Montana campgrounds help

patperry2766 wrote:

jgrimes wrote:
What are you looking for? What do you like to do? Work? In town or out? Your request is way too broad to respond to. Are you thinking you can like in your camper during the winter? I have lived in Missoula, Helena and (now) Kalispell. I'd suggest you come and spend the summer in each location and get a feel for what you want. And, then, plan to spend a winter. It's really not that horrible, unless you've never spent time in the northern part of the country.

Ideally, 20+ acres where I can set up an archery/shooting range, maybe a few horses and cows to raise, a shop to putter and a place for my wife to have a garden, photography, biking, fishing, hiking, 4-wheeling. We are an outdoor family but the summers and being around so many people are really starting to take a toll on me and my psyche.

I want a slower pace of life and a better quality of life, and that won't happen in a suburb of Ft Worth Texas. I want to walk out of the house and be able to feel alive, not just a rat trapped on the same wheel that is constantly going around and around. I want scenery and to experience more than the 2 seasons we get in Texas, cool and hotter than h*((.

That's what I want..now I have to figure out how and where to make it happen. I have read that the Butte/Silverbow area is the site of some EPA Superfund cleanups due to past mining. Is this an area that I need to shy away from because I have seen some tracts of land near Hackney that looks interesting.

You will have to go and visit each potential area to even begin to get an idea of what is available. Shopping for property on the internet is exactly the same as online dating, the photos and descriptions never match the actual person. I am pretty sure Jeffrey Dahmer's profile would have included that fact he liked intimate dining with friends.
20 acres near Bozeman or Kalispell is going to be expensive. Add in waterfront and you will be looking at 7 figures plus.
There can be many stumbling blocks unseen by the uninformed. Water rights, septic permitting, power, road maintenance are but a few. If you are three miles down an road that is not plowed by the local authorities you are going to have to figure out how to get yourself plowed out. If you have never done a Montana winter, don't buy until you do. The aren't necessarily the end of the world, but many people think you can see the end from there. Daylight is very limited, it will be cold and often the roads are close to impassible. Some individuals see that as a plus, some feel winter is a minor inconvenience, others feel the the onset of winter is the onset of six months of doom and gloom.