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Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA)
Drive-up · public land · WY · 44.96259, -108.26184
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Ask about this camp →The land manager lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,737 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA)NIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA) · public land · WY
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump0 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- FFuel28 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- LLaundry42 mi
- RxPharmacy49 mi
- EVEV fast charger49 mi
- OOutfitter50 mi
- ShShower50 mi
- WWater51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 51-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 49-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA)
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
3,737 ft
State
WY
Coordinates
44.96259, -108.26184
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA) · public land · WY (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townLovell · ~10.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~27.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~0.2 mi
- GroceriesRed Apple · ~10.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicSerenity Pregnancy Resource Center · ~28.6 mi
- HardwarePowell Ace Hardware · ~28.2 mi
EV charging — from Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA) · public land · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger49.3 mi straight-line SW — DENNY MENHOLT CHEVROLET BUICK GMC, CODY, WY · EV Connect · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 1 within 50 · 10 within 100 · 29 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)54.3 mi — Laurel, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Laurel
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO56.0 mi — Denny Menholt Nissan, Billings
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)47.8 mi — Fremont Ford Cody · Blink Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Shell WY Tesla Chargers - Tesla Destination, Shell, 37.8 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 330020 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA) · public land · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomBLDG Horseshoe Bend Loop A Comfort Station · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomBLDG Horseshoe Bend Loop B Comfort Station · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomBLDG Horseshoe Bend Comfort Station · ~0.3 mi S · NPS
- RestroomBLDG Devil Canyon Floating Comfort Station · ~3.8 mi N · NPS
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Other camps near Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #88~14.7 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #552~14.9 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #563~15.2 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #579~15.4 mi
How we know this — Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA)
Source
National Park Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
The first National Park Service camping row we have carried anywhere in Wyoming. Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, 14 miles north of Lovell, WY via WY Hwy 37, overlooking Bighorn Lake and the red sandstone of Sykes Mountain. NO PARK ENTRANCE FEE: the park's fees page (read 2026-08-17) says "An entrance pass is not required to access Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area" and "As of May 25, 2018, Bighorn Canyon has suspended their fee program." CAMPING FEE, NPS's own words: "Improved sites $35 per night - no discounts apply. Unimproved sites $17 per night - with a NPS Senior Pass, discounted price is $9 per night." SITES: "the 68 campsites of the Horseshoe Bend Campground ... There are 28 large RV/boat sites that have water and electrical hook ups. Eight of the improved sites have wind fences. The remaining sites were left unchanged and are a perfect fit for small RVs or tents." RUN BY A CONTRACTOR, NOT NPS: "Horseshoe Bend Campground is run under a commercial use authorization by Hidden Treasure Charters" -- (307) 899-1401. PAYMENT: iron rangers near the bathrooms in each loop, cash or check made out to Hidden Treasure Charters; card accepted at Horseshoe Bend Marina for an extra 4%. First-come first-served except 10 reservable sites. COORDINATE: the mean of NPS's own 20 full-hook-up campsite points from the NPS Public POIs national dataset, so the pin sits in the IMPROVED loop, not at the centre of all 68 sites. ALSO WORTH KNOWING -- FREE CAMPING IN THIS PARK: NPS says "Dispersed/ backcountry camping is allowed on Bighorn Lake below the high water mark of 3640 feet elevation in undeveloped areas ... Dispersed/ backcountry camping is free and does not require a permit." NPS names no specific spot, so it is not pinned here. SOURCE: https://www.nps.gov/bica/planyourvisit/horseshoe-bend-campground.htm and https://www.nps.gov/bica/planyourvisit/fees.htm | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA)
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Horseshoe Bend Campground (Bighorn Canyon NRA)
Water on public land →Cold-weather camping →Fire rules & restrictions →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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