Soda butte campground | Established Campground

September 26th, 2023 by charleyghaskins

Best campsite outside NE entrance of Yellowstone! Currently in late September everything is off season so very quiet, self-pay, water is turned off. There are pit toilets, fire pits, and picnic tables. Both sunny and shady spots. We saw deer and a fox while we were here and enjoyed visiting Cooke City, MT.

September 22nd, 2023 by The Joslyn Journey

This was the first campground we found after getting out of Yellowstone. The campground was spacious and beautiful, though we were only there one night. We were in the off-season so the camp host wasn't there but there were trash receptacles (yay!). Beautiful area - they do require hard-sided campers though.

September 5th, 2023 by suzicruzer

USFS, $20. FCFS Dry camping, right off highway. Good road in. Host on site. Pit toilets, trash, potable water, large sites, mostly well spaced. Usual site amenities, and lots of shade if needed. Zero cell service!! Close to Cooke City for supplies, restaurants, gas, etc. WiFi available at Visitor Center, and a few establishments, otherwise there’s no cell signal in town. Hard sided units only, no tents or pop-ups due to Grizz activity. Nice camp, quiet at night and scenic. River close by.

August 19th, 2023 by NWRunner

As described. No cell on this side of park so if you're going for some of the free sites, be sure to download your map in advance. It was dark so this was an inexpensive compromise.
Update - site where a bear killed a camper in 2010. Heard a Tooth and Claw podcast episode and suddenly all the signs prohibiting tents and soft sided campers made sense!
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/man-killed-two-injured-in-bear-attack-near-yellowstone/article_b67c4210-9ab8-11df-ad3e-001cc4c002e0.html

August 10th, 2023 by chrisdpierce

Clean and quiet campground. No tents or soft-sized vehicles allowed due to active bear presence. $20 per vehicle or $10 if 62 and older.

August 5th, 2023 by natalielart

Just an other campground close to be historical town Cook city. $20/$10 with senior pass. I did not see a mention that the water was not potable. Filled up our tank and did not get sick.

July 2nd, 2023 by tayla.phoenix27

Campground 10 minutes from the NE Yellowstone entrance. Hosts on site, $20 a night with pit toilets, non-potable water, bear proof food storage and trash cans. The hosts were lovely and came by to warn us of a grizzly just up the road which is common for the area as neither campground with allow tents. They also cut down some trees earlier in the day and were happy for us to us on our campfire. I had to run into town to buy bug spray though the mosquitos are like small birds here. No cell service at all with T Mobile

June 12th, 2023 by instagram.com/mugjes_opreis

closed at this moment, don't know when it is open again.

September 11th, 2020 by Jeffrey Thomas

Campground is about 6 miles out of Yellowstone. Paid $4.50 with Lifetime Senior Pass. Hard sided camping only, no tents due to active Grizzly population. Pit toilets and potable water.

July 6th, 2020 by anitavanwijk1

still $9dollars, next year they want to ask $20 per site!
close to yellowstone, big and beautiful sites, pit toilets and bear lockers.
only hard covers!!

August 8th, 2019 by catherineinlove

No electric, no dumping, there is water and bathrooms. Very quiet, in bear country so no soft sided campers or tents. 1mike from Cooke city, with gas and store and restaurants. $9 in summer of 2019.