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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW about park campgrounds and storing your food from bears are on this page and its links:
OPENING DATES & VEHICLE-SIZE LIMITS
Only three campgrounds are open year-round: Lodgepole, Azalea, and Potwisha. Four campgrounds do not permit trailers and RVs: Buckeye Flat, Canyon View, Atwell Mill, and Cold Springs. In other campgrounds, site size varies and many sites are not suitable for very long RVs. For specific information on each campground please use the links below:
CAMPGROUNDS:
Alphabetical listing (with map at bottom of page)
Geographical listing (with map at top of page)
RESERVATIONS
All but two campgrounds are first-come, first-served; Lodgepole and Dorst take reservations for summer visits.
Reservations may be made up to 6 months in advance of the date you wish to start camping there. For example, you can make a reservation for July 4 beginning on January 4.
Reservations by phone available toll free: 10 am-midnight EST from March 1 - October 31 and 10am - 10pm EST from November 1 through February: 1-877-444-6777 (TDD 1-877-833-6777).
Reservations online - use these links:
For Lodgepole Campground
For Dorst Campground
Customer Service: 1-888-448-1474 or nrrscs@reserveamerica.com.
BUSIEST TIMES
All park campgrounds often fill up on Saturday nights in July and August. However, chances of finding a campsite from Sunday afternoons through Friday afternoons are very good. See "Group Campsites" below for information on sites for groups of 12 to 50 and follow links for details.
THIS IS BEAR COUNTRY. Food storage is required!
All campgrounds in these parks may be visited by black bears. With their excellent intelligence and sence of smell, they easily learn to seek human food. Then these usually shy animals may damage cars, coolers, and tents to get at it. If a bear gets very destructive, it must be killed.
You can prevent this! Always follow all requirements to store your food properly year-round.
Campgrounds offer metal bear-proof storage boxes (box sizes are listed for each campground; avoid bringing coolers that won't fit). Check park bulletin boards for instructions when you arrive, or click the "Black Bear" link on the right for more information.
While black bears can be dangerous, it's our food, not us, that they are after. There are no grizzly bears in these parks. more...
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