North Fork Road Dispersed Camping
Flathead National Forest
Write a Review North Fork Rd. Columbia Falls, MT 59912 406-758-5208 406-387-3800 Official WebsiteGPS: 48.4993, -114.1323
Overview of North Fork Road Dispersed Camping
RVers and tent campers must have a self-contained toilet or pack it out since this site is located in the Wild and Scenic Corridor of the North Fork of the Flathead River.
This is bear country! Please follow bear safety and food storage requirements.
Accessibility is not guaranteed, always scout ahead before driving down dirt roads. Learn more: Boondocking 101
Last Price Paid: $0
Reported by camper-780748 on 7/7/2024
Longest RV Reported: 44 feet (Toy Hauler Fifth Wheel)
Reported by BandLOnWheels on 8/3/2023
Open Seasonally Yes
Elevation 3,248 ft / 989 m
Max Stay 16
Tent Camping Yes
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Q&A - Ask the Community about North Fork Road Dispersed Camping
To ask questions of the owner or manager please contact the campground directly. 406-758-5208
No Sticks No Bricks asked on 7/24/2022
Is there a place to get water and propane in nearby?
Valentines asked on 6/30/2022
How are Verizon and T-Mobile speeds? Enough for working remotely?
Reviews of North Fork Road Dispersed Camping 37 people have reviewed this location.
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Last reported 7/7/2024
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Last reported 7/23/2023
Confirmed by 7 Users
Last reported 7/7/2024
“Easy Access And Cell Signal”
Reviewed 7/7/2024
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| Days stayed: | 5 |
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Good free spot, plenty of room for large rigs. No trouble finding a good level location for my 26’ trailer. Verizon signal ok for voice and data and T Mobile has 3 bars on my 5G home internet box.
Prob about 12 trailers here when I arrived but space for several more if needed
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camper-780748 would stay here again
This review is the opinion of a Campendium member and not of Campendium.com
“A free field near Glacier NP”
Reviewed 8/3/2023
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 6 |
| RV Length: | 44' (Toy Hauler Fifth Wheel) |
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This place was not our favorite. We were here in mid July 2023 and it was extremely crowded. You can find a spot but it is like being in a rv park with people squeezing in together. We expected that since it was peak season. The worst thing about it was the people who clearly are living there (sounds like it may be resolved). We saw wh... more
This place was not our favorite. We were here in mid July 2023 and it was extremely crowded. You can find a spot but it is like being in a rv park with people squeezing in together. We expected that since it was peak season. The worst thing about it was the people who clearly are living there (sounds like it may be resolved). We saw what looked like two groups. One RV and two graffiti covered trailers with trash around them. As others noted, these two groups would leave their dogs tied up all day outside and they would bark for hours without stopping. There was a lot of generator noise but nothing out of the ordinary, sort of expected here. One of the long term groups did start blasting music and running their generator at 3 a.m. but were otherwise fine the rest of the week.
The place is just a flat field, nothing glamourous but it is free and a great location for Glacier/Columbia Falls (vs us paying ~600-900 for a week in town).
BandLOnWheels would stay here again
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“Convenient”
Reviewed 7/28/2023
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 4 |
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Following up on the review from a week or so ago, about the orange-tagged campers. They were still here when we got here Wednesday (07/26), but we saw one leave later Wednesday night. The other left sometime this morning. Neither camper bothered us, though it helped there were so many campers here - we would have felt uncomfortable ... more
Following up on the review from a week or so ago, about the orange-tagged campers.
They were still here when we got here Wednesday (07/26), but we saw one leave later Wednesday night. The other left sometime this morning.
Neither camper bothered us, though it helped there were so many campers here - we would have felt uncomfortable if it was just us and them.
The camper that left this morning did leave a tent and a large pile of trash behind, but there are no orange-tagged trailers here anymore, if that review was keeping anyone away.
It's not the most scenic spot, but it couldn't be much more convenient. And Starlink works great here even though the majority of the rigs here are using it. Some boondocking spots are for the beauty and peace and quiet, to hang out and enjoy. This isn't that. But for a place to sleep and cook in between day trips to Glacier - perfect.
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Frisbeeboy would stay here again
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“Nice Flat Area w/ Residents, Unfortunately ”
Reviewed 7/23/2023
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Beautiful views with plenty of room for many rigs to spread out. The field is very easy to access right of of North Fork Rd. However, there are currently two very old run-down campers in the back of the field with families living in them. Their generators run day and night. Their dogs run free all day and bark, causing other dogs to b... more
Beautiful views with plenty of room for many rigs to spread out. The field is very easy to access right of of North Fork Rd.
However, there are currently two very old run-down campers in the back of the field with families living in them. Their generators run day and night. Their dogs run free all day and bark, causing other dogs to bark and howl. It looks like law enforcement has put orange stickers on the rigs, but… they’re still here!
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Yrrabsille would stay here again
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“Flat large area - big rig safe! ”
Reviewed 7/6/2023
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 5 |
| Site Number: | 0 |
| RV Length: | 38' (Class A) |
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We stayed here for 5 days over July 4th week. Easy access on road. Around 15 rigs camped here consistently each day. We are a 38 ft Motorhome towing a car. Found a spot in field as perimeter spots were taken. PROS -Solar worked well here. -Flat level spots -Starlink worked okay here. -20 minutes from West Glacier Entrance -s... more
We stayed here for 5 days over July 4th week. Easy access on road. Around 15 rigs camped here consistently each day. We are a 38 ft Motorhome towing a car. Found a spot in field as perimeter spots were taken.
PROS
-Solar worked well here.
-Flat level spots
-Starlink worked okay here.
-20 minutes from West Glacier Entrance
-short drive or walk to Glacier Rim for water access.
-Quiet, most everyone followed camping etiquette.
-Tuesday evening a Ranger drove through the area checking everyone out.
-16 day stay limit
-felt safe. Only one camp setup that seemed to be a broke down older trailer with graffiti sprayed tents surrounding it…did see 1 to 2 cars visit throughout the week. Ranger didn’t seem bothered by it.
OTHER
-it’s a field, not spectacular views.
-minimal cell coverage unless you have Starlink. We tested with ATT and Verizon.
-Some road noise from passing cars.
Would stay here again when visiting Glacier NP!
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CaraOstara would stay here again
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“Good Boondocking Spot. Cell Service With Verizon Is 2-3 Bars. Easy To Get Too From The Road”
Reviewed 6/26/2023
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We arrived mid afternoon. There are about 10 campers here but still plenty of room. Good for solar panels and satellite tv
Lb would stay here again
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“Easy And Close To Glacier”
Reviewed 6/22/2023
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 7 |
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The view is nothing to die for, it’s an open field. However, it was super quiet and the road to get in was very easy. The whole place is pretty flat and you can set up wherever you want. Most people are situated around the loop and in that field. If you go to the left when you enter there’s a big open almost hidden spot that could fit ... more
The view is nothing to die for, it’s an open field. However, it was super quiet and the road to get in was very easy. The whole place is pretty flat and you can set up wherever you want. Most people are situated around the loop and in that field. If you go to the left when you enter there’s a big open almost hidden spot that could fit 2-3 rigs easily. We were the only ones in this spot the entire time and it was perfect.
Felt safe, no sketchy folks. We left our rig every day starting at like 5am and had zero problems. Our dog was able to roam freely (within our area of course) with no problems. There are tons of ground squirrels that chatter all day and you can watch run and play. No other signs of animals here.
1-2 bars of Tmobile
Really good starlink
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Casey M would stay here again
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“Great views, flat spots, busy”
Reviewed 6/20/2023
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
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Great spot close to West Glacier. The views are nice and the endless flat spots are even better! I will say, this is a fairly busy spot. There were maybe a dozen groups during the 2 nights we stayed (Sunday & Monday). Open area for Starlink. Roads there were money!
camper-795103 would stay here again
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“Good location, some squatters”
Reviewed 6/13/2023
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 6 |
| RV Length: | 30' (Travel Trailer) |
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Verizon speeds of 20-30Mbps download and 18 Mbps upload. Couldn't get an AT&T speed test to run. Verizon via a roof mounted Pepwave antenna, ATT via smartphone. We stayed here for 6 nights after striking out at McGinnis Creek up the road. You can see the only good spot at McGinnis Creek from this one. It's a large open field right off... more
Verizon speeds of 20-30Mbps download and 18 Mbps upload. Couldn't get an AT&T speed test to run. Verizon via a roof mounted Pepwave antenna, ATT via smartphone.
We stayed here for 6 nights after striking out at McGinnis Creek up the road. You can see the only good spot at McGinnis Creek from this one. It's a large open field right off of the access road. It's just about the closest boondocking spot outside of West Glacier. Good solar and Starlink given lack of trees.
It was fairly crowded during our stay. Unfortunately, there was at least one squatter and there was another onen who let their aggressive dog run around unleashed all day throughout the entire field. The dog barked at my wife and everything else for hours. Lots of inconsiderate campers here in general including folks running contractor-style generators. 4 star spot without the jerks.
Given the crowding, I wouldn't stay here again. I'd drive farther up the road to one of the more remote boondocking areas but we had time constraints.
There's a moderate amount of road noise - perhaps 7-8 vehicles per hour.
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This review is the opinion of a Campendium member and not of Campendium.com
“Easy boondocking location”
Reviewed 5/24/2023
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| RV Length: | 34' (Travel Trailer) |
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Only two other campers here on a wednesday. Seems quiet so far.
Strong T-Mobile signal. I have the T-Mobile Home Internet with 3 out of 5 bars of coverage. I got 95 mbps down and 15 mbps up with an 80 ms ping. Starlink obviously works well here too considering there are few trees in the camping area.
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philipstevens97 would stay here again
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