Bighorn National Forest · Wyoming
Overview West Tensleep Lake Campground is located on West Tensleep Lake on the west side of scenic Cloud Peak Skyway, near the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area. The Bighorn National Forest offers a wide variety of activities, including hiking, fishing, scenic driving and a number of historic sites. The administering organization is Rustic Freedom / Gallatin Canyon Campgrounds; e-mail: support@rusticfreedom.
Sites at West Tensleep Lake are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 10 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Tent only |
| Location | Ten Sleep, WY |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for West Tensleep Lake around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Sitting Bull | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Boulder Park Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tie Flume | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lakeview Bighorn | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sibley Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Dead Swede | Cancellation alerts available |
| Prune Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tie Hack | Cancellation alerts available |
| Doyle Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lost Cabin Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Porcupine Campground (Wy) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bald Mountain Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Shell Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| South Fork (Wyoming) | Cancellation alerts available |
| North Tongue | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ranger Creek Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Leigh Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Circle Park Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Island Park Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hunter Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Middle Fork | Cancellation alerts available |
| Owen Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Burgess Junction Visitor Center | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hettinger Group Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Muddy Guard Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Pine Island Group Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Pole Creek Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sheep Mountain Fire Lookout | Cancellation alerts available |
| Willow Park | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for West Tensleep Lake; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.