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UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP AS OF JUNE 2021!!!
Located just five miles from Cody the Cody Trout Ranch Camp offers a truly unique vacation experience. Rent one of our 39 RV sites, spacious 20′ diameter tipis (8 that sleep 4-5) or sheep herder wagons (2 that sleep 2) on the picturesque Shoshone river or a tipi (2 that sleep 4-5) near our stocked trout pond. We offer picnic tables, two community campfire pits, clean laundry facilities, and clean bath/shower facilities. We are the perfect home base for exploring the historic town of Cody and we are only an hour away from the east entrance to the famed Yellowstone National Park. You’ll love sitting and relaxing by a nice fire underneath the beautiful starry sky and being lulled to sleep by the sound of the running river.
If you’re the adventuresome type, you can catch your own dinner. Our Tipi and Sheep Wagon camping guests may try their hand at fishing the river, on their own or with a guide and with a Wyoming fishing license. All of our guests may fish without a license in our stocked fishing pond! If you choose to keep your trout from the pond, guests must pay for the trout they keep, they start at $5 per fish. All equipment is provided for pond fishing, but if tipi guests want to fish the river, they will need their own gear. We are open from April through mid-October (depending on the weather). We are pet friendly. Whether you’re here for a few days or a few weeks, we’ll make your stay a memorable one.
From Jct of SR 14 & SR 14A, N 5.9 mi on SR 14A to Trout Ranch Rd (L)
We stayed there for a day.The camp Hosts a Couple from Texas were just wonderful. Very clean facilities.
Very cool camping experience! No electricity, and no running water in teepee. Basically a high-end tent! The camp does have a separate restroom and shower facility. It was soothing listening to the river as you're going to sleep. This was a very fun camping experience! Highly recommended!
Tipi Stay...I really was looking forward to this stay, but I was let down some. This isn't glamping and it doesn't cost as much as most true glamping spots, but it's still spendy for a tent, 140 after tax. We were greeted by a tent that looked nice, couch, chair, small table with 2 chairs, a queen bed nightstand and propane heater. As we inspected closer, there is a flap over the bed which I am guessing, keeps things from falling on you when you sleep. Well things were definitely kept from falling on us and most likely many visitors before us, hundreds of dead bugs. We didn't have anything to get rid of them so we just didn't bother them. When night came, there were 4 battery operated led lanterns which is a good idea, but only if you change the batteries often enough for them to work, out of the 4 only 1 gave out a fair amount of light, the other 3 were far more dim than that 1. Location on the river is great, wonderful noise to go to sleep to and even though it was in the mid 90s during the day, it cooled off enough to be very comfortable. I did sleep well, but for 140 dollar tent, they need to pay more attention to it. I did take some night pictures with the full moon.
A great night of glamping. We stayed for one night in the Deer Tipi by the river. (The river is very close, but no swimming or wading because there's no beach and a swift current.) Beautiful and unique experience. It slept four comfortably and had nice little touches like provided towels and lanterns. The key is to have sensible expectations. Think of it as camping - you're in an upgraded tent, so don't whine about lack of electricity and running water at the tipi.
There is an opening at the top - it's a tipi - but you're in a desert area of Wyoming, so rain is not likely to be a problem. The tipi area does get full sun most of the day.
The three bathrooms up by the office (about a half-mile, and they're not kidding about the steep and windy road) were clean and nice. Didn't try the ports-potties by the river tipis.
Stayed for one night on our way out of Yellowstone. The tipis have everything you need for a cozy night. The fire pit was well maintained and the bathrooms we're immaculate. Highly recommend!!!
