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CAMPSITES AT COLTER BAY ARE AVAILABLE ONLY ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS. CAMPING IS ALLOWED AT DESIGNATED SITES ONLY.
Colter Bay is a small campground, which is situated in a stand of Cottonwood trees just off of Lakeshore Drive. With only seven individual campsites, it is an ideal spot for you and your family to have some space to yourselves. The campground is largely undeveloped, with only a dirt road for access; six of the campsites do not have any established camping pads. Site 5 has an ADA compliant concrete RV pad. Colter Bay also has decently close access to the water on a seasonal basis. Normally, from May through early-mid July, the bay has water in it, and the campsites have very close foot-traffic access to the water. The water access, and sheltered nature of the cove make Colter Bay a very popular campground during high water. During the rest of the year, the bay drains out, and this campground becomes one of the farthest from the water. All campsites in Colter Bay are potentially impacted during high water flooding.
Great campground if you can get a spot. Bathroom were clean and always had paper. A short walk to the shower house. The spots are really close together, but it's to be expected in a National park. Easy and friendly checkin.
First time here, even booking last minute and was able to get a spot. The campground is huge. I loved that it has loops for tent only or RV. Very convenient place to buy something you probably forgot or need, even though of course it’s overpriced. The only reason why I gave it four stars was because of the showers not being included. If I had booked earlier I would have booked a campsite with showers included. The price is $5 per person or if you have a bigger family it’s 5 persons /$15 plus an extra person for $3. Not bad after being out all day and coming back to a hot shower😉 It’s still great to have showers close to you. Don’t let that be a dealbreaker though. They were super clean! The laundry is great too so you can go home with clean clothes🙂. They have bear boxes at every site so make sure you use it and clean up after yourself when you cook. The bathrooms at the loops were clean and well lit. They also have a place to dump your dish water so you can’t just toss it on the ground to keep bears off the campground. We did spot a mama bear and her cubs close to the entrance one day and the rangers were onsite making sure everyone was keeping their distance. Close to Jackson Lake so you can walk around.
One of our new favorite campgrounds! Tent sites, despite there being tons of them, felt secluded. Bathrooms were clean(running water!) WiFi at the general store and restaurant was very helpful for planning our next move. The picnic area and swim beach was our favorite part. Stunning views of the Tetons.
Well run campground. If you’re not big on wanting to have animals around your tent, this is one of the better campgrounds to go to. The showers were clean and easy to use their coin system. For the campsites, the new bear boxes they put in are spacious and can fit several large coolers.
Such a nice campground a little bit on the expensive side. We would definitly come back. I felt very safe. The toilets were okay and clean, the showers were clean too ($5 per person). The lake was nearby and very beautiful.
