North Fork Road

The field when we arrived has become a dirt pit for what we assume is the forestry service, but not sure... at 3am and throughout the night we were initiated with dump trucks and dozers working. We were parked near the entrance and I picked up a large hand full of rust 4" nails that we laying on the ground. Needless to say we left the next day for better pasture. On the bright side, we had good cell coverage.

Searched the area high and low and found few dispersed options for RVs, so settled on this old work site. Decent to explore from and that's it. No shade, no hiking access, no surrounding forest, no scenery. But it was free, fairly level, and quiet at night despite being only a few hundred feet from the paved road. It was full on Aug 1 with several site-seekers driving through so I would not consider it a dependable option in peak season.

@Nomadic_Neighbors gave us the heads up on this site and accurately described it as 'the field of despair'. We tried for the McGinnis Creek Rd. site but it was occupied, and the Blakenship Bridge site, while awesome, was not accessible with our 30' Airstream in tow. So we landed here... access is very easy compared to the others and there is plenty of space for several rigs but we never saw another camper here during our stay.

It's a convenient site for easy access to Glacier NP, Whitefish, and Kalispell. Otherwise it's a big ugly field that was previously used for target shooting (which is posted as prohibited now) with "views" of a burned up patch of forest. It's directly off the highway but noise was never an issue.

There is a flowing well almost exactly 5.5 miles southbound (towards town), we used jugs to transfer this and fill our tank but we do not drink from our tank.

Cell service with Verizon was a stable 2 bars LTE but consistently VERY slow (~500Kbps down, ~1Mbps up).

This boondocking spot isn't going to win any beauty contests, but it sure does the trick if you're trying to see Glacier NP. It is a big open field just off of the N Fork Rd. It can accommodate 4 campsites with amply privacy, or probably 50 if you pack them in like a KOA. It is very easy to find and was actually surprisingly quiet despite being on the road.

We saw 3 other campers there when we first arrived, but we moved on to McGinnis Creek. We then stayed here after our stay in the park just because we needed something close and reliable for a late night pit stop.

There is a no shooting sign when you enter, but there were hundreds of bullet shells on the ground.

Cell service is good and you can get some decent TV stations.