BLM · Kemmerer, WY

Slate Creek Campground

The Slate Creek campground is just south of the shores of Fontenelle Reservoir, on the Green River, and just north of Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. The area is a mecca for birdwatching and fishing. Free facilities for this area include designated camping sites, 2 ADA accessible vault toilets, picnic areas and fishing access to the Green River. This site is near historic resources. Please do not collect or damage these resources.

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Slate Creek Campground
Photo from the area. Clayton B. Fraser (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Slate Creek Campground10°20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 0.35 inches of precipitation, 5.4 inches of snowFebruary: 0.36 inches of precipitation, 6.6 inches of snowMarch: 0.50 inches of precipitation, 3.8 inches of snowApril: 0.78 inches of precipitation, 2.2 inches of snowMay: 1.43 inches of precipitation, 0.6 inches of snowJune: 0.83 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 0.46 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 0.73 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 0.85 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 0.66 inches of precipitation, 1.3 inches of snowNovember: 0.34 inches of precipitation, 2.1 inches of snowDecember: 0.26 inches of precipitation, 4.5 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 14.1°F averageFebruary: 17.2°F averageMarch: 28.6°F averageApril: 36.8°F averageMay: 46.9°F averageJune: 56.2°F averageJuly: 64.1°F averageAugust: 62.3°F averageSeptember: 52.5°F averageOctober: 39.6°F averageNovember: 25.6°F averageDecember: 14.4°F average0 in2 in4 in6 in8 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Fontenelle Dam, 1 mile from the campground at 6,485 feet, station USC00483396 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 8 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 27 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Located on the west side of the Green River, approximately four miles south of Fontenelle Reservoir, off Highway 372.

Nearest townKemmerer, Wyoming
Coordinates41.9827° N, 110.0454° W · Directions ↗

Supplies & services

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Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge begins about 10.4 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

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

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Slate Creek Campground?

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

Source: How first-come camping works

Is there cell service at Slate Creek Campground?

FCC coverage maps show AT&T 4G LTE and T-Mobile 4G LTE at the campground point. Terrain changes that from one site to the next.

Source: FCC Broadband Map

What is the nearest town to Slate Creek Campground?

Kemmerer, Wyoming.

Source: Getting there

What if Slate Creek Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Weeping Rock Campground (2.6 mi, first-come), Tail Race Campground (3 mi, first-come), and Hams Fork Campground (39.7 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby