Eagle Creek Campground

Several miles up a steep dirt road above Gardiner. No problem pulling our 26 foot trailer although there are several washboard sections.

We think our spot had one of the best views but all the spots are nice. Several have access to the pretty stream that runs through the campground.

We arrived late afternoon on Sunday and there were just 3 or 4 spots left. Look for the little tags clipped to the number markers for each spot - we almost set up in a spot that was already taken because we didn’t notice these. The camp mostly filled up each night (although not until evening at this time of year).

It was easy to level in our spot. A couple of the streamside spots looked difficult. Each spot had a bear box and a big grated fire pit. Everything was clean/well maintained.

No services and no garbage. Verizon good enough for browsing, and fine for video calls with an antenna. Google fi spotty outside trailer and non existent inside.

Incredible views. We loved this campground. We originally intended to move to mammoth campground after one night here, but the sites in mammoth were smaller, closer together and harder to get into with a big trailer. Also better cell reception at eagle creek. We thought the extra ~20 minutes to get into Yellowstone was totally worth it.

This campground is beautiful and up on the top of the hill of Gardiner. It was very easy to find as there are signs everywhere. And it was fairly easy to navigate with a large rig as ours is 42ft fifth wheel. We pulled up around 3pm and there was only 2 spots left. The time we stayed it tended to fill up on weekends earlier maybe around 12pm and during the week maybe around 3pm. Make sure you check the site tags to make sure the spot is not reserved.

There are no hookups, but they have bathrooms. They allow generators but you do have to turn them off from 10pm-6pm. It wasn’t that bad as it was pretty cool in the evenings and we just opened our windows if we were too cold. The hosts were super sweet and helpful. We did not have service with AT&T nor T-Mobile. We were about 5 mins from the North entrance of Yellowstone.

Cool spot! We enjoyed our time there with one major drawback — we work on the road so we need cell service. We came here specifically because other people said there was ATT reception, but there is NOT. We received a stray text every once in awhile, walking around the campground, but it’s not useful. Maybe a booster would help, but we don’t have one.

All that to say, it’s awesome as an “off the grid” place near the north side of Yellowstone, but it’s not a good option if you require AT&T reception.

There were full bars 10 minutes down the mountain in Gardiner.

Road getting up to campground is steep, but doable. We camped in a 37 foot class A motorhome. Got to campground on Tuesday about 1230, sign out front said it was full. We decided to drive through anyway and found 2 empty sites. Another camper said they just got there 5 minutes prior to us and also found a site. Yesterday & again today we noticed empty sites in the afternoon despite the full sign being out front. Would recommend driving through campground to verify actually full. We are in site 16 ( one of the sites with corrals). Campground fee is $7/night. There is a sign stating there is a proposal to increase to $15/night in 2021. Site is on gravel, able to level. We did find food in our fire pit when got here. In addition, there was human waste and toilet paper behind our site. Great access to the north entrance on Yellowstone. Did see Elk walking through the campground one evening.

Don't let Google maps fool you, this isn't a hard place to get to. It's on a gravel road with a 6-8% grade going up about 2 miles. It's wide enough for two vehicles to pass and isn't bad if it's raining. There is a sign that asks to put your vehicle into 4WD prior to ascending so they can reduce the washboard effect on the road. We had absolutely no issues getting our 42' 5th wheel up to this location. We had several friends with 5th wheels, 32' and 28' class C, and one class A get up without issue as well.

The campground is snug, but the sites are huge. We were able to get a couple campers in several of the sites while still following the 3 car limit. There are a couple horse camping sites up top with stock areas. Camping here will cost you about $7/night and is well worth it.
There is a vault toilet onsite, but no water. Each site has a campfire ring, but they don't sell wood. There are bear boxes at each site for storing food items if you choose to tent camp.

This is an excellent location to get into northern Yellowstone. It's about 30 minutes from the Mammoth Hot Springs. There are a lot of great places to eat in Gardiner which is about 10 minutes away. There's also a lot of outdoor activity offerings in Gardiner. There was good Verizon and ATT coverage. We were able to watch Netflix, Face-time, and have video calls for work.