Lake Shore Campground

We live on the other side of the reservoir from the campground and I wanted to spend a few nights by myself while husband was working the overnight shifts to get more familiar with the new TT. We have all the same mountain views from home just at different angles.

I didn't add the nightly rate as we have the resident annual passes for both day use & camping fees, thus the only cost we pay is the booking fee(s) throughout the year.
Spectacular views of Cedar, Rattlesnake, Carter, Sheep, and Trout Peak Mountains. Great "breeze" off the BB reservoir (aka, wind most days)

Fire ban in effect but campfires were allowed still. Winds were too strong most nights I stayed so I never even considered one. Others around me had them most of the nights.

Prefer off grid camping but this CG is super close to home and is very clean, park hosts & folks @ the gate are great. Firewood available for a donation. An employee comes through every morning to check on sites being vacated prior to next guests arrival. Did not use the restrooms so can't comment on those. Highway noise is not bad at all. 3 loops total, loop A is the only one with electric/water with 7 sites. Loops B & C are both dry camping only. All sites are gravel/dirt, most are drive through loops just off the road(s).

With the "breeze" one afternoon I watched 2 pop up shelters get wrecked. Don't leave fully opened if you are heading out for the day and want to be sure it will be leaving with you when you leave.

Site 21 is too close to the BR, wood, trash and there was a constant train of people. The wood was free.
This CG is close to the road but around 11 most traffic stops.
It got smoky the last 3 days we were there ( left July 26 )
We messed up and thought we were to leave on the 26th but it was supposed to be the 25th. Late that evening 4 people showed up and we realized our mistake. They had tents and told us we could share the site which was huge. We left very early the next day and gave them $20 for being so generous. We got an hour away and got a call from the CG. They wanted us to pay $30 for the night. We had the WY State Park Pass so it would only have been 17. They wanted $ for a site that was already paid for. We were traveling through Yellowstone and cell service was poor. When we did get it we sent a text telling them what we thought about us paying. We would never come to WY state parks. For out of state people we feel the fee is high for no electricity. If they want out of state people to visit the cost should be less. That is our opinion.
The dump station and boat launch were convenient.
Someone stole our tandem kayak, we saw lots of kayaks on the beach and they were very strict about checking your pass so we let our guard down. When we told the host he said oh well your lucky they didn’t let the air out!!!!!

Don’t miss the museum 5 museums in one and if you have 4 wheel drive take a day and go to Kirwin. If you hike take a hike there, it was a lot cooler and had spectacular mountains. It is a ghost town that was a gold and silver mine the forest service person in town was full of tips and hikes.

Check in was quick and easy. They allowed us to check in early since our site was available. The site we camped at was a dry camping site in Loop C. The park does have a loop with electricity but it was full, since this was a last minute decision to camp at this location. Normal price is $15.00 for the dry camping loop but since we’re not a resident of Wyoming $10 was added to the nightly fee. There’s several potable water spigots and a dump station on the campground. There’s toilets on each loop. I was told by another campers there’s a shower in one of the other loops but you have to pay. We didn’t check it out. Great location with Buffalo Bill reservoir right out of your doorstep.

We stayed 4 nights in Loop B and it was too close to 3 Tent spots right by our location. We had a small pull off spot. The loop road was right beside our spot. There is noise from the nearby state road. The camp host was only seen for a quick moment when we drove through. Wish we could have seen them the night an additional tent camper came in at around 11pm. This was the third tent being set up on that spot. They were very noisy and didn’t seem to care if anyone was sleeping. Asked the person at the checkin booth about it and she said they would check into it. Unknown if they did since everyone stayed at the tent site. Luckily no noise that night

It is $15 + $10 for non resident. The host were very friendly and accommodating. Close access to Cody and Yellowstone. Sites were clean, but a little hit or miss on sites being level as they have slopes on the B loop. We had to move from our second site #10 as we could not get our 40’ level. Pretty quiet for being on the main highway. Really close to the dam also.

Gorgeous views of the reservoir and mountains! There are some sites with better views than others but really, no matter where you stay, you have a view and lots of space between the sites. Very close to Cody and Yellowstone NP and only 40mins to Chief Joseph Highway and an hour and half to Beartooth Pass (must do - beautiful views!) Our site was very level and cell service was good. You do have the road noise from Hwy 14 but it isn't too bad since 18-wheelers can't drive it.

We had site #5 has water & electric but we pulled in the wrong way into the loop so the door of the travel trailer opened into the site not the street. We sat in chairs behind the camper to have the water view. The best sites are 4 & 6 in this loop they are on the water but there's not a bad site in this small loop. The view all the way around is beautiful the lake & mountains.

Close by is Buffalo Bill Dam, so worth stopping to see it, go in & listen to the video amazing how long it took to build. Cody is right there, the famous Irma hotel & bar, the proud gut has food & drinks fun place to stop.

On the way back to the campsite from Yellowstone NP we stopped an ate a nice meal at the Cutthroat Steak House & lodge (someone told us about it), it's off a dirt road ranch style place. Google it to find it it's off the main road.

The east entrance to Yellowstone National Park is on the same road as the campground and was never busy when we went in and we saw lots of wildlife entering this side. Elk, Big Horn Sheep, Bison, Swan, white pelicans, marmots and more. Once we got in the park we went to the right & along the river did the loop and back out by the lake. What an amazing place, nothing on earth like it.

This park has easy access to a lot glad we found it, booked 4 months in advance.

We'd planned on dry camping here and then using the dump station and fresh water but found that someone had left a day early so we were able to have the last E & W site. It wasn't perfectly level but adequate for a brief night's stay. There was a lovely, unobstructed lake (reservoir) view.

It's right off the main road (US `14/16/20) but the noise didn't bother us at all.

We were able to use the cell here as much as we needed.