Best Tent Camping near Worland, WY

Recent Tent Reviews near Worland, Wyoming

169 Reviews of 9 Worland Campgrounds

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  Greg N.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 27, 2024

  Worland RV Park & Campground

  Right for you if…

  This is a great RV park with access to Worland and all it has to offer. If you’re in an RV it’s super convenient, very easy to find, and affordable with average size lots. Tenting wise, if you don’t have any other tent choices it’ll do, but tent sites- while cozy grass and intended to be private- were close together, between two busy lanes, somewhat distant from bathrooms/shower/laundry (which were all immaculate), and towards the front of property where highway traffic, train, and downtown noise were a factor. If you want space and quiet keep heading out of town an hour (nearly any direction) to make it to a USFS campground, but if you can’t Worland RV Park will be fine for an overnight stop. Staff was very friendly and all facilities, including WiFi, were secure also.

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  Ryu M.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 3, 2021

  Ten Sleep Brewing Company

  Cool Beer and Star

  They had an annual event with live music, and tons of people when we stayed, but we didn't mind the sound at all. Such a view of stars to sleep to, and amazing red rock cliff to wake up to. Was $18 per night for the tent site.

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  Larry F.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 15, 2023

  Brannon Campground — Boysen State Park

  Boondocking for a fee

  Basic sites, both drive through and back in, as well as several tent sites. Each site has picnic table and fire pit. Essentially just boondocking for $32.25 a night. Pay station takes credit cards. On the plus side, it is next to a lake and the surrounding scenery (sagebrush country) is nice, like many BLM areas. Good Verizon connectivity.

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  Sara H.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 12, 2019

  Lakeview Campground

  Beautiful Spot

  We stayed here for just a night. Our spot was in the lower loop, as we were just tent camping. The campsite overall is wonderfully kept; tables are newly painted, the area is very clean, and each site is maintained well. Our site was also right next to the lake, which was beautiful. We saw many people fishing on the lake. There are very few trees between sites however, so there isn’t very much privacy.

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  Xander V.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 2, 2022

  Boysen State Park Campground

  Great sites right on the water

  I was lucky to find one of the sites that did not require a reservation available (only 2 tent sites are available this way). There is no reception here so quickly making an online reservation is not an option.

  This campground has spacious sites for tents. I stayed on one of the sites on the ledge just above the water. The toilets are clean and the campground host is a great guy.

  At 32.25 dollars it is definitely not the cheapest state park, but the location makes it worth it.

  Would recommend

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  Andrea

  Scout

  

  Sep. 15, 2020

  Eagle RV Park

  Disappointed

  It was hard to connect with Christine upon check-in. She was not in the office at 3:30pm and she knew we were arriving. We set up and I checked back in and no one was there. Then she got busy with RV’s. The office didn’t open until 8am so again we left. I tried to call to give my CC. They cram the RV’s in and our tent site was literally sandwiched with an RV and cabin. People walking dogs and restrooms were a walk. Stop in Thermopolis for a day and drive south to Boysen State Park and Reservoir.

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  GoWhereYouAreDraw N.

  Legend

  

  Apr. 26, 2021

  Greybull KOA Holiday

  Smaller campground with all the amenities

  Near the base of the Big Horns Mountains, this KOA can make a great stop in between Yellowstone National Park and Mount Rushmore. This is a seasonal campground, opening on the 1st of May. This campground has cabins, full hook-ups(pull-thru, back-in sites) water-electric sites, long-term sites, and tent sites. Amenities include a heated pool, walking path, wi-fi, propane, firewood, pizza, and bathrooms. Campground Rec activities: Fishing, hiking, and golfing. 

  Overall, pleasant stay and the campground was clean and well cared for. The only negative thing is the noise of the trains through the night.

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  UnnamedAdventures

  Ranger

  

  Aug. 5, 2019

  Gebo Road - Thermopolis

  Great historical private campsite with no amenities

  Easy to get to and private campsite. A little circular dirt parking area was a good spot for us to setup our trailer for the night. There is enough space for multiple RV's or tent camping. There are no amenities but great views and privacy. There is no Verizon cell phone service and TONS of broken glass and there is ample room if you want to setup a tent, but there is debris in the area. Don't let this deter you from this FREE campsite as there is tons to see and do. You can hike up bluffs and walk through the old 1880's coal mining town. We would stay at this location again as its very convenient to get to if in route out west.

  Youtube Link to video: https://youtu.be/ZDwd73Q1FOA

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  N I.

  Legend

  

  Sep. 19, 2021

  Lakeview Campground

  Beautiful

  Camp Host on Site

  Fee area $19.75   

  Reservations 877-444-6777 or recreation.gov 

  Open June close Sep

  14 day limit 

  20 sites 11 single 1 double 8 tent only 

  Picnic table drinking water fire ring/grill fish cleaning station lantern pole trash wood for sale tent camping site only (loop A) 

  Campground is covered with pine for nicely shaded sites. Gravel and not exactly level. Most are not conducive for solar. 

  Lake View lives up to it’s name. We had a beautiful view of the small lake and the mountains behind. Access to the lake is by walking a distance or going out to the highway and driving a short distance to the boat ramp which is about 1/10 of a mile. The boat ramp is also a day use fee area with a pit toilet. 

  Directions: From Ten Sleep, WY take Highway 16 for about 21.3 miles, turn right at the campground sign

  LNT

  Better than when ypu found it

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  Davidson L. H.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 13, 2022

  Shell Creek

  Bighorn Makes Big Dreams

  Bighorn National Forest is one of my all time favorites to visit in the country. Dare I say that I enjoy it more than Yellowstone? I like it better than Yellowstone, but I do prefer National Forests over National Parks. We stay one night before heading through Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and Jackson Hole. This is a very good campsite for the inexperienced and experienced. We had one of the tent sites and it was lovely to wake up next to the creek. There is also great history in the area like a tornado that ripped through the area. Find the plaque that explains more about that wild phenomenon when heading towards Cody. This is a great place to stay one night or fourteen.

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  Daisee Mae S.

  Legend

  

  Nov. 29, 2022

  North Fork Campground

  Cheap Views

  This is a fairly cheap place to stay for a night.

  The mornings are amazing as the sun hits the mountain just spectacularly.

  Firewood is free and the showers cost around $5

  This is one of many places you can stay on this road but just a few miles west to toward Yellowstone is an indian reservation. Not too many places to stop there.

  There is a dump station and some spots have just electric or just water. I think the spots with both may cost more. but it’s $10 a night for just one without the other. Tent sites are the same.

  I would have liked to stay more than one night so we could have experienced more of this beautiful area!

  We are all about primitive camping but this one was a must see.

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  Nancy C.

  Legend

  

  May. 4, 2021

  Wyoming Gardens RV Park

  2nd time around.

  We stayed here 2 years ago. That is our test. Would we be back? The answer was yes. So, here we are in site #4. Staff is super friendly. Cute downtown, with health food store & brewery. Hot Springs State Park close. Recommend the free state mineral pools. Grocery store, dollar store and liquor store just a couple of blocks. Fast food within walking distance.

  PROS:

  • Each site is pull thru sites, each with direct access from the main road.
  • Each site has a small concrete patio, table and small grill with beautiful grass.
  • Sites are gravel, except tent sites wich is beautiful lush grass.
  • Shower house with 2 stalls for toilet and showers ( see video). A little dated, but super clean.
  • Easy check-in
  • Reasonable cost for full hookups.
  • Convenient to everything
  • Laundromat less than 1 block $2 wash.
  • very good WIFI

  CONS:

  • Right on the main road, but road noise was not bad.
  • Sites are close together
  • Bathrooms are a little dated, but clean.
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  Marty J.

  Guide

  

  Feb. 4, 2021

  Ten Sleep Brewing Company

  Camping and Beer near climbing? Sign me up!

  We stayed here on a Friday and Saturday in July of 2018 while on a climbing trip. The brewery offered dispersed tent camping on their spacious front lawn for $5/night and, given the number of vans present in the parking lot, I'd imagine they offered van camping at the same price. As far as standard camping amenities go, campers have access to an indoor restroom until the brewery itself closes, after which there are porta potties available. There is clean water available.

  Some of the non-standard camping amenities include beer (duh), a food truck, several picnic tables, and board games. They also sell the official Ten Sleep climbing guidebook inside and are dog-friendly (must be leashed). The staff are really nice as well!

  The only downside to camping here was the noise of a wedding afterparty that the brewery hosted one of the nights. However, this only lasted until 11pm and comes with the territory (I mean, you are camping at a brewery!). While it's certainly not the most remote spot that you could find to camp around the Grand Tetons, it's tough to beat the atmosphere, price, and beer!

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  Annell N.

  Legend

  

  Aug. 22, 2020

  Worland RV Park & Campground

  Worland RV Park and Campground

  August 8-14, 2019 Our truck slowed to a crawl in the middle of nowhere. We were blessed by having the Sherriff stop and advise us to go back to Worland rather than going forward into a very challenging ride through the mountains. We creeped back to Worland and were stunned by how friendly and helpful everyone was. We ended up at the Worland RV Park and Campground where the customer service was off the charts. The park was VERY clean. Site 6 had water, electric and sewer. They have a dump station, showers, flush toilets and laundry room. In the office, they have RV supplies and home made quilts, etc. We will be forever grateful for their great customer service. Verizon 4G and wifi with a good signal. Elevation 4,076 ft. They can accommodate all size RVs. TDC Diesel did a great job repairing our truck. See more details in RV Camping Journal.

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  Gary K.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 18, 2021

  Worland RV Park & Campground

  Worland RV park

  This park is very well ran it is quite and clean FHU’s with great water all of the water in Worland comes from an artesian well. The power was very good and stable. We had 50 amp both legs showing 120volts. Stores are within walking distance,there is a museum across the road. The management are extremely helpful and very nice. The sites are close with good shade, ours was level with a picnic table at each site. Our AT&T was strong we could stream, Sprint was full bars with a MIMO. The park has WiFi we didn’t use it don’t know how good it is. We enjoyed our stay.

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  Jennie S.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 13, 2020

  West Tensleep Lake

  Nice National Forest Campground

  I’m giving this 5 stars but my review still comes with a warning. Campsite #9 is next to the outhouse and you can definitely smell it when the wind blows or if it is getting heavy use. That being said, you are camping in the high country. I used my campsite to day hike trail #63 to Lake Helen and back. It was an 11.3 mile hike from my tent. I was not lucky enough to see any moose or elk BUT there was much evidence of both. People with campers that are on the large side definitely struggled to park and level them. This sometimes required help from multiple other RV folks that were already onsite. Just like the reservations say, you pack in and pack out your own garbage. Some campers were unaware. The facilities were clean and my camp was clean. The camp host was lovely. Wood is purchased from the camp host miles away at the Island Park Campground. It’s easier to stop on your 7 mile dirt drive up, than it is to drive 5+ miles down and back for it. I camped here in a tent alone. I felt completely safe and secure in my surroundings. I was the only camper that didn’t live in Wyoming. Generators are allowed until quiet time. There were a lot of bats to watch at dusk. The wildfire smoke sadly blocked the views of the night sky.

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  Cheyenne P.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 9, 2020

  Island Park Campground

  Small quiet campground with a beautiful view!

  We were referred to this campground by some friends who had stayed here previously. We were on our way to Yellowstone during a 10 day road trip through South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado and they insisted we stop and camp here at least one night and I’m so glad we did! This was my first time ever camping in the mountains and I got spoiled! Island Park is small and quiet with only 10 sites. It is near a river with crystal clear water and the most beautiful backdrop. Our friends had stayed here a year or two before we did (we were here in 2017) and mentioned there were moose in the campground. Sure enough, we had not even got our tent sat up and there they were! The Bighorn National Forest is on my list of places to return and if we do, we’ll camp at Island Park again for sure!! I am not a photographer...these pictures were taken with my iPhone and they still don’t do justice.

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  Becbecandbunny O.

  Ranger

  

  Jul. 20, 2022

  Lakeview Campground

  Great lakeside campground

  We enjoyed our two night stay in the tent only section of the campground. Sites were well spaced that provided a tent pad, picnic table, and fire pit. All were walk-in. Water available. Pit toliet. Helpful camp host.

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  abi S.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 21, 2021

  Gebo Road - Thermopolis

  Gorgeous, no amenities, mosquitos

  Overnight with a small camper. Extremely beautiful location. No amenities. The site is a very small, dirt lot where you can park a camper or set up a tent in the grassland. Extremely beautiful sagebrush and very interesting rock formations! My 4 year old loved playing in the mud puddles… and collecting shiny spent cartridges… while we leveled the camper. Mosquitos up the wazoo after the recent rain. Two trails come off the dirt lot.

  We are sharing the site with a small group (3-4) in a tent and there is a camper van who parked off the road down a ways.

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  Danny D.

  Scout

  

  Feb. 14, 2019

  Fountain of Youth RV Park

  Fantastic hot springs pool !

  We have stayed here quite often over the past 30 years or so and thouroly enjoyed soaking for hours in enormous pools there .

  A great place to hang out and relax in central Wyoming.

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  Scott S.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 2, 2020

  Lakeview Campground

  Beautiful Lakeside Campground

  Beautiful Spot. We stayed one night in the RV loop (with a car and tent) and it was quiet and spacious and the vault toilet was clean. Many of the sites had a view of the lake. Then after a few days backpacking we returned to the tent only loop and it was a bit more cramp and not a lot of privacy, but overall a nice Forest campground in a beautiful spot! The lake offered a bit of breeze and kept the bugs down compared to some of the bugs in other area campgrounds.

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  Jayme M.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 23, 2018

  West Tensleep Lake

  high country

  campground is a little rustic and at a high elevation. best part of the week was watching happy tourist pitch a tent and leave after freezing to death at night.

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  Stephen K.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 18, 2019

  Fountain of Youth RV Park

  Fountain of Youth

  This is a nice spot when traveling through Wyoming. The sites could use a little upgrading that’s why I didn’t give it a 5-star rating. The bathrooms were clean, the showers and laundromat are coin operated, and there a full hook-ups for each site. The Mineral Pool is Awesome. Staff very friendly.

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  Glen B.

  Ranger

  

  Sep. 17, 2019

  Doyle Creek Campground

  Beautiful Bighorn Mountains

  Small but beautiful campground located in the Bighorn Mtns of Wyoming. Off hwy 16 a little ways this campground is big on scenery if not amenities. Although tree covered they are rocky and small. However the equestrian area at the back has some beautiful spots.

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  eli R.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 30, 2021

  Upper Wind River Campground — Boysen State Park

  Fun family camping

  There are lots of campsites at Boysen State Park. I called the phone number and talked to a nice ranger. She suggested Upper Wind River campsite since we did not have boat and wanted to have a nice tent spot. We camped 1 week before site changed from reservation to FF. We planned on staying 2 nights but it was so relaxing we ended up staying 4. 1 day we went to Marina and swim beach. Another day we went to Thermopolis and checked out Dino museum and hot springs. Last day we just hung around camp and relaxed. Campsite had a park for kids. No showers but plenty of water so we set up privacy tent and we’re able to shower when we wanted. If we were there during peak season I bet it would feel a little crowded but was perfect the time of year we went because there were maybe 10 sites filled out of the 80ish there.

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  Monica W.

  Ranger

  

  Aug. 6, 2021

  Shell Campground

  Very pretty campground

  Very nice camp host and beautiful campground. A little spendy for what they had to offer us. We ended up not staying because it was $30 for us to park in gravel in the middle of their lot. The cabins and tents looked really nice but were booked up for the night.

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  Amy A.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 18, 2024

  The Crippled Spider Campground

  Crippled Spider Ranch - A Hidden Wyoming Gem!

  We recently stayed at Crippled Spider Ranch, and it exceeded all my expectations. Nestled in the beautiful landscape near Thermopolis, Wyoming, this ranch offers a truly unique camping experience that caters to adventurers, families, and solo travelers alike.

  Campsites & Amenities: The ranch has 71 spacious spots, including full and partial hookups for RVs, and plenty of space for dry camping. The sites are well-maintained, and the full hookups provide everything you need for a comfortable stay. For those looking for an extended stay, they even offer 15% off for bookings over 7 days!

  Activities & Attractions: One of the best parts of Crippled Spider Ranch is the variety of activities on-site and nearby. There’s something for everyone—whether it’s hiking on the BLM land that borders the property, petting zoo visits for the kids, or even learning to ranch and milk cows! The property is also a great base for rock hounding and exploring Wyoming’s natural beauty. You can even hunt (seasonal) or target shoot, making it perfect for outdoor enthusiasts.

  For those interested in history, the ranch is near the historic Oregon Trail, and there are great opportunities for treasure hunters like metal detecting and exploring old ghost towns.

  Staff & Hospitality: The hospitality here is second to none! The staff are friendly, welcoming, and go above and beyond to make sure your stay is enjoyable. You’ll feel like family from the moment you arrive. They even offer fresh, free-range eggs from their chickens and have a fun “catch-and-cook” option if you’re into farm-to-table experiences.

  Sustainability & Eco-Friendly Focus: Crippled Spider Ranch also takes pride in its sustainable practices, from responsible livestock management to preserving the surrounding wilderness. This ranch is a great choice for eco-conscious travelers who want to enjoy nature responsibly.

  Overall Experience: Crippled Spider Ranch is the perfect blend of adventure, relaxation, and Wyoming charm. Whether you’re a family looking for a weekend getaway or a solo adventurer seeking peace and quiet in the great outdoors, this place is a must-visit. I’ll definitely be back for more!

  Tip: Be sure to book early for special events, and don’t forget to check out the nearby mineral hot springs in Thermopolis!