Glacier NP in Aug/Sept.

two travelers wrote:
Considering visiting this park in Aug/Sept. What are our chances of getting RV sites for that time frame? Is it really booked like other parks?

We are from Montana. Forget August. You really need to wait till the kids go back to school. There are a couple of good places in West Glacier. The best though, imho is Mountain Meadow in Hungry Horse. https://mountainmeadowrv.com/ A decent place close to eat there is the Tamarack lodge.

This place has beautiful campsites with full service. They have a dump onsite and an honeywagon. You can even trout fish in their pond without getting an MT license. Free if you throw back by the inch charge if you want to cook them.

I'd call and they can let you know when sites open up after the summer. They told us a couple weeks ago they are full up through August as are most. There are others including a KOA parking lot one called Glacier Campground (another good place imho). West Glacier is a good base camp. You can do easy day trips to the east side (Many Glacier). We recommend doing the loop over the Going to the Sun road (with a toad) and around the bottom of the park. Unless you like narrow windy roads, take the route out to Browning and come back to save time. The windy route is scenic. Stop at the Izaak Walton Inn for dinner on the way back (good trout) and they have rooms in old cabooses. You can go take a look. Very neat. WARNING! There are a few miles of road just east of Izaak Walton that are National Park. You go from 70 to 55 without warning and then back to 70 mph. The National Park police watch carefully through there. Pay attention.

This is our recommendation. And Kalispell is close and has everything you might need from a city standpoint.