Slough Creek Campground

Sixteen sites at the end of two miles of washboard, first-come only, and the reason we plan the whole Lamar day around it. Arrive before 9am on a weekday in shoulder season and you have a real chance; midsummer weekends are gone by 7. The creek muffles the road noise and the wolves in Lamar are close enough that people sit outside with thermoses at dawn listening for them. No hookups, no reservations, vault toilets. Bring everything you need because the nearest real store is Gardiner or Cooke City, both a long drive.