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"Vault toilets, picnic tables, fire pit, boat ramp, one garbage, group shelter house with playground."
"Fire rings and plenty of sites, fishing access."
"Duck Creek has nice camping spots, with no hook ups, but does have picnic tables and fire pits. Close access to nice boat ramp as well as easy access areas to the water for swimming, and fishing. "
"There are picnic tables, fire rings, and a pit toilet. Little privacy but nice views of the water."
"It's a good place if you like being away from the bustle of Fort Peck, but you still want to take a kayak or SUP on the water right when you get up."
"VAult toilets, boat ramp, beautiful lake. No potable water, no electricity, etc. Some fire rings and picnic tables, limited spaces. Area is DRY and water level is low, but still a great area. "
"Not the best road going in, vault toilets in area, some picnic table, fire pit spots. Great fishing and swimming."
GuideVAult toilets, boat ramp, beautiful lake. No potable water, no electricity, etc. Some fire rings and picnic tables, limited spaces. Area is DRY and water level is low, but still a great area. We'll kept grounds.
GuideThis is a primitive campground in the American Prairie Reserve. It seems to be a relatively unknown place and we were the only people in the campground for the night (there are 6 tent sites and 7 RV). It was about 40 miles of high-quality gravel road to get here. Near the campground, there is a research HQ for the reserve which is not open to the public and otherwise we didn't see anyone else the entire time.
Tent sites are walk-in and and on platforms, which you are required to use. This means if you have two tents like us, you'll need two sites. You tie the tents down to lashing points on on the side of the platform. Each site has a fire pit, picnic table and there is a community covered picnic area and fire pit as well. Free firewood is available next to the toilets. There are vault toilets and non-potable water sources in the loop. The walk-in is only about 15-50 yards, depending on the site. From the campground, there is a small auditorium and nature trail available. Bugs were pretty bad the night we were there, so we didn't try much of the nature trail.
Everything felt new and almost unused, like the campground had just opened. The toilets were only okay in cleanliness, the main reason I took off a star. It was a fantastic experience for the kids. A buffalo herd roamed the area and even through the campground at night and in the morning. Prairie dog towns were all over. It was one of our most memorable camping experiences but definitely come prepared since nothing is available on site or nearby. Many of the roads in the preserve are in pretty primitive shape so 4WD is recommended to get around the preserve, but you won’t need it to access the camp site. We had a big windstorm come through during the night, so lash down carefully!
LegendGeneral: 86-site US Army Corps of Engineers Campground located on the Missouri River in four loops, each with a different name: Lismas, New Deal, Wheeler, and Faranuf. Wheeler is for tent sites, the camper pads are gravel, and there are no electric hookups; the other three loops have mostly 30-amp but several 50-amp sites and the camper pads are paved. Faranuf has pull-thru sites that can accommodate larger RVs.
Site Quality: All sites are level and are spaced a decent distance apart from each other. There are some trees for shade but still many are in full sun.
Bath/Shower House: The New Deal and Wheeler loops have vault toilets and Lismas, and Faranuf have flush toilets and showers. The restroom in Faranuf is air-conditioned! The one in Lismas appears new (the old one is still standing but roped off) but points off for no soap! Also no hand sanitizer in the vault toilet in New Deal.
Activities: There is a paved recreation path that circles the campground and is about 2.5 miles. Other recreation activities include basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, cornhole, disk golf, and two playgrounds (one in Faranuf and the other in the day-use area). Recreation equipment is available to borrow. There is also a wonderful interpretive center where you can learn about the history of the dam, as well as past and present wildlife. In the summer, it is open Friday– Monday, 9 am– 4 pm and the hours are less in other seasons. A must if you have kids! Many in the campground had boats. Kelly, the volunteer at the gatehouse, was effusive about all the area had to offer.
We were only there for one night passing through, but we did visit the interpretive center, and run on the nature trail. The only bummer about this campground was the persistent wasps that made eating and sitting outside challenging.
LegendThis is a similar spot to other areas located around the reservoir in that it is wide open giving you that fantastic Montana Big Sky feeling. During the week there's hardly anyone up here so there's a good chance you won't have any neighbors. Each site has a fire ring and picnic table. There are also vault toilets nearby and a fish cleaning station!
TravelerDuck Creek has nice camping spots, with no hook ups, but does have picnic tables and fire pits. Close access to nice boat ramp as well as easy access areas to the water for swimming, and fishing. Adequate vault toilets in area as well.
Paid camping in area as well, which offer hook ups and showers.
LegendThis is one of the best places to take in that Big Sky that Montana is famous for! The combination of the rolling hills that seem to go on forever and the reservoir make this a great spot to camp! There are tons of opportunities to recreate in so many different ways! At most of the grassy camping peninsulas you can launch your boat or SUP right into the water! There are places where you can get some solitude and other places that are fit for a reunion or weekend party/getaway!
Now getting to the actual campsites. Most of them are relatively primitive with only a few fire rings and picnic tables scattered about. The grassy peninsulas are also not really split into individual campsites and it feels more like a camping field. This means that if its busy your neighbors will likely be right on top of you if you can't get one of the isolated spots. There are vault toilets near most of the spots along with running water at the day-use areas. Another great thing about these spots is the presence of a great fish cleaning station! To get cheap gas and food head into the nearby town of Glasgow which will be at least $1 cheaper per gallon than the marina pumps
GuideThis is a free 14-day boondocking area on a beautiful lake. It's not a free for all, but rather there are a few areas you can camp. They have concrete picnic tables and fire rings.
It was pretty quiet on a Sunday night but it looked like there were a lot of folks on the weekend based on the deep tracks in the mud.
There are garbage cans and vault toilets.
LegendWe stayed in OF 8, which has no hookups. The site, as is many around it, is huge. This site is nearest road so keep that in mind. Traffic was relatively quiet when we were there during weekday. Many sites have view of water although some are just peekaboo. Shade in many sites but not the big OF sites. Sites with hookups have nice paved pad. A few of these are really deluxe being off on their own with great views. Campground is not walking distance from lake. Lake is impressively HUGE. Nice fire ring at each site. Most sites appear to not be super level. We did fine in 8.
GuideThis was the first place we tried in this area for a free spot to camp on the way from Banff/Jasper to Wisconsin. It was decently busy with a few spots left when we arrived at 2:30pm on a Saturday. By the end of the night all the spots were filled with people squeezing their rigs in between “sites”. There are numbered picnic tables and fire rings, but also campers dispersed throughout. You can walk right down to the water and there were plenty of people boating and swimming. Vault toilets were clean, no other amenities. Sunset was beautiful! There were some large groups with multiple RVs together and 5+ cars- it looked like they had been there for a while. I didn’t have any trouble sleeping but my boyfriend said there were generators running all night and some fireworks around 11:30p. Overall felt safe, worked for what we needed, and was free!
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