Reviews

For Bridge Bay - Yellowstone National Park: We had a great stay here in September, 2021. Staff was very kind and helpful. Some spots are close together, but ours was in a wooded area and more spaced out. Elk meander through the campground in the mornings and at night. Deducting one star because our site was pretty un-level as were several others we saw. Good location, easy access to main road, nice hike to nearby natural arch or to marina.

Posted Oct 08, 2021 by Brandon from PA. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Bridge Bay - Yellowstone National Park: Bridge Bay is a governmental response to insufficient camping facilities in Yellowstone. It works, it’s big, accommodates a lot but won’t win any design awards. I’m glad it exists because without it I wouldn’t have had a place to stay. If nothing else is available don’t even think of passing this up. I do believe with the resources available to this park based on usage alone there could definitely be more attention paid to bringing this facility up to a true NPS standard. This campground and park are an example of governmental poor planning for the sheer amount of public visitation.

Posted Sep 15, 2019 by Walter Bringman from Penn Valley CA. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Bridge Bay - Yellowstone National Park: A good choice for a base from which to visit the eastern portion of Yellowstone if you’re entering the Nat’l Park from the north or east. A VERY heavily used campground, like all in the Park accessible by vehicle. Still, in busy June we were able to reserve a site the evening before, for the next night. Campground check-in begins at 11:00 AM. Check in as early in the day as possible. After about 4pm expect to wait in line at least 30 minutes before you can check in to claim your prereserved site; or if you haven’t pre-reserved a site, to ask if one is available. The sites nearest the main road and the bathrooms are mostly in the open, with no shade or privacy. The sites towards the back end of the loops are somewhat in the forest so may be partly shady. They are also possibly a bit larger and slightly more private. Unfortunately they are also the least level. There are no freshwater spigots anywhere in the loops, except for just outside the bathroom buildings, which are skinny unthreaded faucets with spring loaded self-shutoff handles. The RV Dump Station is completely outside the campground, in the parking lot near the lake and picnic area. There is one waste inlet in a broken-up concrete and asphalt apron. A rinse water supply is at the waste inlet. A fresh (potable) water supply is about 100 feet away from the waste inlet. The dump station is easily accessed from the main park road without the need to check in with the campground office. There is no charge for dumping or for freshwater. Expect a line to use the dump station, especially around campground checkout time (11am). Expect that some ahead of you will be inexperienced at dumping and will take extra time and/or leave the site in less than a clean and rinsed condition. The daily afternoon winds die down in the evenings. This means the heavy smoke from the dozens of closely packed campfires hangs thickly in the entire campground. Most campers don’t seem to know how to build and maintain a campfire that doesn’t smoke like they’re burning soggy wood (even though the wood sold at the campground is very dry). The “wildlife” (elk, bison) that are routinely in and around the campground are unfortunately totally adapted to human presence. We saw two elk comically but violently attack a camper’s folding chair because it was in their path. One elk then attacked the man’s nearby dog (a big muscular hound, that was clearly not threatening the elk but simply moved from quietly lying to sitting as the elk approached). The dog was leashed to a picnic table so could not escape as the elk repeatedly reared up and kicked and struck the dog with its front feet. Luckily, both elk slowly moved away when the man shouted loudly and waved a coat at them. They then wandered through and eventually out of the campground. (The dog was not seriously injured, luckily). The bison also hang around the campground, choosing places to stand or lie down for hours at a time, regardless of the spot being a road, tent site, next to a parked car, or wherever. These animals have every right to be wherever they want in the park. The problem is the people, who even with all good intentions but in such extreme numbers, can’t help but impact and overwhelm the animals and the park in general.

Posted Jun 30, 2019 by DanC from Oregon . This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Bridge Bay - Yellowstone National Park: Nice basic campground with no hookups. Clean bathrooms. It is a campground that was developed many decades ago and appears to be trying to update sites to fit modern RVs. Sites are not level. It still has plenty of tent sites. It is Yellowstone and you can see wildlife from your site, so I gave it 5 stars!

Posted Jun 21, 2018 by Stephen from Alaska. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Bridge Bay - Yellowstone National Park: Confirmed nice place to stay, restrooms but no showers/laundry (they say to use the ones at Fishing Bridge)

Posted Jul 10, 2017 by L.R. from USA. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Bridge Bay - Yellowstone National Park: Stayed at three different Yellowstone NP Campgrounds - this was my least favorite - but did appreciate being able to find a reservable spot on short notice.

Posted Sep 03, 2014 by ncroadtreker from Raleigh, NC. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.