Epsilon Stays

Where we stayed, and which site to ask for.

Our rig: 24 ft trailer · 46 ft combined · 30A (2022 Airstream Globetrotter 23FB Twin behind a 2025 RAM 2500 diesel)

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Cottonwood Campground (TRNP South Unit)

Medora, ND, USA · National Park

South Unit campground on the Little Missouri. No hookups, generators 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local. Site choice matters more here than at Juniper — the pull-throughs are not all what they look like on the map. Note that site 25 is the group site, not a standard site.

The campground

Address
E River Rd, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, ND 58645
Reservations
Recreation.gov for about half the sites; remainder first-come, first-served
Season
North loop year-round; south loop mid-May to September
Price
—
Phone
701-623-4466
Dump station
No
Potable water
Yes
Showers
No
Laundry
No
Wi-Fi
—
Cell
—

Campground website

Campground map

Campground map

Map: National Park Service. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

Official page: https://www.nps.gov/thro/planyourvisit/map-of-cottonwood-campground.htm

Our stays

Sites

Site 5

Fits our 24 ft
No
Max length
—
Type
pull through
Hookups
none
Pad
—
Level
—
Utilities side
—
Solar
—
Starlink sky
—
Afternoon sun
—
Noise
—
To bathhouse
—

Avoid.

Does not really allow for a pull-through despite appearances.

Site 21

Fits our 24 ft
—
Max length
—
Type
—
Hookups
none
Pad
—
Level
—
Utilities side
—
Solar
—
Starlink sky
—
Afternoon sun
—
Noise
—
To bathhouse
—

Seek this one.

Among the best sites in the campground.

Site 23

Fits our 24 ft
—
Max length
—
Type
—
Hookups
none
Pad
—
Level
—
Utilities side
—
Solar
—
Starlink sky
—
Afternoon sun
—
Noise
—
To bathhouse
—

Seek this one.

Among the best sites in the campground.

Site 26

Fits our 24 ft
—
Max length
—
Type
—
Hookups
none
Pad
—
Level
—
Utilities side
—
Solar
—
Starlink sky
—
Afternoon sun
—
Noise
—
To bathhouse
—

Seek this one.

Among the best sites in the campground.