North Dakota and Wyoming Camping

Staci and I wanted to try out dry camping, which is camping with no source of water and electric or ability to dump tanks. We initially drove up to Devil’s Tower and stayed on a large piece of property we found on Hipcamp. We continued to North Dakota where we climbed the High Point (White Butte Mountain) and then drove up to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. From there we headed to the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming.

Driving from Boulder to Devil’s Tower. Most of Wyoming looks like this.

Devil’s Tower from the West.

There are about a dozen miles of trails around Devil’s Tower including the Red Beds Trail pictured here.

Best place in the park to view Devil’s Tower.

Our campsite near Devil’s Tower. We used Hipcamp to find a spectacular 75 acre property to camp on.

Rosa’s property where we camped was spectacular.

Running toward White Butte Mountain - the high-point in North Dakota.

White Butte trail.

The top of White Butte Mountain.

Theodore Rosevelt National Park

Little Missouri River cuts through Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Bortle 1 dark skies in North Dakota.

The Yellowstone River in Southern Montana.

View of the Cloud Peak Wilderness area and Cloud Peak.

Getting into the Cloud Peak Wilderness area means crossing the West Tensleep Creek. It was about 30 feet across and 3 feet deep at one point.

We ran/hiked from West Tensleep trailhead to Florence pass. Lake Helen is one of 7 lakes you pass on that trail. All of the lakes in the Bighorns were very pristine and beautiful.

Mistymoon Lake

Wildflowers heading up to Florence Pass.

A curious Marmot at 11,000 feet near Florence Lake.

A few snowfields remained above 11,000 feet.

Florence Lake.

A hailstorm made creek-crossings a little more challenging.

We spent the last night in Laramie on the way home. The only good trail we found was in Greenbelt park along the creek.