Dispersed Camping in Big Horn County, Wyoming
Showing 96 locations in Big Horn County.
Antelope Ridge
A scenic dispersed camping corridor located along Antelope Ridge in the Bighorn National Forest. This area offers quiet forest sites with natural appeal and beautiful native-material vistas.
Bald Mountain Campground
A developed U.S. Forest Service campground situated in the high pine and aspen forests of the Bighorn Range, directly off the Medicine Wheel Passage Scenic Byway. The site features beautiful open meadows where moose and wildlife frequently wander, clean facilities, and convenient proximity to the historic Native American Medicine Wheel.
Bald Mountain City Forest Road
A scenic dispersed camping corridor located along Bald Mountain City road within Bighorn National Forest. This area offers pristine wilderness views near Rooster Hill and Burnt Mountain with easy access to high-country exploration.
Barry's Landing & Trail Creek Campground
This dual-loop National Recreation Area facility features Barry's Landing on the reservoir and Trail Creek tucked slightly inland. The location offers a quiet, scenic canyon setting with frequent wildlife sightings including wild turkeys and bighorn sheep. Sites are mostly small, and there are distinct areas designated separately for RVs and walk-in tent campers.
Beaver Creek Gravel Pit & Paradise Falls Corridor
A scenic corridor in the Bighorn Mountains offering dispersed camping near the Paradise Falls trailhead. This high-altitude area provides expansive views into the Bighorn Basin and along the mountain crest.
Big Horn Basin BLM Dirt Roads
A vast network of rugged desert tracks and primitive routes crossing Bureau of Land Management land in the Big Horn Basin. These routes offer remote wilderness camping opportunities with virtually no facilities, requiring complete self-sufficiency.
Big Ice Cave Campground
A scenic developed campground situated high in the Bighorn National Forest, providing access to the nearby geological wonder of Big Ice Cave. The site offers quiet, forested camping suitable for standard vehicles and smaller motorhomes.
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
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Bighorn National Forest Dispersed
A secluded dispersed campsite set in the scenic Bighorn National Forest near Greybull.
Bighorn National Forest near Greybull, WY
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Black Butte Spur A Dispersed
A scenic Forest Service spur road leading toward Black Butte in the Bighorn National Forest, offering primitive dispersed camping options in a tranquil wooded setting.
Black Canyon Campground
A boat-in-only developed campground located five lake miles from the Ok-A-Beh boat ramp along the scenic canyon waters. This isolated spot features 17 tent sites and is accessible exclusively by watercraft. Seasonal boat docks are available from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Due to active wildlife, strict food storage regulations are in place. Excellent for boaters and kayakers seeking a quiet, remote waterfront stay.
BLM Land near Greybull, WY
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BLM Land near Lovell, WY
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Boyd Ridge (FR 113) Dispersed
An expansive forest ridge road corridor offering scenic, high-quality dispersed camping opportunities. This area features open vistas and quiet forested backdrops.
Boyd Ridge Road Dispersed Area
Scenic dispersed camping corridor located along Boyd Ridge Road in the Bighorn National Forest. This area provides quiet, remote camping opportunities surrounded by native forest and ridge-line scenery.
Bull Creek Cow Camp Road
A scenic dirt corridor winding through the Bighorn National Forest. It provides standard forest access suitable for most vehicle types during dry conditions.
Burgess Branch 1 Road Corridor
A scenic dirt road corridor within the Bighorn National Forest offering dispersed camping opportunities on native material surfaces close to Burgess Junction. Ideal for travelers seeking access to nearby amenities and river recreation.
Burnt Mountain Forest Road
A rugged forest road winding through the Bighorn National Forest near Burnt Mountain. This corridor provides access to dispersed camping opportunities on native dirt surfaces amidst a scenic alpine-pine landscape.
Burnt Timber Ridge Dispersed Camping
Scenic dispersed camping opportunities located along Burnt Timber Ridge within the Bighorn National Forest.
Cabin Creek & Shell Canyon Forest Area
An exceptional mountain forest setting near Shell Canyon featuring official campground sites and adjacent dispersed loops along Cabin Creek. Visitors can expect quiet wooded environments with a high probability of local wildlife sightings.
CCC Road Dispersed BLM
Remote dispersed camping corridor located along CCC Road on BLM-managed land.
Cedar Creek (NFS Road 17)
A scenic dispersed camping corridor located along Cedar Creek in Bighorn National Forest. This road provides direct access to quiet timbered sites and beautiful meadows with close proximity to local natural attractions like Shell Falls.
Commissary Ridge Road
A scenic high-ridge dirt route running through the Custer Gallatin National Forest, offering spacious areas suitable for dispersed camping along the corridor. The route provides expansive views of the surrounding Pryor Mountains.
Cottonwood Cow Camp Road Dispersed
A scenic dispersed camping corridor located along Cottonwood Cow Camp Road within the Bighorn National Forest. This area offers standard primitive forest camping with beautiful surroundings and convenient vehicle access.
Cottonwood Creek Trailhead/Campground
An exceptional, quiet public campground located at the entrance to a spectacular canyon. This remote trailhead setting features picnic tables, fire rings, food storage boxes, four horse corrals, and vault toilets, serving as an ideal base for backcountry hikers and pack animals.
Crater Ridge Springs Road
A scenic forest service road offering dispersed camping access within the rugged terrain of Bighorn National Forest. This high-elevation corridor features native dirt and gravel tracks surrounded by scenic pine forests and mountain vistas.
Crystal Creek Rest Area
A small Forest Service rest area featuring a level gravel parking footprint and vault toilets. It provides a convenient overnight staging spot along the scenic route into the Bighorn National Forest.
Dayboard 9 Campground
This small boat-in only campground is located at Dayboard 9, approximately 9 miles south of Ok-A-Beh Marina on Bighorn Lake. Accessible exclusively by boat, this remote spot features primitive gravel campsites with scenic canyon views.
Dayton Gulch Pit
A scenic dispersed camping corridor located in Bighorn National Forest. This area features native dirt surfaces suitable for motorhomes and standard passenger vehicles during the dry season.
Dugway Road Dispersed
A scenic mountain access road located in the beautiful Bighorn National Forest. This dirt corridor provides access to several primitive dispersed camping pull-offs amid pine forests and rolling meadows.
Duncum Sale Road B Dispersed Camping
This forest road offers access to scenic dispersed camping spots in the high country of the Bighorn National Forest. It is surrounded by beautiful pine forests and rolling mountain meadows, located near Duncum Mountain.
Five Springs Falls Campground
An official Bureau of Land Management campground featuring two distinct loops. The lower loop offers 9 sites best suited for tents or small vans with access to a water faucet and a short hiking trail leading to a scenic waterfall lookout, while the upper loop contains 10 campsites situated along the access road.
Five Springs Falls Campground
An incredible BLM-managed developed camping area featuring lower and upper loops with stunning views of the Big Horn Canyon. A cold, rushing mountain stream flows past the lower level tent sites. The access road is paved but winding and steep, making it best suited for shorter rigs and vans. Facilities include vault toilets, picnic tables, and fire pits. Drinking water is available seasonally in the lower loop.
Fool Creek Ridge Road
This scenic ridge corridor offers remote dispersed camping options amidst the Bighorn National Forest. Winding along the ridge line, campers can find quiet pullouts with expansive vistas of the surrounding mountain landscape.
Fuller Cow Camp (FR 113)
A scenic forest service road corridor located in the Bighorn National Forest near Burnt Mountain. This road features native material dirt surfaces suitable for passenger vehicles and motorhomes during the dry season, providing a peaceful wilderness atmosphere.
Garland Gulch (FR 216)
A scenic forest road corridor winding through Garland Gulch within the Bighorn National Forest, providing seasonal dispersed camping opportunities in a pine-studded mountain landscape.
Granite Creek Road Dispersed
A scenic dirt corridor winding through the Bighorn National Forest. This road offers immediate access to undeveloped campsites alongside Granite Creek.
Gravel Pit Road
This forest corridor provides access to dispersed camping opportunities within Bighorn National Forest. The route is situated near scenic peaks, including Little Bald Mountain, offering classic mountain surroundings.
Greybull KOA Holiday
A clean, well-maintained KOA campground located in Greybull offering standard resort facilities. Sites are closely spaced but highly accessible with full service hookups. It is located near local services and exhibits in town.
Grouse Creek Forest Road
A scenic dirt corridor winding through the western slopes of the Bighorn National Forest. This road corridor provides direct access to remote, primitive dispersed camping pull-offs nested in a pine forest setting.
Grouse Road Dispersed
A scenic mountain corridor winding through the Bighorn National Forest. This area offers dispersed forest camping along a dirt road with sweeping natural vistas.
Guard Station Green Cabin
A historic guard station area located in Bighorn National Forest. This spot offers high-quality forested surroundings near natural springs, accessible via a native material dirt road during the open season. It serves as an excellent base for exploring the high country of northern Wyoming.
Hannan's Coulee
A scenic dispersed camping corridor located along Hannan's Coulee within the Bighorn National Forest. The road is open year-round to all vehicles including motorhomes and provides easy access to beautiful, raw Wyoming landscapes.
Honeymoon Forest Road
A scenic dirt corridor winding through the Bighorn National Forest. This road offers standard dispersed camping opportunities along its margins, suitable for travelers seeking a natural forest experience with straightforward vehicle access.
Horse Creek Mesa
A scenic dirt corridor traversing high-elevation terrain within Bighorn National Forest, providing access to dispersed camping sites set amidst deep pine forest and scenic alpine surroundings.
Horseshoe Bend Campground
An expansive and scenic developed campground situated above Bighorn Lake. It features 68 sites, including 28 improved sites with water and electrical hookups, and several wind-screened layouts designed to handle canyon gusts. Campers can access the nearby Horseshoe Bend Marina, a boat ramp, and a swim beach within a short walk of the loops.
Hunt Mountain Dispersed Spot
A quiet dispersed camping pull-off located in the high-elevation meadows of Bighorn National Forest near Hunt Mountain.
Hunt Mountain Road Dispersed
Scenic dispersed camping corridor running along Hunt Mountain Road within the Bighorn National Forest. The route features expansive vistas and multiple turnouts on native dirt surfaces suitable for self-contained rigs.
Hunt Mountain Road Dispersed
Dispersed camping options situated along the high ridge of Hunt Mountain Road within Bighorn National Forest. The route offers expansive views of the surrounding canyon country and is set amidst scenic alpine and subalpine terrain.
Ice Creek Dispersed Camping Corridor
A remote forest service road corridor offering dispersed camping opportunities in the scenic Bighorn National Forest. The route is situated amidst scenic pine woods and provides a rustic wilderness experience. High-clearance vehicles are recommended in inclement weather due to the native dirt surface. The corridor is managed under U.S. Forest Service regulations with seasonal access restrictions in place.
John Blue Canyon Parking Area
A scenic gravel parking area managed by the Bureau of Land Management, acting as a gateway into the John Blue Canyon area.
Johnson Burn Branch Road
A scenic dirt road corridor within the Bighorn National Forest offering dispersed camping options surrounded by native pine forest.
Kettle Gulch Road Dispersed
A scenic mountain access road within the Bighorn National Forest offering primitive camping corridors.
Lake Creek Ridge
A scenic national forest road corridor traversing the Bighorn National Forest, offering dispersed camping opportunities along a native dirt surface.
Liberty Ranch Campground
An established developed campground offering tent sites, dry camping, and full-service RV hookups. Amenities include a clean clubhouse equipped with hot showers, bathrooms, a shared kitchen, and laundry facilities.
Little Horn Canyon Road Dispersed
A beautiful national forest road corridor winding through the Bighorn National Forest, offering primitive roadside dispersed camping options.
Little Mountain Road Dispersed
This remote dirt route winds through arid Bureau of Land Management terrain on the slopes of Little Mountain, offering primitive dispersed camping options along the corridor.
Little Mountain Road Dispersed
A rugged dirt road corridor accessing public Bureau of Land Management land near Lovell, Wyoming.
Lodge Grass Cow Camp Road
A scenic dispersed camping corridor winding through the Bighorn National Forest. This area offers vast mountain meadows and dense pine groves with multiple rustic pull-outs suitable for various camping setups.
Long Park Forest Road Corridor
This forest road corridor wind through the scenic Bighorn National Forest, providing primitive dispersed camping opportunities with sweeping natural views. It is a quiet mountain setting suitable for those seeking a rustic, self-contained wilderness stay.
Lovell BLM Roads
A network of rugged Bureau of Land Management routes outside of Lovell, offering dispersed camping in a desolate, arid landscape. High clearance is necessary to safely navigate the deep ruts and rocky transitions.
Lovell City Campground
A welcoming, small municipal park campground offered by the town of Lovell. This convenient stopover features gravel pull-through sites, picnic tables, flush toilets, and hot showers, directly across from a quiet residential street.
Lovell Municipal & Overnight Parking
This zone covers convenient urban parking options in the city of Lovell, featuring a designated municipal lot adjacent to local government offices and police facilities that allows parking for up to 48 hours, as well as level parking near local athletic fields.
Marble Quarry
A scenic dispersed camping area accessed along a native-material dirt road in the Bighorn National Forest. The route is generally passable for standard passenger vehicles and larger motorhomes during dry weather.
Medicine Creek Campground
Medicine Creek Campground is a quiet, boat-in or hike-in only developed campground located approximately three miles north of Barry's Landing along the Bighorn Canyon. Access is restricted to foot travel or watercraft, with mooring proximity highly dependent on fluctuating lake levels.
Medicine Mtn-little MTN (FR 113)
A scenic dirt corridor winding through the high-elevation pine country of the Bighorn National Forest. This road provides access to dispersed camping sites near alpine forests and local attractions like Porcupine Falls.
Medicine Mtn-little MTN North
The northern segment of the Medicine Mountain forest road corridor, providing access into remote timber and meadow environments in the Bighorns.
Medicine Wheel District, Bighorn National Forest
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Miller Road Dispersed
Miller Road is situated in the scenic Bighorn National Forest, providing seasonal opportunities for dispersed camping along its dirt corridor.
N. Tongue Fishing 2 Road Corridor
A scenic corridor along the North Tongue River in Bighorn National Forest, offering roadside dispersed camping and access to local fishing spots.
N. Tongue Fishing 5 Corridor
A scenic dispersed camping corridor located along the North Tongue River in the Bighorn National Forest. This area offers primitive roadside sites near water with easy access for a wide range of vehicles, though roads are native dirt and can get muddy.
Newton Creek Campground
A scenic developed campground situated right along the river with well-appointed sites including bear boxes, picnic tables, and fire rings.
North Bald Mountain Road Dispersed
Scenic dispersed camping corridor along North Bald Mountain Road in the Bighorn National Forest. This area offers primitive camping opportunities surrounded by dense forests with easy access to high-country hiking and nearby peaks.
North Tongue Fishing Road Dispersed
A scenic dirt and gravel road corridor located in Bighorn National Forest, providing access to dispersed camping and fishing areas along the North Tongue River.
Powerline Road Dispersed
Dispersed camping corridor located along Powerline Road within the Custer Gallatin National Forest. The road winds through a dry, rugged basin setting with views of surrounding ridges, located just north of Lovell, Wyoming.
Pryor Mountain Road Dispersed Camping
A scenic mountain passage through Custer Gallatin National Forest, offering high-elevation dispersed camping with panoramic vistas near Big Ice Cave.
Pryor Mountain Road
A scenic gravel corridor running through the Custer Gallatin National Forest. The route climbs through arid grasslands into pine-covered hillsides, offering vast open landscapes and dispersed camping opportunities along the roadside.
Pump House Road Dispersed
Dispersed camping corridor along the scenic Pump House road in Bighorn National Forest, located near Granite Creek. This area offers primitive camping opportunities surrounded by dense forests and rugged natural scenery.
Ranger Creek Recreation Area
This developed group facility is located just off the Bighorn Scenic Byway along Ranger Creek Road, offering a spacious shelter and group accommodations in a scenic forest setting. The location provides convenient access to nearby off-road trails and pristine fly-fishing streams.
Red Canyon
Dispersed camping corridor located along Red Canyon within the scenic Bighorn National Forest. The route offers easy access to native-surface sites surrounded by rugged, forested canyon terrain.
Red Pryor Divide
A rugged dirt corridor within the Pryor Mountains section of the Custer Gallatin National Forest. This high-desert and limestone canyon landscape provides sweeping views of the surrounding Pryor Mountain wild horse range.
Sage Creek Cabin
A historic, rustic cabin built in 1892 nestled in the beautiful Pryor Mountains of the Custer Gallatin National Forest. Serving as an excellent basecamp for hiking, hunting, and OHV riding, this cabin offers highly limited amenities with no electricity or running water.
Sage Creek Campground
The only official developed campground in the rugged Pryor Mountains, offering quiet sites along the banks of Sage Creek. High-clearance vehicles are highly recommended to reach this remote facility.
Salt Creek Cow Camp
A scenic dispersed camping corridor located in the Bighorn National Forest. This area offers primitive dispersed spots along Salt Creek Cow Camp Road with beautiful views and easy access to nearby trails.
Schwend Ranch Main Access Corridor
This forest road corridor offers access to beautiful dispersed camping in the Bighorn National Forest near Lovell. The route winds through a scenic high-country setting of pine forests and meadows, providing natural dispersed camping options.
Shell Creek Campground
Nestled alongside the Bighorn Scenic Byway at 7,500 feet, this campground offers accessible vault toilets, drinking water, and sites with tables and campfire rings. Visitors can easily access local trails, trout fly-fishing, and scenic off-road driving routes nearby. It is managed by a concessionaire for the Forest Service. Single-family sites are mostly reservable, with extra vehicle fees applying. This scenic pine-forested location provides an ideal launch point for exploring the Cloud Peak Wilderness.
Spring Creek (FR 206) Dispersed
A scenic mountain corridor on Forest Road 206 tracking alongside Spring Creek. The area features pristine pine woods and dispersed camping opportunities with direct road-side pull-offs.
Steel Grainery Road Dispersed
A scenic dispersed camping corridor situated on public lands within the majestic Bighorn National Forest. The dirt road winds through native material surfaces and is accessible to all vehicle types under dry conditions, providing several primitive spots for self-contained rigs.
Sunlight Mesa Forest Roads
A scenic high-elevation corridor along Sunlight Mesa within the Bighorn National Forest. This area offers dispersed camping opportunities surrounded by dense forests and meadowed terrain. While some sections are accessible year-round, other connected spurs are strictly restricted by seasonal closures from late fall through late spring to protect local wildlife and roads.
Taggart Summer Homes Road
A scenic dirt corridor located within Bighorn National Forest providing access to dispersed camping opportunities.
Tepee Pole Road Dispersed
A scenic mountain road corridor running through the Bighorn National Forest. This dirt road winds through pine forests and offers convenient access to high-altitude dispersed camping areas.
Titan Mine Road BLM Dispersed
A rugged BLM road corridor offering primitive dispersed camping options in a remote desert setting. This route provides access to public land but is best suited for experienced backcountry travelers with properly equipped vehicles.
Water Canyon Road Dispersed
A scenic mountain corridor along Water Canyon Road in the Custer Gallatin National Forest. Pull-offs along the road provide access to native-surface campsites surrounded by rugged canyons and pine forests.
Willey Creek Spur Dispersed Camping
Quiet dispersed camping corridor nestled in the scenic pine forests of the Bighorn National Forest near Willey Creek.
Willow Creek Block I Lot L
A scenic dispersed camping corridor located along a native material forest road in the Bighorn National Forest. This area offers standard dispersed camping opportunities near the Tongue River drainage.