Tower Fall Campground
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- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:43 UTC
- A night
- $20When it reopens, per site
- Sites
- 33In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices
In the agency’s own words
Tower Fall Campground—elevation 6,600 feet (2012 m)—is on the north side of the steep, winding, road to Dunraven Pass. The campground is near the Tower General Store and Tower Fall. The Lamar Valley, with spectacular wildlife viewing opportunities, is nearby as are several Day Hikes in the Tower and Northeast Area. Roosevelt Lodge, a short drive from the campground, offers dining and horseback riding. For reservations at the campgrounds managed by Yellowstone National Park Lodges (Fishing Bridge RV Park, Bridge Bay, Canyon, Madison, and Grant Village campgrounds), please visit the Yellowstone National Park Lodges Camping web page. Keep reading
Recreation
For information on recreation opportunities in Yellowstone National Park please visit the Things to Do or the Tower-Roosevelt and the Northeast sections of the park website.
Facilities
Tower Fall Campground offers: 31 campsites Food Storage Lockers - Seasonal Trash/Recycling Collection - Seasonal Staff or Volunteer Host On Site - Seasonal Potable Water - May be available, seasonal Vault Toilets - seasonal The campground does not have showers Natural Features The Tower Fall Campground is in the Tower-Roosevelt Area in the park's northern range. A short hike is located just outside the campground to get to an overlook view of Tower Fall. 7.5 miles (12 km) south of the campground, another 5 mile (8 km) trail leads to a lookout at Mt. Washburn. The Lamar Valley, one of the major summer grounds for bison and elk that attracts predators like wolves and grizzly bears, offers excellent opportunities to Watch Wildlife. Elk, bison, deer, and pronghorn thrive in the grasslands of this area, known as the northern range. In fact, some of the largest wild herds of bison and elk in North America are found here. The northern range is critical winter habitat for these large animals, which in turn provide food for several packs of wolves. Coyotes are also common, and occasional bobcat, cougar, or red fox are reported. The gorge and cliffs between the junction and Tower Fall provide habitat for bighorn sheep, osprey, peregrine falcons, and red-tailed hawks. Both grizzly and black bears are sighted throughout the area, particularly in the spring. Black bears are more commonly seen around Tower Fall and Tower Junction. Grizzlies are sometimes seen in the Lamar Valley and on the north slopes of Mount Washburn, particularly in the spring when elk are calving. Road pullouts provide excellent places from which to watch wildlife.
Nearby Attractions
Highlights in the area include the Tower Fall overlook, Mount Washburn, the Lamar and Yellowstone Rivers, and the Lamar Valley for wildlife viewing. For more information, visit the park's Tower-Roosevelt and the Northeast page on the park website. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (307) 344-2289. Charges & Cancellations
What the agency tells you
Tower Fall Campground is managed by the park. If you are looking for campgrounds managed by Yellowstone National Park Lodges (Fishing Bridge RV Park, Bridge Bay, Canyon, Madison, and Grant Village campgrounds), please visit the Yellowstone National Park Lodges Camping web page.
RV or Camper Unit Delivery Prohibited. The delivery or pick-up of out-of-park RVs or other camper unit rentals is prohibited.
Notify the Campground of Late Arrivals. To notify campground of late arrival for reservations more than 1 night or cancellation please call 307-344-2289
Everything else this campground posts · 7
Parking. Park all wheeled vehicles, including trailers and motorcycles, on parking pads or established roadways, so as not to block or restrict traffic in campgrounds.
Maximum Campsite Occupancy. Maximum occupancy is six people per site. Camp only in designated sites. Camping is limited to 14 days from July 1 through Labor Day and to 30 days the rest of the year parkwide. The 44-day camping limit includes both concession- and park-operated campgrounds.
Wildlife/Bear Regulations. • Keep all food and related items - beverages, cooking utensils, stoves, pet food and, empty or full, food and beverage containers such as coolers, ice chests, and water jugs - locked inside your vehicle or stored in a food storage box, unless in immediate use. Bear resistant food containers must be kept in a vehicle, in a hard-sided camping unit, or in a food storage box. • Dispose of all trash and garbage in the provided bear-proof trash cans. Do not leave food related trash or garbage unattended. • The park prohibits washing dishes or clothing at campground hydrants or spigots. Carry all dishwater/wastewater to the restroom toilet for disposal.
Campfires and Firewood. Wood and charcoal fires are permitted. Campfires are permitted only in established fire grates. Fires must be attended at all times. Only dead, down, and detached wood may be gathered. Wood should not extend outside the fire grate perimeter. Do not break limbs off of standing trees, living or dead. Drown campfires thoroughly with water to make sure they are completely out. NOTE: Wood and charcoal fires may be subject to special restrictions due to fire danger. Campground information boards will list restrictions or check the Current Conditions page on the park website. Propane grills and stoves are not usually affected by fire restrictions.
Quiet Hours & Generators. Quiet hours are from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and are strictly enforced. No loud audio devices or other noise disturbances will be allowed during this time. Tower Fall Campground prohibits generators.
Stay on Boardwalks and Trails. All travel in thermal areas is restricted to NPS designated trails and boardwalks.
Fishing. To fish within the park, persons 16 years of age and older are required to purchase and carry a Yellowstone National Park Fishing Permit (you may purchase in advance). To learn more, visit the Catch a Fish page on the park website.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 33
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets - seasonal
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Store
- Nearby
- Bear boxes
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 30 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Coast
- Auto Touring
- Backpacking
- Birding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 16th darkest of 248 in WY
- Bortle 2
Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:43 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 10
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 · 4
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Tower Fall Campground closed this Friday and Saturday night. The National Park Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 60 miles · 2
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
- Mammoth Campground (Yellowstone)Yellowstone National Park · 16 mi · 87 sites
- Canyon CampgroundGallatin National Forest · 32 mi · walk-up
recreation.gov availability, read 16:43 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
33 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 30 mapped sitesAll 33 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. 30 of the 33 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| Scan and Pay | Tower Fall Scan and Pay | type not stated | 25 ft | ||||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #1 | type not stated | 25 ft | 301 ft | |||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #10 | standard nonelectric | yes | 35 ft | 383 ft | $20 | |
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #11 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 35 ft | 361 ft | $20 | |
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #12 | standard nonelectric | 13 ft | 390 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #13 | standard nonelectric | 13 ft | 395 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #14 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 429 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #15 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 461 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #16 | standard nonelectric | 56 ft | 567 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #17 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 583 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #18 | standard nonelectric | 41 ft | 542 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #19 | standard nonelectric | 41 ft | 538 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #2 | type not stated | 330 ft | ||||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #20 | standard nonelectric | 53 ft | 487 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #21 | standard nonelectric | 31 ft | 498 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #22 | standard nonelectric | 31 ft | 472 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #23 | standard nonelectric | 29 ft | 494 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #24 | standard nonelectric | 29 ft | 466 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #25 | standard nonelectric | 46 ft | 477 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #26 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 522 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #27 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 560 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #28 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 537 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #29 | standard nonelectric | 46 ft | 571 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #3 | standard nonelectric | 66 ft | 367 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #30 | standard nonelectric | 46 ft | 532 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #31 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 465 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #32 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 423 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #4 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | 47 ft | 384 ft | $20 | |
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #5 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 37 ft | 392 ft | $20 | |
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #6 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 364 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #7 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 300 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #8 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 299 ft | $20 | ||
| Tower Fall | Tower Fall site #9 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 335 ft | $20 |
25 of 33 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Slough Creek CampgroundYellowstone National Park · 5.8 mi
Canyon CampgroundYellowstone National Park · 12 mi
Pebble Creek CampgroundYellowstone National Park · 14 mi
Mammoth Campground (Yellowstone)Yellowstone National Park · 16 mi
Indian Creek Campground (WY)Yellowstone National Park · 17 mi
Timber Camp CampgroundGallatin National Forest · 18 miTower Fall campground is on the road between Tower Fall and Canyon--north of Dunraven Pass and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Tower-Roosevelt Junction.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Jardine, MT
Typical weather
Typical October night 23°F, day 53°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 4°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
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
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Tower Fall Campground 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 →