Vedauwoo Tent Campground (WY)
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $20From, per site
- Sites
- 2019 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 14 notices
In the agency’s own words
Vedauwoo Tent Campground contains a loop of 20 tent-only sites. All sites have tables, fire rings, and access to vault toilets. The water spigots in the campground are deactivated; however, water may be available inside the main campground. Look for the water handpump in the main campground's northern loop(sites 19-29) or down the Box Canyon Trail. There is access to rock climbing and a nature trail through the rocks. The Vedauwoo Tent Campground will have a mix of reservation sites and first-come, first-served sites for the 2026 season. Keep reading
If you are not reserving your site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by cash or check once you are at the campground. Modifications on reservations are not allowed for this site. This is due to limited capacity to update reservation placards when concerning last minute modifications as well as limited functionality with the modifications feature in recreation.gov which has only an ON or OFF toggle for site managers and no feature allowing modifications up until a certain time frame.
Recreation
The rock formations at Vedauwoo provide oppotrunity for all types of rock climbing. Sightseeing and wildflower viewing begin within a short walk or drive from any campsite. Turtle Rock trail leaves from the campground and winds its way between multiple rock formations while passing meadows, streams, beaver ponds and forested areas. Box Canyon trail leaves from the picnic area, contains great views along a short distance and is fully accessible to people with disabilities.
Facilities
Vedauwoo Tent Campground accomodates only tents with parking spaces for a normal sized vehicle. Sites are equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings, and pedestal grills. The campground also offers vault toilets, trash receptacles, and a water handpump. No electrical hook-ups, water hook-ups, or black water hook-ups are available. Handpump water may be available in the main campground from July to September. These dates may vary due to weather, well and/or pump maintenance, and water testing requirements. As such, we encourage you to bring your own water or call ahead.
Natural Features
The campground winds around the boulders, slabs and cliffs of the Vedauwoo rock formation. The formation is made up of 10 square miles of weathered Sherman granite, providing lots of space to explore. The vegetation is a variety of Limber pine, Engleman spruce, Douglas fir, and Aspen. The general area was once used as a hideout for outlaws. Native Americans thought playful spirits piled up the boulders.
Nearby Attractions
Popular attractions near this campground include Turtle Rock Trail, Box Canyon Trail, and the Tie City trail system.
Charges & Cancellations
Modifications on reservations are not allowed for this site. This is due to limited capacity to update reservation placards when concerning last minute modifications as well as limited functionality with the modifications feature in recreation.gov which has only an ON or OFF toggle for site managers and no feature allowing modifications up until a certain time frame.
What the agency tells you
Modifications on reservations are not allowed for this site. This is due to limited capacity to update reservation placards when concerning last minute modifications as well as limited functionality with the modifications feature in recreation.gov which has only an ON or OFF toggle for site managers and no feature allowing modifications up until a certain time frame.
Operating or parking a motor vehicle or trailer off of the paved surfaces is not permitted in the Vedauwoo Recreation Area and could result in a citation.
Check-in time is after 2:00 p.m. on the first day of the reservation.
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Check-out time is 1:00 p.m. on the last day of the reservation.
If the reservation holder doesn't show up on the first day of the reservation, the campsite is released at check-in time (2 pm) the next day.
There are no electric, water, or sewer hookup services. Water may be accessible from a handpump in the main campground loop containing sites 19-29.
Maximum length of stay is 14 days.
Campfires at this site are only allowed in USFS approved metal fire rings.
Campsites are limited to 8 people and 2 vehicles per site. Some smaller sites may only fit 1 vehicle.
Dogs must be on a leash.
Quiet hours are 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
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.
You are responsible for reading the site descriptions and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment.
Please print off your reservation and display it on your vehicle's dash. Reservation receipt will double as a voucher for day use sites in the Medicine Bow National Forest for the reserved days.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 20
- Hookups
- None
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…have tables, fire rings, and access to vault toilets. The water spigots in the campground are…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “As such, we encourage you to bring your own water or call ahead.”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Creek, Meadow
- Hiking
- Mountain biking
- Picnicking
- Climbing
- Wildlife viewing
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 15:40 UTC
recreation.gov lists 19 of the 20 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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.
Watch for a cancellation
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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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $20 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.
“Modifications on reservations are not allowed for this site. This is due to limited capacity to update reservation placards when concerning last minute modifications as well as limited functionality with the modifications feature in recreation.gov which has only an ON or OFF toggle for site managers and no feature a…” · 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 · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 15:40 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
20 sites
All 20 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. 19 of the 20 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 1 | type not stated | |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 10 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 11 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 12 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 13 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 14 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 15 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 16 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 17 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 18 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 19 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 2 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 20 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 3 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 4 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 5 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 6 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 7 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 8 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Vedauwoo Tent Only | 9 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Vedauwoo GazeboMedicine Bow National Forest · 0.1 mi
Vedauwoo Campground (WY)Medicine Bow National Forest · 0.3 mi
Hidden Valley Group SiteMedicine Bow National Forest · 6.0 miPole Creek Dispersed CampgroundMedicine Bow National Forest · 6.6 mi
Yellow Pine Campground (WY)Medicine Bow National Forest · 6.8 mi
Tie City Campground (WY)Medicine Bow National Forest · 7.0 miFrom Laramie, WY, take Interstate 80 east 15.8 miles to Vedauwoo Road/ exit 329. Exit and go to stop sign; turn left onto Vedauwoo Rd. and go 1.2 miles. Turn left at sign and go 0.6 miles to campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Laramie, WY
Typical weather
Typical October night 31°F, day 56°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 12°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
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Vedauwoo Tent Campground (WY) 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 →