Bear Canyon Campground

Campground is located on the far eastern side of Bozeman, no services are within walking distance. **Big Rig Alert** I-90 is right across from the entrance & the underpass is 13’4” This will only be an issue if you are arriving or departing onto the WB lanes.

Back-in sites are on the perimeter of the grounds & resemble a tight parking lot. Pull-thru sites are located within & are very cramped & noticeably un-level. Our site had the sewer hookup after the very rear of the site which required multiple sections of hose. We found the traffic noise from I-90 to be minimal. I’m not sure how often the trash dumpsters are emptied but it needs to be more frequent as they are overflowing.

The entrance into the park is nice, wide & attractive as is the office & pool area. A dump station is located across from the office. Staff was friendly. They do allow mail/packages to be delivered but are certainly not very excited about doing it. Note - USPS does NOT deliver here so you will need to use general delivery.

Our average cost per night for a 7 night stay was $82!

We have stayed here for a week or two for three years now and it feels like home. There are pull through sites with full hookups, but we stay in the less expensive electric and water only sites. These sites are packed in with no space between campers, but there is grass behind each site with a picnic table and a beautiful view, which makes the sites doable. This is a very busy park, so the bathrooms are heavily used but cleaned daily. Trains run all night, and it is near the freeway, so not very quiet (the other RV park in town is even closer to the freeway and trains).

Nice views and the pool area looked nice but we did not use it. We had a spot on the end that was easy to maneuver to but had a huge hump in the gravel so it took some moving around to get level and close enough to our hook ups. No one had their pets leashed so we had to be mindful of our dog. Our site was grass and gravel with a picnic table. Heard the train pretty much once every hour all day and night. Overall very nice and a 10 minute drive to downtown Bozeman. Seemed overpriced for what you get but maybe that’s the new going rate.

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.