Tie Flume
Bighorn National Forest
Tie Flume Campground is located just off the Bighorn Scenic Byway (U.S. Highway 14) near the Burgess Overlook and Woodrock areas at an elevation of 8,400 feet.
The Bighorn National Forest, where the campground is located, offers a wide variety of activities, including hiking, fishing, scenic driving and a number of historic sites.
The administering organization is Gallatin Canyon Campgrounds; e-mail: gccampgrounds13@gmail.com
The campground offers several single-family sites each equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring with grill. Accessible vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided.
Need to Know
The administering organization reserves the right to substitute sites without prior notice.
Two non-towed vehicles allowed per site. The first vehicle is included in the basic fee; the second vehicle will be charged an extra $9.00 fee at the campground.
Groups larger than 20 people must use a Day Use facility: Willow Park, Hettinger, Ranger Creek Recreation Area or Pine Island offer group camping
- Firewood bundles may be purchased from the campground host.
- Click here for more information on the Bighorn National Forest
- Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing organisms by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
Natural Features
The campground is situated on the banks of the South Tongue River in the Bighorn Mountains, where craggy granite peaks rise over 13,000 feet above sea level. A forest of lodgepole pine covers the area, creating excellent wildlife habitat.
Nearby Attractions
Decades ago, many trees in the Tie Flume area were cut for railroad ties. Remnants of the old splash dams and tie flumes are found on the river around the campground.
Shell Falls Visitor Center, at the overlook of Shell Falls, is about 18 miles southwest. This center offers interpretive trails, scenic views, and educational displays about natural features such as flora and fauna and area history.
Bear Lodge, Elk View Inn and other nearby lodges provide guided horseback riding and fishing adventures, off-road vehicle rentals and fishing supplies, as well as dining options, showers and general stores.
The Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite, near the town of Shell, is the largest of its kind in the state and one of only a few in the world from the Middle Jurassic Period. The tracks found here are approximately 167 million years old.
Recreation
Off-road vehicle trails, scenic jeep roads, hiking, fishing and canoeing are available in the surrounding area. Diverse hikes vary from loop trails to treks along creeks and over mountain peaks; many trails access the Cloud Peak Wilderness.
Nearby Sibley Lake is open to non-motorized craft and offers an accessible fishing dock on the shoreline. Anglers fish for rainbow, brown and brook trout.
Changes & Cancellations
Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This cancellation processing fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
Contact Information
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FOREST ROAD 234 DAYTON WY 82836
Phone Number
For campground inquiries, please call: 406-587-9054
Rental Options
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Driving Directions
From Dayton, Wyoming: Travel 26.5 miles west on U.S. Highway 14 to Burgess Junction. Take a left and continue 5 miles south on U.S. Highway 14, then turn east (right) onto Forest Road 26. Travel about 2 miles to the junction with Forest Road 16, where the campground is located.
Available Campsites
- Site 018, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 025, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 010, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 012, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 011, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 017, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 027, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 015, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 007, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 024, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 016, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 008, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 020, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 021, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 022, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 019, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 013, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 003, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 023, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 009, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 002, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 026, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 004, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 001, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 006, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 005, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
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