West Shore Campground

I pulled in here without a reservation mid-week in September and had a choice of several spots. I took A-5 (which happened to be neighbors to the host) because I loved the surround of tree coverage and it felt nice and private. My little 15' rig fit the space just fine, but anything much larger and you'd probably have to park your tow vehicle somewhere else to not block the loop road. The pit toilet was close to my site (convenient), yet screened by the trees; it was also the cleanest I've encountered. The host was friendly and helpful when I was first getting settled into a spot. The only maintenance issue I noted was that the mapped hiking trail from the A-loop across the hillside and down to the water was a bit overgrown and obviously underused. Once I got into the B-loop the trail was much more walk-able without brush scraping my legs. I could hear some traffic/truck noise from highway 93 from my spot, which is probably a little less prevalent in the B-loop. I also noticed that my cell signal was better when walking through the B-loop than it was at my particular site (only 1 bar there, if that; T-Mobile). Even with the forest-muffled roadway noise, this campground felt peaceful and I loved the mature forest.

We loved our visit in late June to the West Shore Campground surrounded by a forest of pine trees. Our cost was $18.00 per night with our Non-Resident Montana State Parks Pass. Our campsite was in Loop A site 14, this loop is best suited for smaller RV's, Vans, and tents. However, the seclusion was perfect, peaceful and quiet. Each site has a fire ring and table, vault toilets, water, and trash receptacles are located throughout the campground in both Loops A and B. Loop B is best suited for larger RV's. During our stay we received one-bar of Verizon service without a booster. We hiked the trails in the park and along the lake, very beautiful scenery and very relaxing. The campground hosts were super friendly and very helpful. We would definitely stay here again.

We are full-timers in a 36 ft Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow and stayed in site B001 for 4 days in mid August. Our site was not level at all front to back, although the others didn't look as bad. Even with the front wheels several inches off of the ground, we still couldn’t get closer than half a bubble from level. Most sites are nicely spaced. The roads are quite narrow in places, only allowing one vehicle to pass at a time. The CG is well maintained, quiet and heavily wooded. There are no water or sewer hookups and no dump station at West Shore, the closest is in Kalispell. There are a number of short hiking trails around the CG. AT&T coverage fair, with 2 bars of LTE and speeds up to 2.5 MB/s, but throughput did fluctuate a bit. T-Mobile service was nonexistent. We were not able to get DISH coverage on any of the three western satellites at our site. There were 4 OTA channels to be had with our fixed omni antenna, but the only network channel was NBC.

I needed a base camp on the West side and this was the only camp offering reservations prior to Memorial Day weekend. I would have stayed elsewhere if I could have gotten reservations.
The turnoff from the highway comes up quick even when you're expecting it and traffic does not like to slow down for bigger slower rigs so plan on making the turn like an Indy 500 driver. Camp road is super narrow and I was thankful that the place was nearly deserted when I arrived as I can't imagine the dance you'd have to do to pass another camper.
There are two loops - A and B. A has much smaller sites and no electric but is paved and B has some larger sites with electric hookups but the parking pads are gravel. Basic table and fire ring at each. Only the hike in tent only site T2 has direct water access, everything else is either too far uphill or blocked off by private land along the shore. Several pit toilets located throughout camp. B had a couple small trash cans and A had the main trash dumpster collection site with several cans inside of an electrified fence to keep the bears out. These dumpsters were directly behind site 7 too, might be a consideration for tenters or anyone with sensitive noses in the summer.
Sites A1-6 had a lot of tree cover and were all back in, maybe a 20' trailer could squeeze in with truck. The camp host sites are located in this group too. Site 7 was decent in size but had a severe slope to the front 1/3 of it - so much so that there were several deep gouges in the pavement from folks dragging the trailer hitches while pulling in/out. Would not recommend this site for longer rigs or anyone with a dropped hitch or low clearance. Site A8-10 basically shared one open area. I had site 8 and was thankful that 9 and 10 were empty during my stay. I was afraid that if anyone pulled into 9 and had pop outs they might whack me in the head while I sat at my fire ring - there was maybe 6' of space between the two sites! No room for a tent in any of these sites either unless you set up on the pavement. Site 11-14 were all small with lots of trees, not sure I could have fit my rig in any of them. The turning radius at the end of A is pretty tight too - some folks with a 25-ish foot trailer came through and I was expecting to hear the sounds of trees scraping and cussing but they somehow made it through. Do not go through A if you have a large rig, you won't make it. Absolutely no water access from any of the A loop sites, there are houses along the shore that block the way. Loop B sites were much larger and there were a few rigs in the 25-30' range in there. Most seemed to be open enough to allow for pops out and such. couple of the sites had glimpses of the water but no direct access due to the steep hill.
Its a long, steep walk anywhere in camp - be it back to the host site, to the toilet, to the day use area, to the beach, to the hiking trails. Bring some water and a snack if you need to trek anywhere. The whole place is built into a hill and they did a very poor job of leveling anything out. My site had a severe slope corner to corner and I had to park at a 45* angle in my site to get my rig level side to side then I had to use my parking legos to jack up the front end 3 steps to level out front to back. Once I was wedged in there I had maybe a foot of clearance to the road and my back tire was on the edge of the pavement. Pay attention to the max length listed when making a reservation - if it says 30' it means 30' and not an inch more.
The traffic on Highway 93 is heavy day and night and with a lot of steep hills in the area I could hear a lot of noise as vehicles were either accelerating up the hill or braking down the hill - especially semis with air brakes.
Overall an OK camp but not up to the usual standards that I would expect from the MT State Parks. Between the road noise, lack of privacy, and overall cramped feeling I got I doubt I'll stay here again.

We stayed here for two nights on our way up to Glacier and it was a great stopping point! Campsites don’t have a lot of cover but we found one on the end of the B loop that was great and had some cell service, though everywhere else in the park it’s nonexistent. Really pretty in the spring, so much greenery and Flathead Lake is incredible, even in the rain. The hiking trails are really short but there’s some good stuff in the Flathead National Forest (Hall Lake is wonderful!). You can hear noise from the highway but it’s not insanely bad. Rangers would drive by to check in and the bathrooms were clean!

The roads are extremely narrow, so don’t speed or you run the risk of meeting another head on. I stayed here mid May with the season just beginning and mid week. This campground filled on B loop by evening so I was glad I’d gotten here in the afternoon. Peeks are all you get of the water, but the trees provide great shade. The spot I am in isn’t bad, but the RV behind me stares straight down into my campsite so there’s not much in the way of privacy. Pit toilet was decently clean, bear boxes on sight if you’re tent camping and need to lock any attractants away from wildlife.