Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone River in deep pine dotted valley
Tower Campground
 


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Tower is a smaller campground located in the northern portion of Yellowstone National Park. Tower is a good area to see black bears and bighorn sheep. It also provides a central location to visit the Lamar Valley, Dunraven Pass and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Tower Creek offers scenic fishing if you like rock climbing. Tower campground does not offer modern restrooms, but one of the nicer stores in Yellowstone National Park is very close to the camping sites, just down the cliff.....er I mean hill.

Ok, so Tower smells like sulfur and only has 32 sites, most of them contained on a small hill which is accessed by driving almost vertically on the campground road. The bathrooms are very basic, just outhouses. There are buckets provided on the picnic benches for putting out your fire. Everything feels very homely for Tower campground....... But don't feel too bad, because it's actually a good campground for tenters. In fact, it's one of the better centrally located sites in the park for those who wish to pitch a tent.. It's also pretty quiet too. I often see people ending up at Tower because they couldn't get a site at Slough or Canyon, and who don't want to drive back to Mammoth. If you want to tent camp in a reasonably central location, but don't want to spend the night next to an RV, Tower is a fine place to camp. It's lofty position also makes for spectacular views of the night sky, which in Yellowstone have to be seen to be believed.

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Tower campground facts:

Video Tour available: Yes. Download now!
Open: Mid May to Late September
Sites: 32
Laundry: No
Showers: No
Dump Station: No
Store: Yes
Fee: $12
RV: No large RV's
Handicapped Accessible: Yes (vault toilets)
Water: Yes
Elevation: 6600 feet
Fishing: Yes (Tower Creek, Yellowstone River)
Generators: No
Gas: Yes (2.59 miles north, June to September)
Repairs: No (24 miles west to Gardiner, all year/14 miles to Canyon)

 

 

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