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Lowry Bridge Access Site sits along the Sun River and is intended for boaters, fishermen, and others seeking water activities.
Of the five campsites here, there's one that seems long enough for rigs under 40 feet. Two more sites look like they...
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Jo Bonner is the smallest campground offered by the Bureau of Reclamation along Canyon Ferry Lake. The campground still offers some sites large enough for full sized fifth-wheels, but most of the sites look to be intended for small to medium sized...
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This is the only campground on Canyon Ferry Lake not owned by the Bureau of Reclamation. It's owned by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, and is part of the greater Canyon Ferry Wildlife Management Area (WMA).
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Confederate Campground is a free campground offered by the Bureau of Reclamation. It's all dispersed camping with a 14-day limit.
The access road into here is wide and firm-packed dirt, though hilly with a fair amount of wash boarding. It's...
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Goose Bay Dispersed is the free alternative to nearby Goose Bay Marina & Campground. The dispersed area is on land owned by the Bureau of Reclamation. While the Bureau doesn't mention this area on its official literature, they have added some...
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Silos Campground is owned by the Bureau of Reclamation but contracted to the County of Broadwater for management.
You cannot reserve these sites, they are strictly walk-in, first-come-first-serve. Sites cost $10.00 per day with a 14-day limit....
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Bean Lake has only two campsites that can accommodate RVs, and these two have picnic tables, fire rings, and pit toilets. There may be enough space for three to four campers in cars with tents.
Unlike the previous reviewer, I note no camping...
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Nightly Rate: $18.00
This is run by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks as a fishing access site (FAS) along the Missouri River.
Generally, the cost is $18.00 for most campers, but you can get it cheaper, as low as $6.00 if you are a Montana...
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This is technically part of Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, and as such, you're camping out in the wilderness, immersed into nature, but easily accessed by hard-packed gravel road.
As the first reviewer pointed out, the strongest...
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Dump station on site is free. They have rinse water, but the sign on the spigot clearly says that it's not safe to drink. Otherwise, no potable water here. This Maverik was also recently expanded to include RV fuel lanes.
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"No Verizon coverage, limited stay"
"Smaller sites, packed in like sardines"
"Secluded camping close to Townsend, MT"
"Free boondocking, smaller sites"
"Gorgeous sunsets, lakeside boondocking"
"Cheap, kinda ugly, but close to Helena"
"Lots of mosquitoes, no Verizon 4G signal"
"Buggy campground, very full on weekends"
"Amazing lakeshore camping"
"Free dump, no potable water"
"Gorgeous view of Rock Canyon"
"Nice little area tucked away inside rocky hills"
"Beautiful views of southern Grand Staircase Escalante"
"Closest free boondocking you can get to Las Vegas"
"Generous length of stay, lots of pine canopy"
"It's like staying in an RV park"
"Gorgeous views, Good Verizon signal, Fair amount of traffic"
"The most undeveloped rest area ever!"
"Pretty, peaceful, but not legal"
"Decent overnight stop, not much else"
"Lots of amenities, crummy sites"
"Pretty campground, but kinda meh."
"Not free, no potable water"
"Free dump, clean facility, potable water"
"Free, quiet, convenient"
"$5.00 dump station with drinkable water"
"Amazing view, peaceful too"
"Beautiful campground, no cell service"
"Free, quiet, convenient"
"Beautiful campground, but noisy and tight"
"Full hook ups for cheap and quiet"
Located at the base of Shasta Dam, just outside of Redding, CA, is Chappie-Shasta Off Highway Vehicle Area, along with its accompanying campground. Sash and I stayed here in April 2018...
Road PickleAdded: 10/21/2019
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Lowry Bridge Access Site is probably one of the few choices for free RV camping in the Great Falls, Montana area, and even at that, it’s not necessarily one of the better.
Run by the Bure...
Road PickleAdded: 7/24/2019
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Goose Bay is an area along Canyon Ferry Lake, at its eastern shore, about 30 minutes east of Helena, Montana.
There’s actually two campgrounds at Goose Bay, this one, the dispersed area,...
Road PickleAdded: 7/24/2019
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Silos Campground is a paid-campground along the western shore of Canyon Ferry Lake, Montana. It’s the only paid-campground owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, but managed by the County of...
Road PickleAdded: 7/24/2019
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Bean Lake Fishing Access Site (FAS) is a tiny lake in Montana, about 67 miles southwest of Great Falls. It’s free camping, and one of a few free campsites offered by the Montana Departmen...
Road PickleAdded: 7/20/2019
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Pelican Point FAS (Fishing Access Site) is one of hundreds of such sites that dot the Montana landscape.
Many of them are free to camp, but the majority still require some kind of camping...
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Fort Peck Lake loomed large on Google Maps, taking up a huge chunk of real estate in the north-east quadrant of “Big Sky Country”, otherwise known as Montana.
I wanted to camp there.
Seem...
Road PickleAdded: 7/17/2019
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Perhaps one of the best places to RV boondock within Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is along BLM Road 4725.
BLM Road 4725 branches south from of County Road N. It’s a red dirt...
Road PickleAdded: 5/14/2019
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Snaggletooth Primitive RV Camp is just a spot along a “dark desert highway” that might otherwise not notice. Located along US-95, on the west side of the road, just west of the Chemehuevi...
Road PickleAdded: 5/13/2019
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Free camping is practically everywhere at Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, as long as you don’t camp at the trailheads and the few paid campgrounds in the area.
For one, Grand...
Road PickleAdded: 5/13/2019
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When looking at from Google Maps’ Satellite View, Apex OHV Area doesn’t look like much.
And when you arrive there in person, sure enough it’s not that much.
But yet, it’s actually a decen...
Road PickleAdded: 5/13/2019
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Owens River Road offers dozens of dispersed camping areas within Inyo National Forest. Located right off US-395, about 6 miles north of Mammoth Lakes, and about 6 miles south of June Lake...
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Stewart’s Point is a tiny hamlet located on the northern arm of Lake Mead. It’s within the Lake Mead National Recreational Area, but is a small community of homes that was grandfathere...
Road PickleAdded: 5/12/2019
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Yellow post campsites are unique to San Bernardino National Forest. Each campsite is limited to one camp only, which is defined as being no more than two vehicles and no more than eight p...
Road PickleAdded: 5/12/2019
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Fantasy Springs Casino, located in Indio, CA, offers unlimited RV parking. Even though the entrance to the RV parking lot has a sign that forbids overnight parking, there’s dozens of RVs...
Road PickleAdded: 5/12/2019
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Sash and I returned to Joshua Tree BLM South, a dispersed camping area on BLM land, just on the south side of Joshua Tree National Park.
The first time we camped here, back in November...
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Cedar Pocket Road runs through the middle of Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness Area, a BLM managed section of land in the north west corner of Arizona, running along I-15 and the Virgin Riv...
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Sheep Bridge Road is part of the greater Hurricane Cliffs Recreation Area run by the Bureau of Land Management, located between State Highways 9 & 59, just south Virgin, UT.
It offers per...
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Wagon Wheel Rest Area shows up on Google Maps as a “rest area”, shaded in green as if it might be some kind of park, or place where weary travelers can get in some shut eye.
But when Sash...
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