Mikesell-Potts Recreation Area

I'm sure during the hot summer months, this place is rocking, but mid-September was a great time to visit and was still plenty warm for water activities. As a previous reviewer mentioned, there is a less-obvious campground area accessed by a right turn before you go through the main gate. Be sure to check the whole area before choosing... more

This was a great little campground with sites right on the edge of the lake. It was windy during our visit, so we chose one of the sites off the lake with some protection from the wind. There are 8 sites with electric, but no 50amp electric sites on the lake. The electric sites were $15 and the non electric sites were $10. The site... more

Very nice place to camp on a lake with great choice of sites some right on the lake. Pit toilets are clean but doors did not lock. Also no potable water or dump station. Some sites have electric. Many sites had covered picnic tables to shelter from rain.

A good place, with a beautiful large lake, to call "home" while exploring Buffalo, WY and the Big Horn Mountains. We arrived on a Sunday afternoon and took 1 of the 8 electric sites (one site had a broken electrical post, so only 7 sites with electricity were available.) Electric sites are $15 a night and dry camping $10 a night,... more

It's quiet with lots of site options. Our kids loved being next to the lake and being able to swim. It was very windy at times, then again this is WY. Bathrooms are pit toilets. It was great cheap dry camping with excellent cell coverage. We got a lot of work done and the kids had a blast.

Lovely little campground right on lake de smet. $10 a night for dry camping and $15 for electric only. Verizon signal was great. T-Mobile had a tough time. There are a couple swim beaches that were really nicely maintained. It was so cool to swim in the lake on a hot day with snow covered mountains in view! Stayed here for 3 nights and... more

Exit 51 off I-90. Big rig friendly, Elec (8 sites) $15: large private, shaded, firepit/table, back-in, some require a bit of leveling. 1st come only, may get crowded on weekends or during rodeo week. Primitive (30+ sites) lake side $10: some shaded tables,some pull-thru. Primitive (30+ sites) $10: large private shaded, Barkey ... more

We stayed here after we got to another campground that did not have cell service. I wish we had known sooner! This place is beautiful with 8 electrical sites and over 100 other sites, many lake front. We stayed 2 nights at an electrical site for $15 and then moved to a lake side dry camping site for $10/night. We needed to refill out f... more