Established Camping
Medicine Lodge Archaelogical Site Campground
About
Fish and Wildlife Service
Medicine Lodge offers 28 individual campsites, all of which are compatible with motorhomes, 5th wheels, travel trailers, or tents. Twenty-eight sites are reservable and the remaining four are all first come-first served. 1 campsite is handicap accessible.
Our campsites are spread throughout the park.
Fee Info
Day use only is free at the historical site. Fees are for camping.
Electric Site Fee: $10 per night
Reservation Info
IMPORTANT UPDATE: 2022 Annual Day Use and Camping Permits At this time, annual day use and camping permits are only available through Reserve America at www.wyo-park.com or by phone at 877-996-7275.
Group area reservations are taken on the first business day of the new year (typically Jan. 2nd), on a first come first served basis. In person reservations are taken first, in the order in which they arrived at the park. Phone call in reservations are then taken in the order of which they are received. In person reservations and phone lines open at 7:30AM. Your name and number will be taken initially over the phone and we will call back as soon as in person reservations are completed.
The group area has a fee of $66.00 per day it is reserved. (Daily group area fees will increase to $75.00 for 2022.)
Please note the Medicine Lodge Group Area is popular. Weekends throughout the entire spring, summer and fall are typically reserved within the first 2 hours of the opening of reservations for the calander year.
Location
Medicine Lodge Archaelogical Site Campground is located in Wyoming
Directions
Located on the western slope of the Big Horn Mountains in northern Wyoming. Take Highway 16/20 to Manderson and turn onto State Route 31. Travel 21 miles to Cold Springs Road, then County Road 52 and follow the signs to the park. From Tensleep, take the lower Nowood road to Hyattville, and then follow Cold Springs Road to County road 52.
Address
4800 Rd. 52
Hyattville, WY 82428
Coordinates
44.28405494407068 N
107.5389363750523 W
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- RV Sites
Features
For Campers
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Firewood Available
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Drinking Water
- Electric Hookups
- Toilets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Sewer Hookups
- Water Hookups
ScoutGreat campground!
Nice green spot in the middle of nowhere! Be aware: There is NO dumping for RVs!
LegendMulti Purpose
Open: year round
Fees: $7.00 day use $17.00 camping fee includes day use fee $10.00 additional for electric
Limit: 14 days
Sites: 28
May 1- Sep 30 reservable call 877-996-7275 otherwise sites are FCFS Accessible: 1 site The Visitor is closed from Oct 31- Apr 30
Picnic table, fire ring, water, grass sites, dump station. Many opportunities such as biking, hiking, GEOCatching, wildlife viewing, horseshoes, fishing and even winter sport during the winter. There is a 700 foot long sandstone bluff that contains several hundred American Indian petroglyphs and pictographs that date back 2000 years. This is a wonderful state parks that should catch the interest of everyone in the crowd.
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GuideA must camp at campground
So relaxing! Beautiful sites! Hiking biking
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GuideBest Campground in the State of Wyoming
The Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site is maintained by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. I normally avoid campgrounds and prefer dispersed camping or backpacking, but I gladly camp here. Sites are well spaced out with Medicine Lodge Creek running through the campground. A walking/bike path goes end to end in the park following the creek. It does not have electrical hookups or dump stations for RVs. There are no shower facilities, but it does have vault toilets and drinking water. You can also buy firewood onsite as there is really nowhere to gather your own wood inside the park. You can go down the 4WD road at the north end of the park to Black Butte a bit and usually find your own firewood, however. All fires must be within the campsite fire rings.
The Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site is a perfect place to camp to explore the Bighorn Mountains, being relatively close to the Medicine Wheel and Shell Falls. If you enjoy craft beer, Tensleep Brewery -- located in a refurbished barn -- is located approximately 20 - 30 miles south in Tensleep.
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ScoutAbsolutely beautiful!
Every chance my family gets to escape to this gorgeous area we take it. Lots of trails for atv riding, hiking, horse back riding, you name it. Great place for a family camp or reunion.
Cleaniest campground I've ever been in and my family camps a lot....highest ratings.
TravelerClean, friendly and amazingly beautiful.
We stayed here the weekend after July 4th. Sites were all nicely mowed with very clean fire pits and new picnic tables. We had water access along the whole site. My toddler and 9 year old played in the shallows for hours. There was a deep hole next to the canyon face. In the afternoon the 60' canyon wall reflected the water. At night the fire flickered and projected our shadows across the whole face. Perfect for campfire stories. Apparently I'm not the first to think so since it has been a seasonal camp for the last 10,000 years. The petroglyphs were in remarkable shape and worth the long drive out to the campground. There are clean vault toilets in sight from every site. Highly recommend this place for a few days along the Yellowstone byways. Close access to many mountain lakes, ten sleep canyon for views and climbing, alkali rd and the dinosaur track site, cloud peak wilderness....
