Bridge Bay Campground

The campground itself is located in a large meadow surrounded by forest. Close to marina, has small store for very basic items, can buy firewood onsite as well as ice. Campground was quiet and everyone seemed to respect quiet hours at night, no generators :) Only reason why not 5 stars is the sites are very close together, and it can be tight maneuvering to get parked, please read the descriptions of the site and max length on vehicles very carefully on the website when booking as THEY ARE ACCURATE.

Campground is pretty packed, super close to all your neighbors and if you have slides on your RV good luck putting those out and not sticking out in the road. No cell service. Bathrooms and dishwashing sink on site. Most of the fire rings were flooded from the rain. Camp hosts were awesome but wouldn’t stay here again for the price. We saw an elk run through camp a few times, he likes the water spigots (which by the way, don’t work)

I love the location, close to so many of the best areas. There are showers and laundry facilities less than five miles away.
The negatives: The campground is unattractive, barely any trees. The sites are very small - I have a pull through for my truck/14 ft. trailer and I can barely exit with the larger rig parked next door. The only water at present is at the dishwashing station. It’s mid-June and 70 degrees…why aren’t the spigots on? Finally, when I pulled into my site there was a large bag of trash sitting beside the fire pit. It’s in clear view of any employees driving by. Calling Xanterra to change my booking was a pain, had to wait 40 minutes for a call back (only 9 callers ahead of me).
I stayed at Madison last year and it was great. What’s up with this campground?

The location of Bridge Bay is pretty ideal. It's such a close drive to the majority of lower loop points of interest. The marina and shops are also great plus there are trails right in the campground. We were frequented daily by bison walking through and a bear came through just after we left. That said the layout of the campground is subpar. There is zero privacy and the pull throughs are really just in the road. The inner grass areas are potholed and just not great. It's Yellowstone so you really can't complain but Grant is MUCH nicer (I can't vouch for the other campgrounds as we only stayed at two).

This is literally the worst site I've ever been in, hands down, and is unacceptable given that you're in the middle of a National Park. You can't pick your site here, that is the main problem. So on check in, we were given a "pull through" site that was literally just a wide part in the paved road, worst was that there was another site just behind us on the same road widening. No trees, no privacy, and I could see about 20 other sites within about 40 feet of our location. I asked the check in folks if we could be relocated, they said no since all locations are auto-generated. Drunks party going on until 1:00 am at adjacent site, with no staff asking them to quiet down, just added to ambiance. So lesson learned, I won't be staying at any campground where I can't pick my own site. Instead of this joke of a campground, use the Yellowstone ones reservable on recreation.gov where you can pick your site.

We stayed in Yellowstone at the end of August for 5 nights. The first day we had some camper issues and within an hour, there were camper repair men at our site. Every site is within sight of a flush restroom that have three toilets and two sinks with a heater. (Showers are located for an extra fee $4.50/person at other campground.) The worst part of the entire Park was that the “pull-thru” sites weren’t large enough for even the smallest Camper Vans to fit in completely. Our third night there, a large MH hit into a truck that was attached to its trailer. The truck did not have an inch to spare and the MH would have hit the tree logs on the other side. HIGHLIGHT: A daddy bull elk visited the camp with its HUGE antlers every morning and evening and the rest of it’s heard stayed within the park all day. Take the $20 ($10 kids) NPS boat tour of the Yellowstone Lake. It is led by a ranger in the morning sessions. Take a walk across the main road (5 minutes paved) to walk down to the shore of Yellowstone Lake. DOWNFALL: The sites are WAY too close to each other and every other campground besides Bridge Bay comes with a shower pass, but we had to pay $10 for two people. Be sure to bring bug spray and citronella candles. Firewood must be bought at the check-in station. Definitely would visit again!