Theodore Roosevelt/Cottonwood

Amanda Mueller

Very nice campground in a spectacular location! The only thing needed for a five star rating from me would be showers. The sites are spacious and fairly private, each with a picnic table and either fire pit or charcoal grill. The very nice clean, new bathrooms are located in the center of the loops with back door paths to them, and you do have to be watchful of bison wandering through the campground! Water spigots and dumpsters are located throughout the campground, and they have recycling for plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Handicap sites have spigots and trash cans at the site. The campground was full every night we were there, so get there early if you don’t have a reservation. Odd numbered sites are reservable and even numbers are first come first serve. The park is amazing! Spectacular landscapes, lots of wildlife, great hiking trails, dark night skies and beautiful sunsets.

MrDjdoughd

We stopped here on a roadtrip to Montana from Indiana. The campground is right in the middle of the park in the south unit. This makes the location pretty good. The views from the campground are pretty cool and we seen bison right outside the campground. The bathrooms are clean though there are no showers. Theodore Roosevelt is definitely a hide gem. I would definitely stay here again whenever I come back to the area.

Luci Goss

We were very fortunate to pick up a first come first serve spot in late August. Got one of the last spots around 2 pm. Did not use bathrooms so I can comment on that. Did see plenty of garbage bins. Did not see a dump station. The spot we got was fine. We shared a pull through with our neighbor Rv. We planned on staying 3 nights but only stayed 2 and saw what we wanted to see in the park and Medora. Seeing the bison and especially the feral horse was a delight. Unfortunately did not see any elk or bighorn sheep.

Rachel Buell

We loved the beautiful view of the site we camped at. It was very close to the field and Mountain View behind it. Very quiet the Saturday night we stayed. A convenient place to stay to explore Theodore National Park. The bathrooms are clean, new and nice, with an outdoor utility sink. No showers though.

Patrick Tanguy

Where to start...first time visit to Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Cottonwood Campground is really one of the best campground we have seen in a national park. Don't go there with a big rig...we were okay with our class C motorhome but saw one class A struggling to make their way and access a campsite. They should have read the information closely before booking a site there. There are no services but flushable bathrooms are brand new or very recent and they are clean and well maintained. One thing that was not obvious was access to water for our RV. Well there is one station right at the entrace to fill an RV, so that was excellent. But there is no dump site and nothing around. We stopped at some gas stations on our way and despite googlemap telling us that were dumps sites, there was none...so plan ahead and empty way before getting to South or North sections of the park. Camphosts (Barbara) is friendly and knowledgeable. A hord of bisons visited our campground! wow!