Sitting Bull
1Heads up1 fire 39 mi away
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $20–$40Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 41All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Sitting Bull Campground is located 51 miles east of Worland, Wyoming on the west side of scenic Cloud Peak Skyway, near the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area. The Bighorn National Forest offers a wide variety of activities, including hiking, fishing, scenic driving and a number of historic sites. The administering organization is Rustic Freedom / Gallatin Canyon Campgrounds; e-mail: support@rusticfreedom.com Recreation Nearby Meadowlark Lake covers 325 acres and is open to boating at a wake-less speed, making it a perfect location for canoeing and fishing. Anglers will find rainbow, cutthroat, brown and brook trout in the cool waters of the lake. Off-road vehicle trails, scenic jeep roads, hiking and additional fishing streams are available in the surrounding area. Diverse hikes vary from loop trails to treks along creeks and over mountain peaks; many trails access the Cloud Peak Wilderness. Keep reading
Facilities
The campground offers several single-family sites each equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring with grill. Site 006 meets established accessibility standards. Accessible vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are also provided.
Natural Features
Sitting Bull is situated on the edge of a forest of lodgepole pine, adjacent to a beautiful mountain meadow, a prime location for wildlife viewing. Most sites afford expansive views of the surrounding Bighorn Mountains. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (307) 431-7446.
Nearby Attractions
The High Park Lookout is located just east of Meadowlark Lake. This old fire lookout was built by the CCC decades ago and is no longer active. A short hike leads to the lookout, where hikers are awarded panoramic views of the surrounding area. West Tensleep Lake is about 10 miles north of the campground and is open to non-motorized craft only. The popular West Tensleep Lake Trail begins here and leads into the Cloud Peak Wilderness. Deer Haven Lodge and Meadowlark Lodge are nearby, offering dining options, lodging, guided horseback riding and fishing and camping supplies.
Charges & Cancellations
Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This cancellation processing fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
What the agency tells you
Double sites accommodate 9-16 people, two non-towed vehicles with trailers per site, per day. There is an extra vehicle fee, including what it tows, of $10.00. A 4th car (maximum) is free.
Single sites accommodate 1-8 people, one non-towed vehicle with trailer per site, per day. There is an extra vehicle fee, including what it tows, of $10.00.
The administering organization reserves the right to substitute sites without prior notice
Everything else this campground posts · 6
Groups larger than 20 people must camp elsewhere: Willow Park, Hettinger, Ranger Creek Recreation Area or Pine Island offer group camping
Two non-towed vehicles allowed per site. The first vehicle is included in the basic fee; the second vehicle will be charged an extra $10.00 fee at the campground.
Firewood may be purchased from the campground host.
Click here for more information on the Bighorn National Forest
Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing organisms by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 41
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Accessible sites
- 5
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…accessibility standards. Accessible vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are also…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…standards. Accessible vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are also provided. Natural…”
- Store
- Nearby
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek, Meadow
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 56th darkest of 248 in WY
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 22
What you actually pay
“the second vehicle will be charged an extra $10.00/day fee at the campground.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
“an extra car, including what it tows, is an additional $10.00/day.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $20–$40 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee.” · this campground’s own terms
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 · 7
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
41 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 41 mapped sitesAll 41 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 41 of the 41 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 41 of the 41 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| A | 001 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 146 ft | 216 ft | 1,028 ft | $20–$40 | |
| A | 002 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | yes | 99 ft | 213 ft | 920 ft | $20–$40 |
| A | 003 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 99 ft | 228 ft | 837 ft | $20–$40 |
| A | 004 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | yes | 138 ft | 279 ft | 710 ft | $20–$40 |
| A | 005 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 103 ft | 521 ft | 458 ft | $20–$40 |
| A | 006 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | yes | 50 ft | 678 ft | 289 ft | $20–$40 |
| A | 007 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 30 ft | 740 ft | 149 ft | $20–$40 | |
| A | 008 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 62 ft | 735 ft | 95 ft | $20–$40 | |
| A | 009 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 91 ft | 782 ft | 73 ft | $20–$40 | |
| A | 010 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 91 ft | 781 ft | 158 ft | $20–$40 | |
| A | 011 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 103 ft | 827 ft | 259 ft | $20–$40 | |
| A | 012 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 103 ft | 930 ft | 297 ft | $20–$40 | |
| A | 013 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 103 ft | 926 ft | 207 ft | $20–$40 | |
| A | 014 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 62 ft | 796 ft | 63 ft | $20–$40 | |
| A | 015 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 30 ft | 767 ft | 150 ft | $20–$40 | |
| A | 016 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 50 ft | 725 ft | 287 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 017 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 61 ft | 598 ft | 475 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 018 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 61 ft | 582 ft | 535 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 019 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 62 ft | 693 ft | 503 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 020 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 62 ft | 658 ft | 561 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 021 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 61 ft | 805 ft | 545 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 022 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 61 ft | 800 ft | 605 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 023 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 48 ft | 763 ft | 607 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 024 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 48 ft | 747 ft | 654 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 025 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 92 ft | 664 ft | 656 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 026 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 60 ft | 648 ft | 736 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 027 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 60 ft | 588 ft | 777 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 028 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 47 ft | 655 ft | 841 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 029 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 47 ft | 627 ft | 886 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 030 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 66 ft | 719 ft | 876 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 031 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 73 ft | 666 ft | 953 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 032 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 66 ft | 655 ft | 897 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 033 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 73 ft | 600 ft | 968 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 034 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 93 ft | 509 ft | 946 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 035 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 93 ft | 591 ft | 821 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 036 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 93 ft | 498 ft | 893 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 037 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 80 ft | 489 ft | 814 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 038 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 72 ft | 522 ft | 734 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 039 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 72 ft | 456 ft | 737 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 040 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 72 ft | 427 ft | 679 ft | $20–$40 | |
| B | 041 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 72 ft | 433 ft | 617 ft | $20–$40 |
25 of 41 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Lakeview BighornBighorn National Forest · 0.6 mi
Lake View CampgroundBighorn National Forest · 0.6 mi
Willow ParkBighorn National Forest · 1.4 mi
Island Park CampgroundBighorn National Forest · 2.1 mi
Boulder Park CampgroundBighorn National Forest · 2.6 mi
Deer Park CampgroundBighorn National Forest · 4.2 miFrom Ten Sleep, Wyoming: Take Hwy 16 east for approximately 20 miles to Forest Service Road 432. Turn left on FSR 432 and continue about a mile to campground.
The weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Ten Sleep, WY
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
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
Sitting Bull 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 →