Campground · Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Quiet campground for Elkhorn Ranch and Maah Daah Hey Trail visitors.
Overview
Map
Plan your stop
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Theodore Roosevelt Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Theodore Roosevelt National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this place
Elkhorn Campground: Camping Near the Ranch“You're approaching Elkhorn Campground, a quiet overnight base in the Little Missouri National Grassland, outside the national park.”
Plays as you drive up to Elkhorn Campground in the Parkwolf Theodore Roosevelt Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Guide
Elkhorn Campground is a developed campground in the Little Missouri National Grassland, outside Theodore Roosevelt National Park and north of Medora. It makes a practical overnight base for visiting the remote Elkhorn Ranch unit or hiking the Maah Daah Hey Trail. Expect a quiet, partly shaded setting. The historic ranch is a separate destination, not part of the campground.
Sites are first come, first served, with no reservations. You’ll find picnic tables, fire rings, vault toilets (including an accessible unit), and no electrical hookups. A hand pump is described as seasonal, but its drinking-water status is unclear; bring your own water. Services are limited after Labor Day and before Memorial Day, and there’s no food service listed, so bring meals. Pets are allowed on leash.
The Maah Daah Hey Trail trailhead is about half a mile east. To visit Elkhorn Ranch, continue past the campground and trailhead to a separate parking area three miles farther on, then walk 0.7 mile to the cabin foundations. The last three road miles can require four-wheel drive or high clearance, especially in winter or after rain; cell service is absent along much of the route.
Wildlife
1,082 sightingsBisonMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
346 sightingsWild HorseMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
27 sightingsWapitiMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
45 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
87 sightingsPronghornMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
162 sightingsMule DeerMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Theodore Roosevelt. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Parkwolf’s Theodore Roosevelt ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
