Buffalo Gap Campground

Great location right off the highway just west of TRNP. There is highway sound but we chose the sites the furthest from the road and it wasn’t a problem.Sites are nicely spaced with adequate privacy. Very clean and well kept bathrooms. Wonderful shower with even spray and hot adjustable temperature. Shower room lacks space and hooks to put your stuff on but the spray and water temp are great.

We decided to stay here as a base camp to explore TRNP and the surrounding area.

Paved road, paved sites and big rig friendly, although not all sites are level front to back with some large spurs angled uphill. The sites had been mowed, picnic table and fire pits. Some sites had shade and privacy, some sites were full on sun. Freeway noise could be heard and seen from some sites.

Dump station, picnic shelter, trail access and friendly camp hosts at the entrance. Clean restrooms and showers.

We thought the green rolling hills were very pretty!

We stopped in fairly late in the day (about 7pm) and found that there were plenty of sites available. Beautiful, well-spaced sites, flush toilets, showers, and dump station. You can hear a bit of highway noise, but it’s not obtrusive. Good overnight stop while traveling from Bozeman, MT to points east. Friendly hosts. Clean facilities. $20/night standad, $10/night with senior American the Beautiful pass. Great value for the amenities provided.

We’ve stayed at this campground several times in past years. We love it. $6 a night couldn’t be beat for hot showers and nice sites. This year the price went up to $20 a night. I was in need of a hot shower after a week hiking, rafting and horse back riding. Before we paid we went through the campground to find a site, and I’m glad we did. Stopped to use the bathroom facilities, only to find a sign on the shower “No hot water, sorry ): . Not deterred as I wanted a shower and was willing to pay much more than the usual $6 even for a cold shower. Unfortunately no hot water means no water period. We didn’t stay this time and opted instead to take a dispersed site in the National Grassland nearby. We will definitely check it out again when we pass through.

A great little campground, tho no hookups. We only paid $10 with our America the Beautiful pass. We stayed here two separate nights (with one in between to ride the southern portion of the Maah Daah Hey), and had no trouble finding a spot on Saturday at 4:00 pm (and many arrived later to also find room). Medora was packed so this was nice respite. A bit of highway noise, so pick sites 13-17 on the Mandan loop for a quieter stay. Also, you can reserve sites 3, 11-13, & 27 ahead on recreation.gov; the rest are 1st come, 1st served. Verizon spotty, tho can get 2 bars at sites 10-11.

Arrived in TRNP to find Cottonwood full. We backtracked to Exit 18 to check out Buffalo Gap. Great sites on the loop we occupied. Level pad, lots of room between sites. We choose a site without a lot of tree cover as we have solar. Decided to stay the entire time here and not try to squeeze into a site at Cottonwood.
Site 11 had 2 bars Verizon. Camp host told us this was the only site with cell service. Lucky us. Water line broke 2nd day we were there and was fixed then went out again. There is a dump station at Buffalo Gap which was also out of rinse water. So pluses are location, site, water if not broken and on-site dump station. Also, if water problem fixed there is showers and flush toilets. It is a lovely place and we will stay there next time we come to TRNP. It never filled up the week we were there. We never noticed noise from the highway.