Campground Reviews

 

Osens RV Park & Campground – Livingston, MT

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Cost: $53 night before taxes

Stay: 1 night

Amenities: FHU, Pull-thru, Bathroom and showers, Wireless, Cable.

We stayed one night in our 31ft fifth wheel.  We made our reservations months ago – system is not automated.  You can call or fill out a reservation request on their website.  Check in was easy and staff was very friendly, welcoming and helpful.  We were guided to our site.  The campground is very clean and tidy.  Spacious driveways and sites – very big-rig friendly (though the public road into campground is a little tight).  Looks like all sites are FHU.  Bathrooms and showers are individual rooms – they are clean and functional.  Price is a little on the high side for us, but it I would say it is worth it.

Our site was #5 with a long gravel driveway and grassy area with picnic table.  Hookups where in good condition.  It easily fit our 5^th wheel and pickup truck – enough length to unhook with room left over.  Site was pretty level.  Our site was all sun - there are a limited number of shady sites.  ATT was four bars.  Campground wireless was very good – excellent signal strength and better than average speed.

As mentioned, the road into the campground is a little tight, but aside from that, great access to Rt 89 and Livingston which turns out to be a great little town.  We spent an afternoon hanging out in their largest park, Sacagawea, which is near the Yellowstone river.  Their downtown is thriving and very walkable with plenty of historic buildings and interesting shops and eateries.

Parkway RV Campground - Cody, Wy

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Cost: $33 night before tax (Cash!)

Stay: 7 nights (June 22 to 28)

Amenities: FHU, Bathroom and Showers, Wireless, propane available for purchase.

We chose this campground because we couldn't get a site in Yellowstone NP.  We put a lot of miles on visiting!  It is 50 miles from the East Entrance station.  Then another 25 miles to the Fishing Bridge area of the park which basically gives you access to the loop road to get to the Canyon area, Norris geyser area, Old Faithful area, or the Yellowstone Lodge area.

The campground is basic but functional - relatively small.  The sites are a little tight, but there is room for a picnic table between rigs - we've had much worse.  Pretty good turnover of sites though there seem to be some long-term residents on the perimeter.  Bathrooms are very basic but clean.  Toilet stalls are very small from front to back - I could barely fit without hitting my head on the door.  My feet stuck out from under the door.  Very uncomfortable.  Showers had little privacy - basically located in the open with a shower curtain on the shower itself.  Campground is located right behind a gas station, so there is pretty consistent road noise.  Though the gas station was very convenient and their prices one of the lowest in town.  ATT coverage was a little weak - I put up our signal extender and we were basically fine for our stay.  Campground Wifi was a little slow at times, but was generally good.  All in all this campground fit our need while we visited Yellowstone - we would rate it 3.5 out of 5.  Being in Cody had other benefits like visiting the Buffalo Bill Museum and attending the nightly Rodeo!

Though, I would seriously consider finding a campground on the West Yellowstone side if we ever did it again - West Yellowstone being a lot closer to the action.  Or... just camp in the Park!!

Wind River RV - Riverton, WY

Rating: 4 out of 5    

Cost: $40 before tax    

Stay: 1 night (Jun 21)

Amenities: FHU, Bathrooms with Showers (pay), Wireless, Laundry

Only an overnight stay here on the way to Cody an Yellowstone.  Very clean, neat campground.  Sites were gravel and plenty big and long for big rigs.  Bathrooms were very clean.  Showers were individual rooms with locking doors.  Showers were pay - $0.75 for 7.5 minutes was plenty of time.  Very nice laundry facility and equipment.

Gros Ventre Campground in Grand Teton National Park 

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Cost: $28/night before taxes

Stay: 6 nights (Jun 15 to 20)

Amenities: No hookups, Bathrooms with flush toilets, No showers.  Water fill-up available at campground entrance.

We stayed 6 nights in mid-June 2021 in site 100 in loop B.  In general the sites seemed nice and spacious.  You are camping in sagebrush, so not a lot of space for kids to play in if that is a consideration.  Sites have a fire ring and picnic table.  For some reason, our picnic table/fire ring was located on the "back" side of our RV - that is, driver side, so you can't walk out your door and use your "living space" - you have to walk around to the other side of your rig.  But most of the sites seemed to have a more reasonable placement of their table/ring.  Bathrooms were very old looking but functional.  Our biggest complaint is with the layout of the dump area.  There are two dump stations for the entire campground across from the campground check-in area and they are laid out in series - one after the other.  In addition, the one main water fill-up for the entire campground is in the same location as the dumps.  The driveway into the dumps and water fill-up is only one vehicle wide, so you can be caught in a traffic jam waiting for people in front of  you to finish dumping or filling with water - which happened fairly often at buys times.  Our ATT cell service was sketchy at our campsite - 1 bar if you held your phone in the right direction and the wind was blowing the right way.  I was able to take a call from my son on father's day by walking to the loop entrance when I wasn't able to get signal at the campsite. The big advantage of the campground is location!  ​You are in the park, only about fifteen minutes from the Moose entry station (and fifteen minutes from Jackson also.)  We'd probably give the campground 3.5 stars out of 5.  (pronounced GROH-vont)

Sleeping Bear RV - Lander, WY

Rating: 4 out of 5

Cost: $43 before tax    

Stay: 1 night  (Jun 14)

Amenities: FHU, Bathroom and showers, laundry, pool (closed)

We stayed overnight in mid-June.  Nice clean campground.  Easy in and out.