We camped down the road at the dispersed sites. Sites are numbered but there are a few fire pits not on numbered sites which is what we ended up with. The road gets rough and an AWD with some clearance is necessary once you get down the road a little ways. Despite how busy it was we landed a site that felt secluded and was only a short walk to the shelf lake th. The dispersed area does not have toilets or water but most sites are close to the creek so either bring water or a filter.

We were up at Brooklyn Lake over the holiday weekend. The campground was closed but apparently in Wyoming a campground becomes dispersed if it’s not officially open. We had to walk our things in to our site as the gate was down but it was worth it. We got a site just above the lake and it was quiet and very beautiful. Bring bug spray as the mosquitos are very bad. There were three trail heads at the campground all with multiple hike options which was really nice to have access to some beautiful hikes without getting into the car. The toilets were even open despite the campground being closed.