Travel Reference
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$73/36.50)
tour three times a week from Gardiner from June to late September, taking in
all the major park sights in an exhausting 11 hours.
Sleeping
Camping
Gallatin National Forest offers the following three first-come, first-served primitive camp-
grounds just northeast of Gardiner:
Eagle Creek Campground $
($7)
Open year-round, with 16 woodsy sites and pit toilets but no water; 2 miles northeast
of Gardiner on unpaved Jardine Rd.
CAMPGROUND
Timber Camp Campground $
(FR493; mid-Jun-Oct)
Further along the Bear Creek dirt road from Eagle Creek, 10
miles from Gardiner and 4 miles past Jardine. Free dispersed camping with a toilet but no
water.
CAMPGROUND
Bear Creek Campground $
( mid-Jun-Oct)
Two miles further, free dispersed camping with a toilet but no water.
There are hiking options from Bear Creek Trailhead.
CAMPGROUND
Rocky Mountain RV Park $
Offline map
( 877-534-6931;
www.rockymountaincampground.com
;
14 Jardine Rd; RV sites from
$51.50, cabins $50-125; mid-Apr-mid-Oct; )
This friendly place overlooking
the river offers showers, laundry, full hookups and fine panoramas of Yellowstone, but
little shade. Ask about the simple one- or two-room cabins that can sleep up to six.
RV PARK
RV PARK
Yellowstone RV Park $
(
406-848-7496;
www.ventureswestinc.com
;
117 Hwy 89; tent/RV sites $27/48;
)
At the northwest end of town, this RV park has 46 fairly cramped riverside sites with full
hookups, plus showers and a laundry.
