North Tongue Campground, Dayton, WY

North Tongue Campground is located in the Tongue Ranger District of the Bighorn National Forest (2 hrs 32 min southeast of Billings, MT) with an elevation of 7,876 feet. There are a total of 11 campsites. The campground is normally open from the beginning of June to mid September. Sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 26 and 100 feet. All sites are currently reservable. There is a fee of $18.00 per night.

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Campsite Reviews (54)

4.7 out of 5

5 star		78%
4 star		11%
3 star		6%
2 star		2%
1 star		2%

@TaraK81836609C · Camped on Aug 1, 2024 at Campsite #12

Never saw camp hosts.

@AnnalisaJ520E6 · Camped on Sep 15, 2023 at Campsite #7

Site was not a great tent camping site and sites were relatively close together compared to other campsites. Better for camper camping. Bathrooms were very clean though.

@KevinP4445220 · Camped on Sep 11, 2023 at Campsite #7

Great campsite (#7) conveniently located near toilet and bear box. Loved proximity to North Tongue, Tie Flume, and Sibley Lake. Saw moose, elk, mule deer, Sandhill cranes and Great Horned owls. Camp hosts very friendly.

@CoryM3811192 · Camped on Sep 5, 2023 at Campsite #5

The hosts are great people, been there for several years. The bathrooms are always some of the cleanest around. Very nice campground.

@RobertB6182770 · Camped on Aug 6, 2023 at Campsite #12

Best camp hosts ever! Leni is outstanding and makes every feel welcome.

@JeffereyLB06AB · Camped on Jul 19, 2023 at Campsite #9

Clean well maintained campground.

@AllenW7935165 · Camped on Jul 12, 2023 at Campsite #3

Never saw the host. Bathrooms very clean. Its our favorite spot if we get there early enough in the year to miss the open pasture cattle grazing!! Cows mooing at 6 am not that restful.

@DAVIDJ6790409 · Camped on Jul 10, 2023 at Campsite #12

Nice place.

@LisaM2898345 · Camped on Jul 2, 2023 at Campsite #5

What a hidden gem! We will be back!

@ReginaO6330259 · Camped on Jun 30, 2023 at Campsite #3

The host, Leni (?) was fantastic informing about bears and kept pit toilets spotless. Hope to return to this campground in 2024

@RichardF767024 · Camped on Jun 19, 2023 at Campsite #11

camp host very pleasant and friendly. Campground and bathrooms were clean. tables are washed and area cleaned when campers leave. A very nice stay. Rick

@LukeS8D5D8EC50 · Camped on Jun 16, 2023 at Campsite #10

The host were great very friendly and accommodating

@CherylH2942173 · Camped on Jun 12, 2023 at Campsite #5

Beautiful and quiet spot, great neighbors, wildlife was awesome to watch, & easy to walk to the river for fishing. Will do it again, the camp host, Lanie was great, very helpful & kind

@EllenF5930180 · Camped on Sep 14, 2022 at Campsite #10

I didn't actually get here.

@TeresaW7312927 · Camped on Sep 11, 2022 at Campsite #1

We love the North Tongue Campground!!!!

@RandallS779762 · Camped on Sep 7, 2022 at Campsite #3

A beautiful campground next to a trout stream. The camp hosts were wonderful and helped us with anything we needed. We had an errant bear wandering around for a night or two, so we got to see game wardens, national forest people, etc. Alas, we never saw the bear. I love this place.

@JEANNEB9187254 · Camped on Aug 27, 2022 at Campsite #10

We have stayed here many years. Lennie the camp host keeps a very clean camp! Restrooms are always clean and she kept us informed every day what was going on. There was a bear in camp and she made sure all of the campers kept a clean camp and had coolersxand food put away. A central location to trails, bear lodge, and for wildlife viewing. We were fortunate to see plenty of moose and elk.

@RonaldR1708663 · Camped on Aug 12, 2022 at Campsite #11

The campsites were smaller than expected, but the overall scene was still nice. This is a primitive campground as expected, and the vault toilets were clean and well stocked. As a base camp to other trails and sites in the area it was excellent. My only real complaint is the proximity to the access road FSR 15 which is directly adjacent to the campground. There was a LOT of traffic on the road beginning in the early morning (UTV/ATF/Trucks) which detracted from the solitude one might hope for from a NF CG. We previously stayed at the Boulder Park CG in the south end of the Bighorn range, and the sites there were much larger and more quiet. The hosts at the CG were very nice, and the access road was OK.

@MatthewA193445 · Camped on Jul 28, 2022 at Campsite #7

I've been visiting this campground for several years now. The camp host is very helpful and attentive to taking care of the grounds and making sure campers have everything they need.

@MichaelP128679 · Camped on Jul 25, 2022 at Campsite #5

We had the campsite next to the host which looked like a junkyard. Maybe they need all the tires and pallets and assorted stuff, but That was our view. Other sites looked much nicer. It is, like all the surrounding area a base camp for atvs and motorcycles. Adding to the stream of vehicle traffic are stock trailers rattling over nearby cattle grates often enough to make me miss the quiet of a ciTy. We had two nights reserved but left after one.

@DennisH3714812 · Camped on Jul 7, 2022 at Campsite #1

Camp Hosts are top notch and really helpful

@SteveR5952407 · Camped on Jul 6, 2022 at Campsite #9

Campsite was great and clean. Camp render was wonderful and very helpful! There were Moose all over the are and three that came right into our campsite. There is many fishing areas but the water was very high so it was hard to catch any. Recommend It highly!

@DeanB513 · Camped on Sep 12, 2021 at Campsite #7

We were fortunate to get oneof the upper sites with a small tributary to the North Tongue running right behind it. Very pleasant spot. Super friendly campground hostess who put triangle folds on the TP rolls each morning - just like the Ritz Carlton only without the flush. Beautiful expansive landscape just west of this campground and the walk to the Medicine Wheel is worth it just for the views of it. Some great fishing nearby also. Only complaint came from my wife who did not appreciate the speed at which Forest Service workers drove the road just outside the campground to get to and from the work center. They raised clouds of dust making walking out there impossible.

@RandallS154 · Camped on Sep 6, 2021 at Campsite #10

Campground was very clean, orderly, and nicely set along a good sized, fishable creek. The camp hosts visited within a short time, and briefed me about anything important. The toilets were spotless, and even included a motion-sensing light to stay oriented at night. There is plenty of room between sites. Two of the 12 sites are FF. This campground is standard, non-electric with clean, cold water from two hand pumps. The sites are generally level, but not absolutely flat. There is plenty of shade, and on dry days, there may be some dust from the FS road leading to the campground. Good firewood is available for $6/bundle, as well as maps, at the camp host site (first site on left). This is a nice, pleasant campground that I will be staying in again.

@KarmaA923 · Camped on Aug 23, 2021 at Campsite #1

We really enjoy this campground and it's location. It's off the hiway but not to far. We had a cow moose and her calf came thru our camp and crossed the fence. Also, down the road was a bull moose and a cow. Fishing usually is good, but this year was unusually hot and dry. It stresses the fish.

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