the picnic table and huge fire ring. Midweek it was only half full. Campground is literally mere feet from the road. Lots of road noise. Bathrooms were good enough. The host when he finally came around was very nice. The adjacent site was vacant (a double site that cost more $$) and we were able to get to the river there. We stayed two nights mid week and it never filled up but all the sites had weekend reservations. There isn’t a lot of hiking but if you like river recreation or we saw lots of paddle boarders headed up to the reservoir. We drove up Monte Cristo which was still closed for the season but probably would have been more our style. Birding was good around the campground probably due to the river. Again, road noise was annoying but expected. Also note that the forest service’s website was out of date as far as all the campgrounds in this area being open.

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  kristin S.

  Legend

  

  Jun. 29, 2020

  Park City RV Resort

  Great location, variable sites

  The location of these grounds is money. You have direct access to the bike path that leads directly into Old Town Park City and links you with lots of other trails. It’s right off the highway, so access is easy and there’s a Whole Foods, restaurants, gas and outlet shopping all less than a mile away. By car, Park City is about 15 min away, Salt Lake City is about 30 min. The star rating of these grounds can really be variable based on where your spot is located. There are 4 tiers of spots (the grounds are literally tiered), the top of which are reserved for newer, specific class vehicles. These spots have concrete pads and grass next to them and are available for ownership. You’re right on the road, so I’m sure noise can be a factor. The second tier still has full hookups but are gravel and have a bit nicer views, and road noise is blocked. The third tier, the one in which we were, are PHU. Half these spots are all gravel and very, very close. So close that our neighbor’s slide out prevented us from really using the picnic table. But it’s okay bc the picnic table was broken and gross. Some of the spots on this tier have meager plots of grass, a shaded structure and overlook the stream. They seem a bit nicer. Ours abutted the dirt wall and had a lot of wildlife (marmots? Chubby squirrels?) running around. They seem harmless, if just bold. The hookups were fine. The fourth tier has more PHUs and tent camping on nicer, grassy plots with the creek surrounding. I think we wound up with the crappiest location, but I’d still rate these grounds 4 stars. The pool/ hot tub was small but decent and has a lovely view. The other amenities are nice-to-haves. They have a lot of rules including no wood fires, though staff seemed friendly and not at all overbearing. We booked only about a week ahead of time, so we knew we wouldn’t have one of the better plots. The place was emptier on the weekdays and filled-up on the weekends. We enjoyed our stay as there’s a lot to see and do in the area and you’re barely at the campgrounds. Bring your bikes!

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  Jeff & Steff’s Excellent Adventure ☀.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 5, 2021

  Phillips RV Park

  Nice family park.

  We stayed at Phillips RV Park in Evanston, Wyoming in August 2021. We had a nice pull-thru site that easily accommodated our fifth wheel and truck. We had full hookups and cable. The WiFi didn’t work very good here but was typical of many RV parks, hit or miss. Good spacing between sites and very easy to maneuver your rig in and out of. Nice grassy areas to walk your pups. They doggy poop bag stations were always empty of bags, but we carry our own anyway. This park has lots of room for kids to play with a large play structure and grassy area.. The county fair was here during our stay and we enjoyed walking basically across the street to the fairground to enjoy it. There are miles of paved hiking/biking paths close at Bear River State Park. We enjoyed our stay here. To see videos on this park and others, please visit our YouTube: Jeff & Steff’s Excellent Adventure.

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  Campfiresandcoffee94 .

  Guide

  

  Oct. 14, 2021

  Phillips RV Park

  Road closure last minute stay.

  While heading to Tennessee in mid October, the I-80 closed closed down due to weather and car wrecks. Came up into Evanston and found ourselves in the middle of 100s of big rigs parking on the road in all Lanes, we were able to find an opening and flip around onto the other side of the freeway and backtrack to the small town of Evanston, where 100s more big rigs, rvers and travelers were trying to find respite for the night. We hopped on the Dyrt and we're able to get two spots for the night. Water and electric and sewage. 35$ a night. It was a safe spot to lay our heads and wait out the storm.

  Little did we know that the next day we would need to stay again after leaving at 11 and finding out the road was still closed and not opening till 4pm. With high wind warning and blowing snow we decided to stay a second night. Was a great spot. There are train tracks somewhat close, so if that bothers you keep going. We rather enjoy them.

  Didn't use showers, but did laundry and the facility was nice and clean, plenty of washers and 3 big dryers with a wash sink.

  Ground we're nicely kept.

  Visited October 12/13

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  Brad B.

  Legend

  

  May. 15, 2019

  Little Creek Campground

  great place to pitch a tent

  We stopped by on our way to Wyoming and trough up a tent. Lots of stars and really quite. The view are nice and it is a great primitive camp spot.