Walmart

Even though signs are posted that overnight camping is not allowed, we went to the service desk and asked. They said yes. We "registered" and enjoyed the peaceful night after spending over $100 on mattress toppers.

The foul human waste smell the prior person mention was the compost facility down the road. Kinda pig farm smelling but not always and not that foul. We spent 3 nights here and saw no homeless people. Just plenty of RVs, the first night there we signed in at the service desk didn't bother the other nights.

We had to move to another boondocking location (Cabella's) due to the foul smell or human waste.
BTW, there was a water spigot on the west side of the parking lot

Walmart at 4000 US-93 BUS, Missoula, MT 59804 DOES NOT allow overnight parking. They close at midnight. Manager directed us to the Walmart at 3555 Mullan Rd, Missoula, MT 59808 which is 24hr and does allow overnight parking.

The city has apparently changed the ordinance regarding camping in parking lots and it is once again ok to stay at Walmart. The night we stayed there were probably 10 other overnight vehicles. It is a good central location and relatively quiet for a Walmart.

We pulled to this Walmart to stay for just the night and there are signs all over for no RV overnight per city ordinance. There were many RV's parked but no one was staying as we noticed them leaving as we pulled in. We did however move to the Cabella's in town and they said no problem to overnight in the front corner, in front of Kohl... more