Mikesell-Potts Recreation Area

Pulled in there after dark last night (11/8/21) and there was no power at any of the 8 sites that had hookups. There was nothing on any of the signs about power being off at any time of year. The exterior lights on all the bathrooms were working, but the bathrooms were closed. Perhaps I just missed it somewhere online, but I don’t know. Either way, our generator decided not to work either, so we backtracked to Sheridan and stayed at the Fairgrounds. Beautiful site though, would like to actually stay sometime, but with better planning. :-)
If you need power, make sure to give yourself a good backup option.

Camped here last night. FCFS campground. Only a few other campers here. Sites 1-8 have electric hookups. They have privacy shrubs around the sites, but definitely not the beautiful views of the lake. Sign at entrance says electrical sites available May 1- October 31. While people were camped in 2 of those spots, I’m not sure if the power was turned off. Stayed in site 23 right near the lake shore. Easy to level, large enough for 37 foot Class A motorhome with toad. Views of sunset an sunrise were amazing. Weather warning for high winds was issued around 2:20 in the morning. They got pretty bad and we chose to bring our slides in. Not sure if this is normal for the area. Would definitely stay here again if I’m the area.

We stayed here for 5 nights in mid-September, 2021 and had a great lakeside site for $15. We had large RVs to our South - one ran his genset a lot - we were fine with our solar panels. We had one RV to the North of us for 2 nights, but barely saw them. The water was nice enough to swim - our Labrador loved it! Decent cell, easy run into Buffalo for grocery shopping. Great kayaking and floating around with the dog. Would definitely stay here again!

Even though we are originally from the geart lake area, this has a decent little lake that provides a nice camping feel! Not far off the interstate and easy to get to. First come first serve basis but with so many spots, it should be pretty easy to find a spot though the sites with electric are limited. Site#2 we choose because the day was warm and this spot had a few trees to shade our rig to help keep it cool but there are nice spots around the lake.
Bathrooms close by as well! Small store on the way in had ice.

We found affordable RV camping at Mikesell-Potts Recreation Area in Buffalo, Wyoming. We found this county park to be an affordable RV camping option while traveling through Wyoming. We paid an affordable $15 for a large back-in RV campsite with picnic table and fire ring just off I-90. Garbage receptacles and vault toilets are within the campground, but there is no water fill or dump station. The Mikesell-Potts Recreation Area is a county administered park. All campsites are first-come, first served and there is a 14 day camping limit. Eight 50 amp electric sites are available and the nightly rate is $20. Verizon cellular service clocked in at 49.3 Mbps download speed and 15.0 Mbps upload speed. AT&T cellular service clocked in at 99.4 Mbps download speed and 2.38 Mbps upload speed. T-Mobile cellular service clocked in at 0.03 Mbps download speed and 0.22 Mbps upload speed.

A first-come, first-served park. Runs on the honor system for payment. (Bring cash or a check) The 8 electric sites have privacy, but no lake view. We camped in a non-electric site right on the lake. Nice breezes and places to take a dip. No showers, dump, or potable water. Vault toilets are new-ish and clean. We drove into Buffalo and got water at the city park. Groceries/wine/beer at an IGA there, too, about 7 miles away. Park was low key, quiet, and less than half full during our midweek stay.

Very accessible, no reservations but decent number of spots. We arrived around 7 or 8 on a Thursday evening in the middle of summer and though it was busy we still found a nice spot. No camphost, honesty box to pay your camping fee. No showers but there were clean pit toilets. Lots of people swimming in the lake and boating/fishing etc. Poor US cellular service at the campground. We had to drive in to Buffalo to get a signal. No other complaints.