Glacier National Park

[caysea7254]

Hi all! Have been trying to get a site at Many Glacier campground for Aug and of course I'm on rec.gov and have the site I want so all I have to do is click book now as soon as clock turns to 9am central which is 10am eastern any way everytime someone beats me so frustrating! Ok so now thw question how hard is it to get a first come first served site thst would fit a 32 ft 5th wheel in Apgar campground 2nd week in August!! Thanks

[Kavoom]

caysea7254 wrote:
Hi all! Have been trying to get a site at Many Glacier campground for Aug and of course I'm on rec.gov and have the site I want so all I have to do is click book now as soon as clock turns to 9am central which is 10am eastern any way everytime someone beats me so frustrating! Ok so now thw question how hard is it to get a first come first served site thst would fit a 32 ft 5th wheel in Apgar campground 2nd week in August!! Thanks

Listen, the campgrounds within the park are not that great. I live up here an we do at least once a year. There are some private campgrounds particularly south that are quite nice with full hook-ups or electric water.

We have stayed at one in particular, primarily because it has trees and is not a parking lot and if you get the right spot a bit of privacy that the trees also help with. There are others.

This is our favorite http://www.glaciercampground.com/ This has some pics including fifth wheels parked. https://www.campgroundreviews.com/regions/montana/west-glacier/glacier-campground-1703


We intend to try this one https://mountainmeadowrv.com/rv-sites

[ReneeG]

caysea7254 wrote:
Thank you ReneeG. May I ask where outside the park? Thanks

You're welcome. We've stayed at Mountain Meadows, West Glacier KOA, and in Hungry Horse. We've also stayed at North American RV Village in Coram and the East Glacier KOA in St. Mary.

[caysea7254]

Thank you ReneeG. May I ask where outside the park? Thanks

[ReneeG]

The Glacier NP website has a campground info and status website, check it out here. This gives you a good idea on the fill times of each. When we've gone, it's been in September, but we usually stay outside the park.

[caysea7254]

Thank you for the info hornet28 I appreciate it.

[hornet28]

We pulled into Apgar late in the afternoon in June 2019 was told last one filled 1/2 hr ago. Went to a private campground for the night and Went in the next morning and there were a lot of open sites. We were pulling a 30' at that time. That was mid week.