Bear Canyon Campground

Really wish I could get the few hours back that we were at this campground. Dark, dingy and filthy. You are packed in like sardines next to your neighbor who will most likely be a full-timer or seasonal camper who doesn’t feel like they need to keep their campsite tidy...

Campsite was so un-even that the back of the trailer was almost 12 inches lower than the front before leveling so for most people, good luck getting your rig level.

Entry to the campsite is near a low bridge so higher rigs may have trouble getting in if coming from the East. Then you have a tight turn by the campground sign that is not lit so at night there’s a decent chance of driving past the entry.

As other have stated, lots of freeway and train noise due to the location of the campsite. Personally, this was fine with me. It drowned out the noise of the neighbors who somehow managed to be getting drunk on Keystone lites.

The views are nice from the campground but not nice enough to warrant paying money to stay here. Keep looking...and find ANYWHERE else

Not worth the money! About 15 minutes out of town so if Bozeman is your desire its not very convenient. Pretty location for a campground but way too high priced for the location and how loud it is with the freeway noise and train coming through (twice in the first hour I've been here). Staff is very friendly so no fault of theirs. Just expected much more for $60/night.

Friendly helpful staff, well kept campground, and shaded pull-thru sites. Great location near Bozeman.

Possible Cons: sites may not be level, some back-in sites get full sun (a great sunset view though), some train noise, and cell signal greatly varies (we had some work calls drop).

AT&T - 27 Mbps download, 6.54 upload
Verizon .72 Mbps download, 3.73 upload

Oh, and Instacart will deliver to your campsite.

I'm so tired of campgrounds taking advantage of RV'ers. This is not a resort. This is not a hotel. Your amenities are nothing special. They charge extra for more than 2 people.... $7.50 per person??? WHAT? How is a child going to cost you more money? Then $2 per pet... How is a pet going to cost you extra money? If you have an extra car... $2 extra... but you have to squeeze it onto your TINY, narrow site. We are already squished in here with neighbors nearly touching. Showers were NASTY. And the bathroom stalls don't have doors, they have CURTAINS! The little pool is open from 10am-8pm which is silly. People like to get up early and go for a swim or after dinner. Laundry closes at 8pm. A train goes by really early in the morning with its horn blaring.

I do NOT recommend this place. It's a joke. I would rather stay somewhere with no hookups rather than be gouged by ridiculous fees.

The campground is located a few minutes east of Bozeman along I-90, which was extremely convenient to visit Bozeman and also hit the Montana Grizzly Encounter and hiking areas east of town. The site sits on a bluff above I-90 and Bear Canyon, so there is road noise on the north side but generally nice views from the perimeter of the campground. The perimeter sites are all back-in sites, quite short, very close together, and totally perpendicular to the driveway. We saw several people having a lot of trouble backing into the tight perimeter spaces. Perimeter sites are also not particularly level -- we used more blocks here than we have ever used. The central spaces are all pull-through and obviously much easier to access and appear to be more level, but with less desirable views.

The bathrooms were generally clean, but not luxurious. I found it extremely humorous that the shower rooms were narrower than the one in our trailer, but at least my tall husband could stand up straight. The laundry room was adequate but quite busy. There is a playground as well as a pool area, which we did not use.

Make sure to read all the rules before visiting so you are aware of some of the unusual rules (no mail delivery, does not accept checks for payment, child tax, pet tax, early arrival fee). It wasn't an issue for us, but I can see it might be for some.

There are a few weird access issues. In addition to the low bridge for people coming in from the east or leaving to the west, the entry to the campground is on a very blind turn with a confusing intersection. It limited our options when leaving the campground with our trailer, since the route we wanted would have required a U-turn in the middle of this odd intersection. We could make it work when driving just our truck.

Cell service was generally quite good on AT&T: Download 40 Mbps Upload 12.97 Mbps when I tested, but it was more clogged at times during our stay.

This was a nice campground, we had a large pull through with a decent view of the surrounding mountains. Some of the back in sites were really small. The campstore was small, but nice, and the laundry was clean and air conditioned. The location is convenient to Bozeman, which has a nice downtown and a farmers market in season.

You are right on the highway, and there is a train nearby, but it didn’t really bother us. They charged us $2/day for our indoor cat, which I don’t agree with, but didn’t argue about.

One issue, there is a 13’ 3” bridge that you have to go under if you are coming from the east or leaving to the West. We had an appointment west of the campground for a repair, so we avoided it by coming from the west. Leaving, we headed east one exit, about 3 miles, then looped back to get on the highway going west. The other option was a u-turn that we didn’t think we could make. It would be nice if they let people know this when you make a reservation.

We enjoyed our stay and would consider staying here again, if in the area. But, the bridge might discourage us.

First off there is a low clearance bridge at the gps off ramp. 13 2’ thank goodness we had a Garmin to alert us. When mentioned to gal at check in, “oh yes.. but if you had talked me me, I would have told you” well, we booked on line, received a fast confirmation weeks ago so no phone call needed . Put it on your confirmation paperwork... simple fix.. Caution! Bla bla bla.

The site we were assigned is too tight for a 40 ft 5 th wheel. Birch trees pop out everywhere which is pretty but does not allow for width. My husband is a total magician, got us in, but way too much hassle... plus neighbors leave tow vechicles( large trucks) in roadway with front end obstructing turns! Yes, the view over the valley was a when you walked over to view it from one side of park..spectacular sunset.. but would not visit again... with anything over 30 ft..