U.S. Forest Service · Medicine Bow-Routt NFs and Thunder Basin NG · Wyoming

Miller Lake Dispersed Campground

This small campground no longer provides designated camp sites. It has become a dispersed camping area, meaning amenities are no longer offered. There is fishing access at Miller Lake and fly fishing for trout. 16 day stay limit.

More like this: first-come in Wyoming · tent only in Wyoming

Amenities & rules

EquipmentTents

Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.

Season & status

ForestMedicine Bow-Routt NFs and Thunder Basin NG

Medicine Bow-Routt NFs and Thunder Basin NG recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Miller Lake Dispersed Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 0.64 inches of precipitation, 10.4 inches of snowFebruary: 0.74 inches of precipitation, 11.2 inches of snowMarch: 1.05 inches of precipitation, 15.0 inches of snowApril: 1.61 inches of precipitation, 16.8 inches of snowMay: 1.74 inches of precipitation, 7.9 inches of snowJune: 1.56 inches of precipitation, 0.8 inches of snowJuly: 1.40 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 1.41 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 1.36 inches of precipitation, 1.7 inches of snowOctober: 1.12 inches of precipitation, 10.0 inches of snowNovember: 0.90 inches of precipitation, 12.5 inches of snowDecember: 0.74 inches of precipitation, 11.3 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 20.9°F averageFebruary: 22.0°F averageMarch: 30.2°F averageApril: 36.3°F averageMay: 45.3°F averageJune: 54.8°F averageJuly: 61.0°F averageAugust: 58.5°F averageSeptember: 50.8°F averageOctober: 40.0°F averageNovember: 29.3°F averageDecember: 20.5°F average0 in5 in10 in15 in20 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Hohnholz Rch, 11 miles from the campground at 7,797 feet, station USC00054054 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 14 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 98 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates41.0696° N, 106.1561° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Boswell Machine Piles Rx

    6 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Mountain Campus Du Rx

    41 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Salt Cabin Broadcast Rx

    43 mi from the campground

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗24.1 mi
Outdoor gearSportsman's Warehouse ↗35.1 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no fee schedule, no directions or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

Explore

  • 2.5 mi
    Hay Park ↗
    7.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
  • 4.3 mi
    Mountain Home ↗
    6.7 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more

Trailheads within three miles

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

Platte River Wilderness begins about 8.1 miles away, and it is the closest of these.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

Guidebooks for Wyoming

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  • Camping Wyoming and the Black Hills
    Kenneth Lee Graham, 2023
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  • Moon Montana, Wyoming and Idaho Camping
    Becky Lomax, 2015
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    Ben Adkison, 2023
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Miller Lake Dispersed Campground?

No. Miller Lake Dispersed Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

Can I bring an RV to Miller Lake Dispersed Campground?

Miller Lake Dispersed Campground is listed for tents only.

Source: Forest Service

What if Miller Lake Dispersed Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Lake Owen (6 mi), Pelton Creek (7.7 mi), and Rob Roy Campground (11.3 mi).

Source: Campgrounds nearby