Bootjack Dispersed Camping

We stayed overnight on our way to Yellowstone last year in June; I needed a place near West Yellowstone because I had to be there in the morning for a job check-in.
We stay in the first spot, under the trees, and with a fire pit, perfect for our rig; a class A 38’ road was good too.
Nobody near us could see some rigs far away, no sound from the road or others.
We loved it so much that we are planning to go back again next week.

We love this area! We have stayed here twice in different spots. It's a lovely forested area with many aspens and pines. Some sites have mountain views, but more of the private sites do not. As you go further into the forest, the roads become pretty rutted, almost impassible for larger rigs. Cell is strong (Verizon). There is a Philipps 66 nearby with free water and air.

This is bear country, so don't leave food out. We didn't experience any problems, but were warned off a grizzly at a nearby site.

Lots of ATVs in the area.

One spot we stayed at was kind of long and narrow, but was plenty big for one rig and had nice views of the mountains. A downside was it had some highway noise. Coordinates 44°34'46.4"N 111°20'31.2"W.

Another spot we stayed at was much larger - probably big enough for 3-4 rigs. More forested and no view, but less highway noise. 44°34'45.6"N 111°20'33.6"W. The two spots I mentioned are really close to one another. Both have their pros and cons, but are both decent spots!

There are A LOT of places to park here. My preference was to stay out of the secluded woods for solar and better reception, but you can get most sized rigs through the numerous off shoot roads. Big 5th wheels I'd recommend you stay right off bootjack road.

Privacy is pretty great but expect ATV traffic and a lot of generator usage in the area if you park near folks not equipped with solar.

Verizon was decent but for you remote workers:

I use a roof mounted poynting mimo shark fin, pepwave BR1 router. Speed average: 30 up and down. After 8pm local time the tower would crawl to 3mbps or less until about 10pm. Latency was a bit high, expect this tower to making quite a few bounces before it hits an actual data hard line so expect some zoom calls to get a bit choppy but usable.

We stayed on Bootjack dr for .8 miles then took the left fork. We parked right beside a bend of Henry's Fork creek. The site was level and views were awesome. Close to Yellowstone, what's not to love? The only down side at this time was the dump stations were all shut down (Covid again). We found one 16 miles south just past Rainbow Realty on the right side of the highway. Would stay here again anytime!

This is a great place to stay if you don’t need hookups. Right off the highway, easy access to a bunch of the sites, all well spread out, surrounded by trees, and easy to fit about any size trailer. Deeper in (if you take the road that loops - a couple of them just dead end), there are even more secluded sites but it was a struggle to get our 30-foot trailer in due to overhead trees and big ruts. If it had been wet, we would have been stuck. Still, the site we ended up in was wonderful. It backed to the woods, giving us room to roam. We’re happy campers here. 👍🏼

We came out of Yellowstone late, so most parks were either full or closed. This was a perfect spot to boondock for the night in our big rig. We didn’t try moving back into the trees for more privacy as the dirt, pothole filled roads looked rough for our 40’ pusher. There are 2 large parking areas immediately off the road that were perfectly suited with multiple rv’s and trailers already parked. Not someplace I’d like to spend any length of time, but perfect for a quick night.