Porcupine Campground

Campground itself is great. Plenty of space at site, with picnic table and fire ring. There was a lot of chopped firewoods stacked aside too. No running water. Just pit toilet. Environment around is good. Neighbors obeyed quiet hours. The road to it was a couple miles of gravel road after getting off 14A. My little Corolla didn’t appreciate it. Also, I arrived their Monday evening about 8 pm, the self-registration station hanged a sign said FULL. But when I decided to drive in just in case, I found this one available spot. So go in and take a look regardless what the hanged sign says.

Just a correction from a previous review suggesting campground full sign may be inaccurate. I am the camp host this year. I wasn’t last. I have a low tolerance for abusive behavior. When I turn the sign to full that means ALL sites are reserved (paid for by not you) and all first come sites are occupied. Just because a site is not occupied does not mean it is available to steal. This campground has three first come sites, 7, 13 and 16. IF a reserved site happens to become available it will be marked, “Available tonight only” or “Available tonight and tomorrow.” Your best chance to get a first come site is to arrive Monday or Tuesday. Later in the week the sites are typically occupied. You are much better off reserving via recreation dot gov. Yes I too hate that we have to use that site b

I stopped here to camp for a night on my way west on a three-week roadtrip. Very quiet and very dark campsite in the Bighorns. My neighbor campers were kind enough to help me capture this photo. We lit the interior room of their camper with a candle and carefully lowered the blinds leaving just a crack. They then tended their fire to a low level to backlight the trailer, and I snapped this shot. Thanks to Val and Paul from Cheyanne for the help! The Bighorns are a wonderful area to camp and explore and the dark sky qualities are very tangible!

Clean, quiet campground. No trails right from campground but close by. Very close to Medicine Wheel National Historic Site.

I love this campgroud. It sits at 8900 ft, so nights are cold, but the environment is worth it. Close to several beautiful hikes.