Bridge Bay Campground

Yellowstone National Park


This mega-complex adjacent to the marina, 3 miles southwest of Lake Village, appeals to fishing and boating enthusiasts. Some lower sites offer lake views, but the more private ones are in the upper section. Showers and laundry facilities are 4 miles away at Fishing Bridge. There are campfire programs at 9pm or 9:30pm.

Tent campers will appreciate the more desirable, forested, tent-only loops (I and J). Loops A, B and C are barren and exposed. Get groceries at the nearby marina general store.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Yellowstone National Park attractions

1. Yellowstone National Park

1.21 MILES

America's iconic first national park, Yellowstone is home to over 60% of the world’s geysers – natural hot springs that periodically erupt in towering…

2. Lake Yellowstone Hotel

2.11 MILES

The buttercup-yellow colonial Lake Yellowstone Hotel, dating from 1891, is the park’s oldest building and certainly its most elegant. Robert Reamer (who…

3. Fishing Bridge

3.52 MILES

There has been a bridge at Fishing Bridge since 1902, but it closed to fishing in 1973 to protect spawning cutthroat trout – to the benefit of resident…

4. Fishing Bridge Visitor Center

3.55 MILES

The displays of stuffed birds and wildlife inside this small center are less interesting than the historic 1931 building itself: built as an information…

5. LeHardy's Rapids

5.54 MILES

These rapids are named after topographer Paul LeHardy, whose raft overturned here, spilling guns, provisions and bedding but sparing his life. Rock uplift…

6. Mud Volcano

6.25 MILES

A fairly subdued geothermal area near Fishing Bridge, Mud Volcano still delights with the huffing, steaming maw of Dragon's Mouth Spring and the spectacle…

7. West Thumb Geyser Basin

10.51 MILES

Although West Thumb is not one of Yellowstone’s prime thermal sites, its 0.5-mile shoreline boardwalk loop (with a shorter inner loop to finish with)…

8. West Thumb Information Center

10.58 MILES

This former ranger station, dating from 1925, serves as a summer bookstore and winter warming hut. Rangers lead an hour-long boardwalk stroll from here…