Green River Lake Lodge
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- Right now
- OpenInside the published season, our reading; a database flag says not open
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
- Season
- July 1Opens July 1. No closing date published.
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 2 notices
In the agency’s own words
The Green River Lakes Lodge is located 50 miles north of Pinedale, Wyoming. The lodge is available as a rental for day use events such as weddings, family reunions, or meetings for up to 50 guests, or as an overnight rental for smaller groups of up to 12 guests. Keep reading
Recreation
During the summer months, hiking and horseback riding into the Bridger Wilderness and Wind River Range are popular activities enjoyed by visitors to the area. The lake is open to small watercraft only, making it an excellent location for canoeing, kayaking, and paddle boarding. There is a small boat launch located on the lakeshore, but turnaround space is limited and the access route steep. Anglers fish for brook, cutthroat, rainbow and Mackinaw trout. Fall and winter opportunities abound also, from hunting and late season hiking to snowmobiling and ice fishing. Access in winter is via 20 mile groomed snowmachine trail.
Facilities
The cabin contains flush toilets and showers (summer only), propane and wood heat, and the lodge is furnished. The master room has an outstanding view of the lake, a double bed, its own fireplace and bathroom. The second bedroom has two twin bunk beds and an attached bathroom. A propane refrigerator and stove are provided for your culinary delights, while dinners are shared overlooking the lake. Although the cabin has several amenities, guests do need to provide their own food, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, linens, towels, dish soap, matches, first aid kit, toilet paper, and garbage bags. Firewood is not provided. Lighting may be available, however guests are advised to bring an additional light sources in case of emergency. The cabin will need to be cleaned before leaving and basic cleaning equipement is provided.
Natural Features
The lodge is set upon the lakeshore of the lower Green River Lake, at an elevation of 8,000 feet. A commanding view of Square Top can be seen right from the living room of the two bedroom/two bath rental unit. The lower lake sits on the western edge of the rugged Wind River Range and the Bridger Wilderness. The area is replete with wildlife and provides access to scenic mountain views, as well as plentiful opportunities for recreation.
Nearby Attractions
Nearby is a developed campground, and trails for non-motorized use including the popular Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, as well as fishing and canoeing on the lake. During the winter months, a system of groomed snowmobile trails provide access to the lodge. Pinedale is the nearest full service community, and it located 50 miles south of Green River Lakes.
What the agency tells you
December through March, Snowmobile, Ski, or Snowshoe access ONLY. 4 vehicles maximum. Overflow parking is available for over sized vehicles, trailers, and large group use/events No running water will be available from approximately September 15 through June 30 Grizzly and Black Bear Country, Food Storage Regulationsexist on the Pinedale Ranger District Keep Lodge clean while occupying and store food inside mouse proof containers. All garbage and food must be packed out; do not burn garbage in the fire pit or wood stove The lodge is a non-smoking facility Please clean and lock lodge upon departure
All pets must be leashed within developed sites NO FIREWOOD GUARANTEED! Come prepared to cut your own firewood. Please restock the firewood you use. GREEN RIVER LAKES LODGE WILL BE CLOSED 08/11/25 through 09/20/25 for roof replacement
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 cabin
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 20 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS (SEASONAL) on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Showers
- Seasonal Showers
- SHOWERS (SEASONAL) on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Firewood
- Mentioned
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River
- Backpacking
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Cross Country Skiing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Ice Fishing
- Kayaking
- Mountain biking
- Off Road Vehicle Trails
- Paddling
- Snowmobile Trails
- Night sky · 14th darkest of 248 in WY
- Bortle 2
Full this Saturdayread 17:03 UTC
How full the weekend is nationally.
OpenBooked
The one site on offer is taken this Friday and Saturday, and on four midweek nights after it as well. read 17:03 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t
Watch for a cancellation
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We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 12
What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 17:03 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites · the site map
All 1 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 1 of the 1 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Cabin | Green River Lake Lodge | cabin nonelectric | 20 ft | 535 ft | $100 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Green River Lakes - Bridger-Teton NF (WY)Bridger National Forest · 0.2 miWhiskey Grove CampgroundBridger National Forest · 9.0 mi
Narrows CampgroundBridger National Forest · 15 mi
New Fork Lake Group CampgroundBridger National Forest · 17 miNew Fork Lake CampgroundBridger National Forest · 17 miTrails End CampgroundBridger National Forest · 22 miFrom Pinedale, drive 7 miles west on US Highway 191. Turn north of Wyoming Highway 352 and continue 25 miles to the Forest Boundary, where the pavement ends. Continue on the dirt road for 18 miles to the Lodge. While the dirt road to the lodge is suitable for 2 wheel drive vehicles, weather can make this road impassable to all but 4 wheel drive vehicles, call the district office to inquire on road conditions.
Note: Winter Access (December-March) is via snowmobile only, approximately 20 miles.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Dubois, WY
Typical weather
Typical July night 36°F, day 72°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical July night 36°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it · a letter you can send
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Green River Lake Lodge is in Wyoming’s at-large congressional district. Its representative, Harriet Hageman (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →
Who can change it · 3
Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.
- The member who votes the moneyHarriet M. HagemanU.S. Representative · Wyoming, at-large
- Your senator, on the same appropriationCynthia M. LummisU.S. Senator · Wyoming
- Your senator, on the same appropriationJohn BarrassoU.S. Senator · Wyoming
Read the draft, or change the wording
For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Green River Lake Lodge, Bridger National Forest, Wyoming
Dear Harriet M. Hageman, I’m a constituent in Wyoming, at-large. I tried to camp at Green River Lake Lodge, Bridger National Forest, Wyoming, and couldn’t. All 1 sites at Green River Lake Lodge are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Green River Lake Lodge keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Green River Lake Lodge. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Green River Lake Lodge (Bridger National Forest, Wyoming) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Green River Lake Lodge, Bridger National Forest, Wyoming
Dear Cynthia M. Lummis, I’m a constituent in Wyoming. I tried to camp at Green River Lake Lodge, Bridger National Forest, Wyoming, and couldn’t. All 1 sites at Green River Lake Lodge are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Green River Lake Lodge keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Green River Lake Lodge. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Green River Lake Lodge (Bridger National Forest, Wyoming) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Green River Lake Lodge, Bridger National Forest, Wyoming
Dear John Barrasso, I’m a constituent in Wyoming. I tried to camp at Green River Lake Lodge, Bridger National Forest, Wyoming, and couldn’t. All 1 sites at Green River Lake Lodge are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Green River Lake Lodge keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Green River Lake Lodge. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Green River Lake Lodge (Bridger National Forest, Wyoming) via campanac.com