Buffalo Campground in ID -- Campground & RV Camping
Buffalo Campground in ID
$25 per night
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Road Access
Rough
- 0.9 of this road’s 3.1 miles are maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved the whole way.
Campground details
No Wi-Fi
Setting
Some privacy
Buffalo Campground sits on the Buffalo River at 6,200 feet in Caribou-Targhee National Forest (Ashton/Island Park Ranger District), 26 miles south of West Yellowstone. The campground has 117 single-family sites, 4 double sites, and a group area (up to 150 people), with vault toilets, potable water, and one loop with electric hookups. Paved roads accommodate RVs up to 50 feet. Open late May through early September; single sites $25, double $50, electric $31-$62. Reservations via Recreation.gov.
- Moderately separated here.
- Sits on broad, near-level ground.
- Buffalo River runs 0.1 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
- Sawtell Peak stands 3,590 ft above the map pin, 10 miles northwest.
Climate averages
October normals 25–53°F, 2.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
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Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 100 of 100.
Tree cover38%30m sat. est.