PEBBLE CREEK CAMPGROUND
Pebble Creek Campgroundelevation 6,900 feet 2103 mlies against the dramatic backdrop of the Absaroka Mountains near the park's Northeast Entrance and offers a more isolated camping experience. There are 27 sites and 2 campground loops. The campground will be partially on reservation 16 sites, 1-16 and partially first-come first-served 11 sites, 17-26. Day hiking opportunities are available at Pebble Creek and from other nearby trailheads. Soda Butte Creek offers fishing opportunities and there are outstanding wildlife viewing opportunities throughout Lamar Valley. The closest restaurants and stores are located about nine miles away in Silver Gate or Cooke City.
Pebble Creek and the Northeast area of the park offer many recreation opportunities including hiking, fishing, wildlife viewing, backpacking, and more. Lamar Valley is an excellent place to view wildlife, with it being one of the major summer grounds for bison and elk, which attracts predators like wolves and grizzly bears.
Food Storage Lockers - Seasonal
Trash/Recycling Collection - Seasonal
Staff or Volunteer Host On Site - Seasonal
Potable Water - Seasonal
Vault Toilets - seasonal
Showers - None
Pebble Creek Campgroundelevation 6,900 feet 2103 mlies against the dramatic backdrop of the Absaroka Mountains near the park's Northeast Entrance and offers a more isolated camping experience. The campground lies along Pebble Creek and is within the Northeast area of the park. There is abundant wildlife viewing in the area. Elk, bison, deer, and pronghorn thrive in the grasslands of this area, known as the northern range. In fact, some of the largest wild herds of bison and elk in North America are found here. The northern range is critical winter habitat for these large animals, which in turn provide food for several packs of wolves. Coyotes are also common, and occasional bobcat, cougar, or red fox are reported.
Absaroka volcanics, glaciation, and erosion have left features as varied as Specimen Ridge's petrified trees to the gorges along the Yellowstone River's Black Canyon and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. Later, glacial events scoured the landscape, exposing the stone forests and leaving evidence of their passage across the area. The glacial ponds and huge boulders erratics between the Lamar and Yellowstone rivers are remnants left by the retreating glaciers. Lateral and terminal moraines are common in these areas. Such evidence can also be found in the Hellroaring and Slough creek drainages, on Blacktail Plateau, and in the Lamar Valley.
Mammoth Campground Mammoth Campground is the only campground in the park open year-round, Mammoth Campgroundelevation 6,200 feet 1890 mis located five miles south of Gardiner, Montana and the park's North Entrance. Situated in a high sagebrush steppe, scattered juniper and Douglas fir trees provide shade during hot summer months. The campground is close to fishing, hiking,
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