U.S. Forest Service · WY

Willow Campground (WY)

ReservableOut of season; the next season isn't published.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night
$20From, per site
Sites
2016 on recreation.gov

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices

In the agency’s own words

Located off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway in the Libby Creek Recreation Area, this campground has 16 campsites (trailers under 22 feet), picnic tables, vault toilets, drinking water (sometimes), campfire rings, and pedestal grills. There is fishing access at Libby Creek and the nearby Barber Lake Picnic Site. Willow Campground is at 8,600ft. This campground will have a mix of reservation sites and first-come, first-served sites for the 2026 season. 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. Keep reading

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

Further down Barber Lake Road from Pine Campground is Barber Lake Picnic Site which features a retention pond. When accumulative annual precipitation allows, it is filled with water and stocked with Rainbow Trout in the summer months. Additionally, there is a nearby trail system that comes from Corner Mountain Trailhead.

Facilities

Willow Campground has 16 sites. Sites are equipped with picnic tables and fire rings. All sites have access to a vault toilet and trash collection. No electrical hook-ups, water hook-ups, or black water hook-ups are available. Handpump water may be available in this 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

Willow Campground sits next to Libby Creek, which flows down from Libby Lake. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (307) 745-2300.

Nearby Attractions

Further down Barber Lake Road from Pine Campground is Barber Lake Picnic Site which features a retention pond. When accumulative annual precipitation allows, it is filled with water and stocked with Rainbow Trout in the summer months. Additionally, there is a nearby trail system that comes from Corner Mountain Trailhead.

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

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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.

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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.

Everything else this campground posts · 9
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There are no electric, water, or sewer hookup services.

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Maximum length of stay is 14 days.

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Campfires at this site are only allowed in USFS approved metal fire rings.

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Campsites are limited to 8 people and 2 vehicles per site.

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Dogs must be on leash.

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Quiet hours are 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

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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.

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You are responsible for reading the site descriptions and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment.

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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.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Tents and rigs

Sites
20
Hookups
None
Paved pads
2 of 20
Accessible sites
None listed
Pets
Allowed
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Vault Toilets
VAULT TOILETS on 16 of 20 campsite records
Drinking water
Yes
DRINKING WATER (HAND PUMP) on 16 of 20 campsite records

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, Creek
Fishing
Hiking
Wildlife viewing
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

recreation.gov lists 16 of the 20 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. The last reservable season the agency published ended September 12, 2026, and it hasn't published the next one.recreation.gov
A night$20plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$48DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itU.S. Forest ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
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What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
A night$20
ScanPay 1$20
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Sep 13, 2026 to Oct 3, 2026.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
What a stay costs
One nightDerived$28
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$48

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.

If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

“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 →

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rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

20 sites

All 20 sites

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The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 20 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.

Libby Creek Willow1standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow10standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow11standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow12standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow13standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow14standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow15standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow16standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow2type not stated$20
Libby Creek Willow3standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow4standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow5standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow6standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow7standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow8standard nonelectric$20
Libby Creek Willow9standard nonelectric$20
Scan and PayScanPay 2type not stated$20
Scan and PayScanPay 3type not stated$20
Scan and PayScanPay 4type not stated$20
Scan and PayStandardstandard nonelectric$20

Getting there

the agency’s directions · the phone number
The phoneN/A
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

The weather

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

The land, and who answers for it

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: U.S. Forest Service publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.
Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.