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Everything you need to know about camping at Slough Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park. Updated for 2026.
Slough Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park is a federal campground booked on recreation.gov, where the current nightly fee is shown at checkout. It has Standard (no hookups) sites.
Slough Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park is booked through recreation.gov, typically up to 6 months in advance. Popular weekends fill quickly, so reserve the moment the window opens, and set a Camp.land alert to catch cancellations if your dates are already full.
Slough Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park has 16 total sites. 16 Standard (no hookups) sites in the A loop.
It depends on what you're looking for. For Families: Any of the 16 sites works; the campground is one small loop. For Tents: This is the tent camper's pick in Yellowstone; small, quiet, and set well off the road. For RVs: Small RVs only; the dirt road and site sizes rule out big rigs.
Essentials: tent or RV (depending on site type), sleeping bags, cooler with ice, firewood (can't collect wood in most Texas parks), sunscreen, bug spray, water bottles, and headlamps. The campground is 30 miles from the North Entrance at Gardiner and 26 from the Northeast Entrance near Cooke City
Summer only, and 16 sites next to the Lamar Valley make this one of the hardest reservations in the entire park.
Camp.land watches Slough Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park on recreation.gov around the clock and emails you the moment a cancellation opens up. People cancel all the time — especially midweek. You can also try walk-up sites on the day of arrival, but availability isn't guaranteed.
Slough Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park doesn't have traditional cabins, but offers Standard (no hookups) camping options.
Yes. Standard (no hookups) (A): max 16 sites, No hookups · tents and small RVs. Check equipment length limits for your specific RV.
Set an alert and we’ll email you the moment a cancellation opens on recreation.gov. We watch it around the clock.
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