Will be heading to Yellowstone the first of June.  Heading from Ca so I guess Hwy 80 then north on Hwy 93 in Nv then work my way over to the west entrance.  I will be pulling a 40' 5th wheel with a HDT.  Does anyone know of Boondocking sites close to the west entrance I could use?

Spring creek on Lake Hebgen is good location.  Vault toilets no water or power. 1st few spots after the camp host space are the best.  14 day limit .  Watch for the Bears. Lol

  On 5/9/2019 at 11:30 PM, Cowdog353 said:

Spring creek on Lake Hebgen is good location.  Vault toilets no water or power. 1st few spots after the camp host space are the best.  14 day limit .  Watch for the Bears. Lol

The website I went to says its $45 a night, is the one?  I'm looking for a boondocking site.

I was camp host last year. There was no fee involved. There is a consession campground on the same road with water and electric. Could be the one you saw. 

Checked website for Spring Creek Campground, West Yellowstone, Mt ,.  Did not show fee involved.

There is a commercial campground in Montana called Spring Creek. Might be the one you saw. 

The one I am referring to is 18 from west gate.

Hope this helps.

Edited May 10 by Cowdog353

  On 5/10/2019 at 12:56 AM, Cowdog353 said:

I was camp host last year. There was no fee involved. There is a consession campground on the same road with water and electric. Could be the one you saw. 

Checked website for Spring Creek Campground, West Yellowstone, Mt ,.  Did not show fee involved.

There is a commercial campground in Montana called Spring Creek. Might be the one you saw. 

The one I am referring to is 18 from west gate.

Hope this helps.

Thanks, I will try and find the one you are talking about.  Do you think I can get in with a 40' 5th wheel and HDT?

Part of the road is gravel.  Gets a few wash board places as season goes by. I had a35' 5th wheel with Ram dually, no problems. Road was gravel in campground but individual campsites were dirt/grass. I believe they were going to gravel sites but don't know if they did or not. Call ranger station in West Yellowstone and they can up date you .  I really enjoyed the area. 

  On 5/10/2019 at 8:26 PM, Cowdog353 said:

Part of the road is gravel.  Gets a few wash board places as season goes by. I had a35' 5th wheel with Ram dually, no problems. Road was gravel in campground but individual campsites were dirt/grass. I believe they were going to gravel sites but don't know if they did or not. Call ranger station in West Yellowstone and they can up date you .  I really enjoyed the area. 

Thanks for the info.  I'm also looking at Bakers Hole campground.  At $8 a night for dry camping spot with old geezers card sounds pretty good as it being close to the entrance to the park.  Looks to be big rig friendly.  First come first serve so I may try to get there the first to the middle part of the week, I may have a better chance of getting a spot.

For your rig Baker's Hole sites will be very limited & could have tree issues - narrow road. 

dennisrv, what 2gypsies( and no offense to 2gypsies) said was true a couple of years ago. But they have done quite a bit of trimming. We have a 40' fiver and crew cab dually and have no problem. There is a few dry site we can't get in due to size. But there are many, and numerous good solar sites.

Cowdog353, is Spring Creek the one where you turn off US 20 at the firehouse?

Thanks for the clarification 'bobsallyh'!  That sounds great.

Yes turn at the fire house then about 9-10 miles to spring creek

Thanks all for the great info.  I plan on parking the rig in West Yellowstone and unloading the smart car and scout out the area to camp.

I would not recommend Spring Creek for HDT this time of year I just opened the c/g Sunday and the road is muddy in spots. A 40' HDT might be limited anytime of year in Spring Creek.

Baker's Hole...one of the half circle pull through sites would be excellent for you although they are electric sites which makes the cost go up to pay for electric(no discount on electric even with Geezer). Love the place though!!