Lake Shore Campground

We stayed 3 nights, hands down would stay again. Beautiful mountains, the dam is cool, CG is very clean, we felt there is plenty of room. You have to make reservations! Everything worked great. We were in spot 2 right on the first lake loop. Had no bugs. Easy in to Cody. It was a great stop as we waited for our reservation date in Yellowstone.

Really simple. Had a great view of the lake. Though it was almost full, the spots are placed far enough from each other that you have a little sense of privacy. Was a little pricey - just under $40 - but was twice as nice as some $20 sites I've been to. Close to Cody. Cell service was fine. But I don't know what it'd be like for streaming.

We stayed in the Lakeshore park as the North park is closed for the season. Great location 10 miles outside of Cody Wy and 45 miles East of Yellowstone. Seven sites have electricity. The other 14 do not. Water and dump were shut off for the season. After Oct 1 you can’t reserve a spot. It’s first come first served. We didn’t have any problems getting a site. In fact for a couple nights we were one of two campers. Great view of the Buffalo Bill Reservoir. It was a great base camp for us while we spent four days in Yellowstone.

We stayed here and drive in to Yellowstone to explore, and we loved it!! Not quite sure why there was never anyone out on the lake our entire stay here because the water was absolutely gorgeous! I had read other reviews say they offered to stay here than deal with trying to get in to Yellowstone and I’m glad we did the same. It was just gorgeous at this CG! I will warn that the Wyoming winds were a bit much at times, so be prepared for that. We had water hookup, were able to run our generator until 10 pm if needed, there was a dump site nearby, and there was firewood available next to the camp host. We actually stayed at site 11 first, which is more towards the front and close to the fire wood, it is also very close to the camp host and closer to the dump site. We then moved to site 28 on day 3, and we enjoyed that loop a bit better. It seemed just a bit quieter & chill, but with the direction our trailer faced in that spot we did notice the winds a bit more.

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.