West Montana suggestions

[RicB]

We are planning a trip in September to West Montana/Glacier Park area. Looking for suggestions for RV parks, Scenic back roads ( have a street legal side by side atv), etc. Thanks.

[sweetnoni]

We went that way a couple years ago, and found Yaak Valley, MT a beautiful place. Had a nice big campground near there . Believe it was rt 2. We took a ride upon to Yaak, so pretty. Certainly worth the look!

[ReneeG]

Billinwoodland wrote:

RicB wrote:
We are planning a trip in September to West Montana/Glacier Park area. Looking for suggestions for RV parks, Scenic back roads ( have a street legal side by side atv), etc. Thanks.

Someone mentioned Ennis, I boondocked in that area, nice quiet area. If you like boondocking, there is a large boondocking area near Henry's Lake off bootjack road. There is also a free campground on Henry's Lake, forgot the name. I think it is a state park. Lovely area, watch the weather, things can change quick up there.

Bill Frome County Park is the free CG on Henry's Lake - here a review of it.

[Billinwoodland]

RicB wrote:
We are planning a trip in September to West Montana/Glacier Park area. Looking for suggestions for RV parks, Scenic back roads ( have a street legal side by side atv), etc. Thanks.

Someone mentioned Ennis, I boondocked in that area, nice quiet area. If you like boondocking, there is a large boondocking area near Henry's Lake off bootjack road. There is also a free campground on Henry's Lake, forgot the name. I think it is a state park. Lovely area, watch the weather, things can change quick up there.

[RAS43]

Renee,
You are welcome and enjoy your trip. If you are a Passport America member that is a plus. I saved enough for 2 year's membership.

[ReneeG]

RAS43. Thanks for the feedback. I called North American RV Park to check availability this time of year and they said no problem. We'll be there in about a week. We too liked that they have open sites for our satellite.

[RAS43]

We are at North American RV Park right now, having arrived today. It is in Coram, about 5 miles from Glaciers west entrance. Very nice park with a helpful staff. It is not heavily wooded but some sites have trees. Our site is in the open because we wanted to get satellite for the football games. We looked at Mountain Meadows but it was too wooded for us. It is later in September and the temps are falling and the sun feels good in the afternoon at our site.
Tuesday we take the Red Bus Tour in the park. Looking forward to someone else doing the driving as there is a lot of traffic even this time of year.

[ReneeG]

When we stayed at Mountain Meadows, we had a 22' travel trailer. It's a beautiful campground, very wooded. Now that we have a 35' fifth wheel and satellite, we won't go back due to the size of our rig and the trees.

[Addy15]

Nice to see the good recommendations for Mountain Meadows as we have been considering that for next summer! If anyone has any specific comments/recommendations about that place, I would love to hear (see) them.

[Jrork]

padredw wrote:
I may as well add my enthusiastic voice to this:

Mountain Meadows was good for us

Us too. We just returned from this campground and had a wonderful time and the workers there were fantastic. I've already recommended it to our friends.

[padredw]

I may as well add my enthusiastic voice to this:

Mountain Meadows was good for us

[tohare]

We stayed at Johnson's on the east side of Glacier, considerably less than the KOA. Had a bear walk thru while I was fixing dinner..oh my. If you get near Missoula, the national bison range is nearby. In September the elk should be starting their matting ritual. Really fun to watch, and as this is not a big name place few people.also bision, big horn sheep and pronghorn.

[Fire5er]

Mountain Meadows was good for us

[fly-swatter]

We've stayed in Kalispell a couple times at Spruce Park On The River. It's a nice spot with some sites right along the Flathead River

[kknowlton]

We looked at the West Glacier KOA but aren't a fan of camping without trees.

Agreed. The West Glacier KOA is a very nice CG, and tours of Glacier NP pick you up right at the CG (they don't do that for any of the other CGs outside the park, that I know of). But when we had made our reservations for it, we were looking at old pictures and were looking forward to camping in a pine woods. Got there - almost no trees! Turned out they had cut many of them down to make room for bigger rigs and those who want satellite connections. 😞 We enjoyed our stay, but would sure have loved the woods. I believe it was Mountain Meadows we drove into & peeked at, and they are quite wooded.