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Shell Campground

7 RV Sites

Shell Campground in Shell, Wyoming, offers seven full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet, at the base of the Big Horn Mountains on Highway 14. Open all year with cabins, a general store, and a community fire pit, it is the closest full-hookup campground to the range's dramatic western escarpment. Seven sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp in back-in and pull-through configurations, sized to 50 feet. Cabins round out the accommodations. A general store, propane fills, laundry, restrooms, showers, firewood, and WiFi handle the practical side, and the campground stays open year-round — genuinely useful on a mountain route that sees traffic in every season. With seven sites, reserve rather than counting on availability. Pets are welcome. A community fire pit anchors the evenings, with picnicking on the grounds and mountains rising immediately west. The Old Shell Store is a block and a half away, serving what the locals will tell you are the best burgers around. The position is the point. Highway 14 is the principal western approach to Bighorn National Forest and the main route connecting the Big Horn Basin to Yellowstone and Grand Teton. Shell Falls is 15 minutes up the highway, the Big Horn National Forest five minutes, and the Antelope Butte Recreation Area 20 — with skiing there in winter and a national park within reach. Summer drives the heaviest traffic on the mountain route. With seven sites at the base of Shell Canyon, reserve well ahead.

from $40/night

Bearlodge Mountain Resort

12 RV Sites, 8 Cabins

Bearlodge Mountain Resort in Sundance, Wyoming, offers 12 RV sites and eight cabins at the foot of the Bear Lodge Mountains, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service on every site. Year-round camping is genuinely possible here — the hydrants are built to work down to twenty below zero, which is rare in northeast Wyoming. Twelve back-in sites carry 20, 30, and 50-amp service across the board, with the west eight sites also carrying water. There are no sewer hookups at the sites, though a dump station is available. Eight cabins provide enclosed lodging. On-site dining covers meals, and site WiFi reaches the property. The freeze-resistant hydrants are the detail that sets this apart — most campgrounds at this latitude shut water off for the winter, and this one does not. The resort serves several distinct purposes: a quiet mountain retreat, a hunting base camp, and an outdoor adventure staging point. The facilities are scaled accordingly — practical rather than programmed, with the surrounding landscape doing the work. Pets are welcome. Sundance sits in Crook County on I-90 at the foot of the Bear Lodge Mountains, in the Wyoming Black Hills. Devils Tower National Monument's volcanic neck is close, and the surrounding ponderosa pine forest and Warren Peaks give the area its outdoor recreation range. The town supplied the Sundance Kid his alias — from the 1887 Crook County jail and courthouse that still stands at Main and 3rd. Year-round operation makes this viable well outside the summer window, with hunting season and winter travel both drawing steadily. Summer Devils Tower traffic is the peak — reserve ahead for July and August.

from $20/night

Riverside RV Park - Kemmerer

38 RV Sites

Riverside RV Park in Kemmerer, Wyoming, offers 38 full-hookup RV sites on Ham's Fork River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted up to 120 feet — among the most generous length allowances of any park in southwestern Wyoming. The park has been taking travelers for more than 50 years. Thirty-eight sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp in both back-in and pull-through configurations, with picnic tables at the sites. The 120-foot maximum accommodates essentially any rig on the road, including toads and trailers behind a long coach. Cable TV and WiFi are available at the sites. Pets are welcome. The river is the setting and the recreation. Ham's Fork runs along the property, giving guests trout fishing directly from camp in a high-desert river valley. On-site facilities are otherwise deliberately simple — this is a riverside park rather than a resort, priced and equipped as such, and its 50-year run reflects consistency rather than amenity investment. Kemmerer sits on US-189 in Lincoln County. Fossil Butte National Monument, preserving the most complete Eocene freshwater fish fossils in the world, is the region's signature attraction, and the town is where J.C. Penney opened his first store in 1902 — the original building still stands. The Star Valley outdoor corridor runs north between the Wyoming and Salt River ranges. The park serves the southwestern Wyoming season, with summer fossil-country tourism and river fishing driving demand. Reserve ahead for summer weekends, when Kemmerer's limited lodging inventory tightens.

from $49/night

Tower Valley RV Park

14 RV Sites

Tower Valley RV Park in Hulett, Wyoming, offers 14 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet, in the Wyoming Black Hills near Devils Tower. Every site is back-in with generous room to maneuver, and kayak rentals are available on the creek. Fourteen back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp connections, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Every site is back-in, but there is plenty of room for maneuvering — worth knowing rather than assuming tight quarters. One practical detail the park calls out: not all hookups are on the driver's side, and those sites are identified as passenger-side, so check when booking if it matters for your setup. Pets are welcome. A creek runs the property with kayak rentals available, and canoeing and kayaking are the main on-site recreation. The amenity set is deliberately simple — this is a comfortable base rather than a resort. Hulett sits in Crook County on WY-24 near the Belle Fourche River valley, and the park's real distinction is proximity: it is the closest full-service RV park to Devils Tower National Monument. The nation's first national monument rises 1,267 feet as a volcanic neck visible across the surrounding country, with Belle Fourche River fishing and the Black Hills ponderosa pine forest filling out the area. Summer Devils Tower traffic is the peak, and the August Sturgis rally tightens the whole region. With 14 sites this close to the monument, reserve well ahead.

from $45/night

Powder River Campground

3 RV Sites, 8 Tent Sites

Powder River Campground in Kaycee, Wyoming, offers full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and tent camping just off Interstate 25, with rigs accepted to 50 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Fire pits, picnic tables, laundry, and site WiFi serve travelers in the heart of Johnson County's Powder River Basin. Back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Tent sites cover simpler camping. A dump station, laundry, restrooms, showers, firewood, a boutique shop, and WiFi handle the practical side. Passport America and military discounts are honored. One vehicle is allowed per site, with an extra vehicle fee of $5 per night on arrival, and refunds do not include service and credit card processing fees. On-site facilities are practical rather than programmed. Hiking and boating run from the area, and off-roading is nearby — this is a base for the surrounding country rather than a destination in itself. Pets are welcome. Kaycee sits in the Powder River Basin, cowboy country in the most literal sense, where nineteenth-century open range cattle culture played out in the same red-bluff canyon and sagebrush landscape that surrounds the campground today. The Big Horn Mountain foothills are close, and Johnson County remains one of Wyoming's least-visited but most historically layered communities — the Johnson County War played out here, and the tourism development that reshaped other I-25 and US-87 towns largely passed it by. Summer interstate traffic is the peak. Reserve ahead for July and August.

from $25/night

Walleye Rentals

4 RV Sites, 1 Cabin

Walleye Rentals in Glendo, Wyoming, is a campground and rental operation adjacent to Glendo Reservoir in Platte County — a no-frills, fishing-focused camping property with spacious RV sites at 30 and 50-amp hookups, picnic tables, and Wi-Fi in the North Platte River reservoir country of southeastern Wyoming, positioned to give anglers and Wyoming outdoor recreation visitors the base camp access to Glendo State Park's walleye, largemouth bass, and rainbow trout fishery that the reservoir sustains in one of the most productive warm-water and cold-water mixed fisheries in the Wyoming state park system. Glendo's Platte County position on the Oregon Trail corridor through the North Platte River valley gives the campground the specific historical and geological context of the most heavily traveled emigrant route in American history. Spacious full-hookup RV sites at 30 and 50 amps with picnic tables and Wi-Fi give Walleye Rentals the practical infrastructure for the angling and recreation-focused guest whose Glendo Reservoir itinerary requires the extended-stay base that full hookup service enables. The campground's name reflects its specific market identity — the walleye fishing on Glendo Reservoir, supplemented by the bass, rainbow trout, and the trophy-size fish that the reservoir's depth and the state park's management program sustain, gives the property the specific fishing camp character that the walleye rental and the direct reservoir access specifically deliver. Pets are welcome. Glendo State Park, immediately north of the town of Glendo in Platte County, encompasses the 12,000-acre Glendo Reservoir on the North Platte River — a Bureau of Reclamation impoundment created in 1958 that sustains one of Wyoming's most popular warm-water fisheries with walleye, largemouth bass, and the cold-water trout species that the reservoir's depth thermocline and the dam's cold-water release program specifically support below the dam. The state park's developed marina, boat ramps, and the sandy swimming beaches on the reservoir's coves give the Glendo State Park the full day-use recreational infrastructure of one of Wyoming's most actively managed recreation reservoirs. Fort Laramie National Historic Site, 30 miles east of Glendo in Goshen County, preserves the most significant military post and trading fort on the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails — a frontier fort that served as the primary supply and resupply point for the 300,000-plus emigrants who traveled the North Platte River corridor between 1842 and 1869 in the greatest voluntary human migration in American history. The fort's original 1849 Old Bedlam officers' quarters (the oldest surviving building in Wyoming), the restored sutler's store, and the reconstructed officer and enlisted men's quarters give the national historic site the physical character of an operating frontier military post at the scale and complexity that the Oregon Trail's support infrastructure required. Walleye Rentals serves guests through Wyoming's outdoor recreation season from spring through fall, with the walleye fishing season peaking in the spring spawn from April through June and the summer boat recreation from July through August sustaining the Glendo Reservoir's peak visitor demand. The North Platte River below the Glendo Dam provides the cold-water tailwater trout fishing that supplements the reservoir's warm-water fishery — brown and rainbow trout in the cold discharge reach give the river below the dam the specific catch-and-release trout character that fly fishing visitors target in addition to the reservoir's walleye bass. Reserve sites ahead for the spring walleye season and summer reservoir recreation weekends when Glendo State Park's limited accommodation fills from the Cheyenne and Casper regional markets.

from $34/night

Lakeview Haven

28 RV Sites

In the high plains of Platte County, Wyoming, along the shore of Glendo Reservoir on the North Platte River, Lakeview Haven provides a well-maintained, genuinely hospitable base camp for the kind of Wyoming outdoor experience that most coastal travelers have only seen in photographs. Glendo is a small, unpretentious ranching and reservoir town in the eastern foothills of the Laramie Range, and Lakeview Haven reflects that character—a clean, friendly campground with solid infrastructure, designed for people who come to Wyoming to fish, boat, and be outside rather than to collect resort amenities. The reservoir is the draw, and the campground delivers on access to it. Twenty-eight premium RV sites with full hookups and comfortable cabin rentals constitute the accommodation options, and the layout is specifically engineered with multiple entry and exit roads to accommodate rigs of every size from compact campers to the longest Class A motorhomes and fifth-wheel configurations. Well-maintained bathrooms and private shower facilities, a playground, laundry, and free WiFi handle the practical requirements of extended stays, and the pet-friendly policy welcomes the dogs that often accompany Wyoming-bound travelers with outdoor itineraries. The campground's team is consistently noted for the kind of attentive, genuine hospitality that reflects genuine pride in what they're offering rather than scripted welcome-center service. Glendo Reservoir, adjacent to the campground in Glendo State Park, is a 12,500-acre body of water on the North Platte River that provides outstanding fishing for walleye, bass, catfish, crappie, and yellow perch—a diversity of target species that keeps anglers busy regardless of season and preference. The reservoir's consistent wind exposure makes it a sailing and windsurfing destination of regional note, and powerboating, water skiing, and swimming are available from state park facilities within easy reach. The surrounding high-plains landscape—rolling grassland, ponderosa pine breaks, and the distant silhouette of the Laramie Range to the west—gives the setting a wide-open Wyoming character that is deeply distinctive and immediately appealing to travelers from more densely populated regions. Fort Laramie National Historic Site, one of the most significant forts in the history of the American West—the gateway through which the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails all passed—is located 30 miles southeast of Glendo and provides one of Wyoming's most substantive historical experiences. The town of Guernsey, with its spectacular Oregon Trail ruts carved five feet into solid rock by generations of westward-bound wagons, and the Guernsey State Park are an easy day trip that puts the westward migration in visceral, unforgettable physical context. Interstate 25 keeps the broader eastern Wyoming corridor accessible for travelers with itineraries extending toward Casper, Cheyenne, or the Black Hills. Lakeview Haven operates through the Wyoming outdoor recreation season, with summer representing the peak demand period for boating and fishing on Glendo Reservoir. The state park's facilities and the reservoir's reputation among walleye anglers in particular create strong summer occupancy, and reservations are recommended for July and August weekends. Spring and fall offer the fishing-focused visitor a quieter, less crowded reservoir experience with equivalent fish populations and the added attraction of the high-plains landscape in seasonal transition. Book your site, rig up the fishing poles, and let Glendo Reservoir deliver the Wyoming outdoor experience this part of the state has been building for generations.

Cheyenne RV Resort

42 RV Sites, 6 Cabins, 17 Tent Sites

In Cheyenne, Wyoming—the state capital at the junction of Interstate 25 and Interstate 80 where the High Plains meets the Laramie Range's foothills and the city's identity as the Cowboy Capital of the World is most fully expressed each July during Cheyenne Frontier Days, the world's largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration—Cheyenne RV Resort by RJourney provides full hookup 30 and 50-amp RV sites in pull-thru and back-in configurations, tent sites with water and electric (T01 through T11), a swimming pool, mini golf, a basketball court, a playground, a dog park, a pavilion, a convenience store, laundry, propane, firewood, WiFi throughout, ADA-accessible facilities, and banana bike rentals in a well-maintained resort that delivers the complete family campground experience at the crossroads of the two most traveled interstate highways in Wyoming. Full hookups, a pool, and mini golf in Cheyenne. Full hookup sites with 30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer in the pull-thru configuration that eliminates the backing challenge for larger rigs, and the T01-through-T11 tent sites with water and electric for the soft-side camper, provide the infrastructure variety that serves every arrival configuration at the I-25/I-80 interchange. The swimming pool, mini golf course, basketball court, playground, and dog park create the recreational infrastructure that keeps families entertained between the Frontier Days events and the Cheyenne city attractions, and the pavilion provides the shaded gathering space for the social campground activities that a resort-quality Wyoming campground provides. A convenience store handles the daily supply and sundry needs, laundry and propane fill manage the extended-stay logistics, and banana bike rentals offer the campground's most charming transportation option for the guests who want to explore the property at a pace that acknowledges the High Plains wind. Cheyenne sits in Laramie County at 6,062 feet on the High Plains where the semi-arid grassland landscape of southeastern Wyoming creates the backdrop for the state capital's governmental, military, and transportation functions. F.E. Warren Air Force Base, one of the oldest and largest Air Force installations in the United States, anchors the military component of the Cheyenne economy. The Wyoming State Capitol's gold dome and the extensive state government complex on Capitol Avenue provide the governmental center that Cheyenne's status as Wyoming's largest city and state capital sustains. Cheyenne Frontier Days, held the last full week of July each year, provides the world's largest outdoor rodeo with 10 days of PRCA rodeo performances, country music concerts, a military appreciation component, carnival midway, and the parade schedule that draws 200,000 visitors to the Frontier Park complex each year. The Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum on the Frontier Park grounds provides the year-round exhibit of western heritage, rodeo history, and the carriage collection that interprets the city's frontier identity across the calendar. The Wyoming State Museum in the Barrett Building and the Historic Governors' Mansion on E. 21st Street provide the additional state history context accessible from the downtown Cheyenne core. Cheyenne RV Resort operates year-round in the Wyoming High Plains climate, where the warm summer months from June through September provide the peak camping season during Frontier Days and the family summer travel window, and the mild fall and spring shoulder seasons reduce the crowds while maintaining the city's full attraction calendar. The wind that defines Cheyenne's microclimate—consistent westerly and northwesterly winds from the exposed High Plains position—is part of the authentic Wyoming experience the resort delivers alongside the full hookup pad. Reserve your site at Cheyenne RV Resort and let the Cowboy Capital's Frontier Days, the state capital's western heritage, and the I-25/I-80 crossroads make Cheyenne the Wyoming overnight worth lingering over.

from $34/night

Laramie RV Resort

87 RV Sites, 8 Cabins, 7 Tent Sites

Laramie RV Resort in Laramie, Wyoming, offers 87 RV sites, eight cabins, and seven tent sites with a water park, fitness center, and library, carrying 20, 30, and 50-amp service for rigs up to 74 feet. Sites range from 30-amp back-ins to deluxe and premium pull-throughs with patios, on a big-rig-friendly property at 7,165 feet on the I-80 corridor. Eighty-seven sites run from 30-amp back-ins and water-and-electric pull-throughs to 20/30-amp pull-throughs, deluxe pull-throughs, and premium pull-throughs with patios, all sized to 74 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Eight cabins and seven tent sites round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. There is no limit on the number of people included in a site rental and no charge for additional guests. The amenity set is unusually deep for a highway-corridor resort. A water park anchors warm-weather recreation, a fitness center and clubhouse run year-round, and a library and game room serve quieter hours. Billiards, a playground, and a dog park round it out, with a creek running the property. Pets are welcome. Laramie's altitude gives it cool summers when the Colorado Front Range is baking. The University of Wyoming sits in town, and the Snowy Range and Medicine Bow National Forest carry the alpine recreation that makes this one of the more underrated bases on I-80 between Cheyenne and Salt Lake City. Summer is peak for both the water park and the mountains. Reserve ahead for university event weekends, which tighten Laramie lodging considerably.

from $50/night

Pine Bluffs RV Resort

10 RV Sites

Pine Bluffs RV Resort in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, offers 10 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 70 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, directly off Interstate 80 on the Wyoming-Nebraska line. A general store, on-site dining, personal mailboxes, and walking trails serve travelers with more than the minimum for an overnight. Ten back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 70 feet, with site WiFi. At 10 sites this is small, so reserve rather than counting on availability. A general store, on-site dining, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and personal mailboxes handle the practical side — the mailboxes point to the longer-stay guests the resort also serves. Each space rental includes four people, with a $5 charge for additional guests. Pets are welcome. Walking trails and hiking run from the property, with a state park nearby. The amenity set is genuinely more than an interstate rest stop, which is the resort's positioning. Pine Bluffs sits at the eastern edge of Laramie County's High Plains, where the vast grassland horizon of southeastern Wyoming meets the rolling sandhills of western Nebraska — one of the most open, sky-dominated environments in the American West. The town itself rewards a brief exploration beyond the exit. The resort operates on the I-80 corridor, with summer bringing the heaviest cross-country traffic. With 10 sites on a major interstate, reserve ahead for holiday weekends.

from $47/night

Phillips RV Park

42 RV Sites, 3 Tent Sites

Phillips RV Park in Evanston, Wyoming, has operated under family ownership since 1936, bringing nearly nine decades of accumulated hospitality experience to a campground that has served travelers on the US-189/US-30 corridor in Uinta County since the era when the Lincoln Highway carried the first transcontinental automobile tourists through the high-desert sagebrush country of southwestern Wyoming. The park's longevity reflects the consistent quality and personal attention that multi-generational family operation typically produces, and its position in Evanston—Wyoming's gateway city from Utah on I-80—makes it a natural stopping point for travelers moving between the Wasatch Front and the Wyoming high country. The park provides full hookup sites with water, electric, and sewer connections on big-rig-friendly pads, with clean restrooms, showers, laundry, a playground, and Wi-Fi rounding out the amenity set that extended-stay and transit guests alike require. The Bear River's proximity, noted in the park's listing of nearby features, adds a natural waterway element to the setting—a creek-side character that the high desert communities of southwestern Wyoming provide rarely, given the predominantly arid and treeless landscape that defines the region between the Wasatch and the Medicine Bow ranges. Pet-friendly policies welcome the dogs that many western travelers bring on road trips through Wyoming's wide-open spaces. Evanston's position in the Bridger Valley at 6,748 feet elevation in the Bear River drainage puts guests in a landscape defined by the high sagebrush steppe characteristic of the Great Basin's eastern margins—vast, windswept, and dramatically open in a way that the tree-covered mountain ranges of the surrounding Uinta and Bear River ranges make more visually complex than the simple flat-desert stereotype. The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Bear River Valley to the southwest near Brigham City, Utah, is one of the premier wetland bird sanctuaries in the Interior West, with shorebird and waterfowl diversity during migration season that attracts serious birders annually. The Uinta Mountains rise dramatically to the south of Evanston along the Utah border—the only major mountain range in the contiguous United States with an east-west orientation rather than north-south—and the Ashley National Forest's Wyoming portion provides hiking and fishing access in the Uinta's northern drainages. Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, approximately 60 miles south in Utah, protects the Red Canyon and Green River reservoir system with boating, fishing, and geological touring that showcases the spectacular canyon geology of the Colorado Plateau's northernmost extent. Salt Lake City lies approximately 90 miles southwest via I-80 for guests who want access to Utah's urban amenity set. Phillips RV Park operates year-round in Evanston's high-altitude Wyoming climate, where summers are pleasantly cool compared to lower-elevation camping alternatives and winter brings the cold and occasional snow that characterize every Wyoming mountain community. The park's 1936 founding gives it a historical depth unusual among operating campgrounds, and the family's decades of experience managing a gateway-community campground has produced the kind of operational reliability and local knowledge that independent travelers on long western road trips particularly value. The park's combination of solid infrastructure, family ownership character, and strategic I-80 gateway positioning makes it a consistent and trustworthy choice for Evanston overnight stays.

from $26/night

Crippled Spider RV Park & Campground

20 Tent Sites, 1 Wagon

Crippled Spider RV Park and Campground sits on US Highway 20 in Thermopolis, Wyoming, in Hot Springs County—the self-designated hot spring capital of the world, where the largest mineral hot spring on Earth produces five million gallons of thermal water daily at the state-owned Hot Springs State Park. The campground's position in Thermopolis gives it an anchor attraction that is genuinely without parallel among thermal destinations in the United States: free public access to outdoor mineral pools at a state park within minutes of the campground, supplemented by the Wyoming Dinosaur Center and the Big Horn River's blue-ribbon trout fishery in a small, genuinely Western town that sees a fraction of the tourist traffic its natural assets would generate if it were more conveniently located. Nineteen large full-hookup pull-through sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, grills, and fire pits accommodate RV campers. Five cabins provide enclosed accommodation. Tent sites complete the accommodation range. Glamping in restored period sheep wagons—the distinctive round-roofed portable shelters that Wyoming sheepherders used through the early twentieth century—provides a historically resonant accommodation option that distinguishes the campground from standard alternatives. An on-site animal zoo with buffalo, goats, turkeys, ducks, and other animals is a family attraction unique to the campground itself. Horse pens, horse paddocks, and an arena serve the equestrian guests and horse camping parties that the Wyoming ranch country surrounding Thermopolis regularly generates. An artesian water well drawing from the Big Horn Mountain aquifer provides a non-mineral fresh water source, and high-speed WiFi, a dog park, and dump station complete the infrastructure. Hot Springs State Park, a short drive from the campground, is the anchor of Thermopolis's identity—the Bighorn Spring produces 2,202 gallons of mineral water per minute at 127 degrees Fahrenheit, fed through a system of cooling flumes into the state park's outdoor terraced pools and into the commercial bathhouses and the Big Springs free public pool, which provides mineral soaking access at no cost to any visitor. The park also maintains a bison herd on the valley floor and hiking trails along the Wind River canyon rim that provide views across the Bighorn Basin's geological drama—this is the landscape where the tilted strata of the Owl Creek Mountains record 600 million years of Earth's history in a stratigraphic column visible from the canyon overlooks. The Wyoming Dinosaur Center, one of the most significant dinosaur research facilities in the American West, provides a museum experience built around the active excavation sites in the Bighorn Basin—the center's displays include some of the largest dinosaur specimens ever excavated in Wyoming, and the "dig for a day" program allows visitors to participate in actual paleontological fieldwork on active excavation sites near town. The Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway, south of Thermopolis, passes through a canyon where the Bighorn River cuts through strata ranging from Precambrian basement rock to Permian formations in one of the most complete geological cross-sections accessible by road in the United States. Crippled Spider RV Park operates year-round in the Bighorn Basin climate where Thermopolis's position in a thermal valley moderates winter temperatures compared to the surrounding high-altitude terrain—the town is one of the warmest inhabited locations in Wyoming in winter, partly a function of the thermal spring activity and partly the sheltered basin position. Summer is peak season when the hot springs, dinosaur center, and Big Horn River combine to fill the campground with visitors from across the region, and fall brings the additional draw of elk season in the surrounding Bighorn Mountains.

from $20/night