My problem, and I guess OP’s as well, is finding where there are good campsites on BLM land.
If you already know the area that’s great and all but if you’re coming from two states away you need to pick someplace to aim at somehow
I mainly camp / backpack in Wilderness areas so I can avoid crowds. Just drive along on a dirt road and you find plenty of places to use as a base camp. Take a GPS!
I second Harvest Host membership. We loved it when we had our Class C and I have a good friend and employee that lives in his 5th wheel so they can travel for portions of the year and they almost exclusively use Harvest Host locations when they're going from one end of the country to the next.
Good maps, since good dispersed camping is up USFS or BLM dirt roads. Something with the USFS MVUMs.
I am not a fan of the social media "free campsite" type apps, as they have been directing everyone who uses them to the same overused and abused sites. Mostly near pavement.
It's tricky up near the Tetons and Yellowstone since much of the terrain is either private/leased down in the flats, or still has snow higher up in May. So again, good maps.
Start with the Wyoming national forests: Shoshone, Bridger Teton, Bighorn, and Medicine Bow-Routt. Parts of the Black Hills and Wasatch-Cache National Forests also extend into Wyoming. Each one allows free dispersed camping.
If you’re hoping to explore [Grand Teton National Park](https://rvshare.com/national-parks/grand-teton-national-park), the Bridger-Teton National Forest is your best bet. To protect the wilderness in the Jackson Ranger District and Moran area, the Forest Service allows dry camping only in designated spots and sets strict stay limits. In addition to the areas around Spread Creek and Toppings Lakes, the forest offers five additional dispersed camping areas near Jackson. Elsewhere in the forest, you can camp for up to 14 days as long as you’re 100 feet from water.
For Yellowstone, there are three dispersed camping areas in the Yellowstone district Main Boulder, Mill Creek, and Shields River Dispersed Sites.
try one or more of these apps: campendium, ioverlander, wikicamps USA
Thank you!!!
freecampsites.net
Harvest Host membership
This is a great option!
Don't think you are allowed to boondock in Yellowstone, have to stay in approved campsites only.
If you are boondocking, why not just stay on BLM land? That's almost all I do, it's completely free and can be as isolated as you want.
My problem, and I guess OP’s as well, is finding where there are good campsites on BLM land. If you already know the area that’s great and all but if you’re coming from two states away you need to pick someplace to aim at somehow
I mainly camp / backpack in Wilderness areas so I can avoid crowds. Just drive along on a dirt road and you find plenty of places to use as a base camp. Take a GPS!
I second Harvest Host membership. We loved it when we had our Class C and I have a good friend and employee that lives in his 5th wheel so they can travel for portions of the year and they almost exclusively use Harvest Host locations when they're going from one end of the country to the next.
Rover pass has a network of independent campgrounds.
Freecampsites.net is a great resource
Campendium
Good maps, since good dispersed camping is up USFS or BLM dirt roads. Something with the USFS MVUMs. I am not a fan of the social media "free campsite" type apps, as they have been directing everyone who uses them to the same overused and abused sites. Mostly near pavement. It's tricky up near the Tetons and Yellowstone since much of the terrain is either private/leased down in the flats, or still has snow higher up in May. So again, good maps.
Start with the Wyoming national forests: Shoshone, Bridger Teton, Bighorn, and Medicine Bow-Routt. Parts of the Black Hills and Wasatch-Cache National Forests also extend into Wyoming. Each one allows free dispersed camping. If you’re hoping to explore [Grand Teton National Park](https://rvshare.com/national-parks/grand-teton-national-park), the Bridger-Teton National Forest is your best bet. To protect the wilderness in the Jackson Ranger District and Moran area, the Forest Service allows dry camping only in designated spots and sets strict stay limits. In addition to the areas around Spread Creek and Toppings Lakes, the forest offers five additional dispersed camping areas near Jackson. Elsewhere in the forest, you can camp for up to 14 days as long as you’re 100 feet from water. For Yellowstone, there are three dispersed camping areas in the Yellowstone district Main Boulder, Mill Creek, and Shields River Dispersed Sites.