Heart Butte, MT is a great camping destination for adventurers of all types. There are tons of hikes and other fun activities to partake in, as well as sights to see and explore. Search nearby campsites and find top-rated spots from other campers.
"Very pretty view and a fire ring. Lots of room to park and set up at that particular site."
"Driving along the skyland road’s ridge was amazing, gorgeous mountain views. Spots are few but very spaced out for privacy."
"It's a short drive away from the popular Going-to-the-Sun-Road allowing escape from busy roads and fellow tourists."
"This is a dirt entrance to Glacier National Park. The campground is small (14 sites) and only provide a vault toilet."
"We had the site at the end of the road, which is very close to the babbling brook, leading to Mill Falls."
"Small campground with 4 sites (a couple overflow just before the entrance) and just a couple dispersed sites right off the main road if full."
$35 - $40 / night
"The park is situated on the east side of Glacier National Park - the perfect launch site for a visit to the Park and yeah incredible scenery."
"Campsites next to the water allow for tranquil nights"
"Got rained out at one spot and just started driving. Chateau is a cute little town with a grocery store, laundry mat, and some places to eat.
This camp ground it right out of town. Easy access."
"Gunsight Lake is simply beautiful.
It's a decent trek out to the lake, beginning with a quick descent, but it mellows out in the valley as you hike back in."
"Hiked from Lake McDonald to Gunsight Lake in the September of 2016. Campsite is conveniently located just Northeast of the lake, about 7 miles away from the closest road."
"This is a backcountry site so reservations required."
"It's a little over a 6 mile hike in (up). Backcountry forest camping with no amenities except the beautiful Glacier landscape, wilderness and wildlife."
GuideWe ended up at Lid Creek after the first few campgrounds along the lake were full.
Sites are on the small side, and most are not very flat. There is a good amount of distance between sites and lots of trees so privacy is good.
There are 2 clean vault toilets and trash dumpsters.
Bear boxes are spread throughout.
Each site has a fire ring and picnic table.
Host on site sells fire wood.
Lake access is a just short walk down a trail. There is a great rock beach with plenty of room for kids to play and splash.
We encountered 2 thunderstorms during our stay... Montana weather is always unpredictable.
We had a deer walk through our site early morning, so wildlife is definitely near by.
TravelerThe campground is very beautiful located by Two Medicine Lake and between large mountains. There are many campsites which offer different views and allow for different types of campers (rvs, cars, walk-ins). The sites had water spickets, dumpsters, and bear boxes near by, but not all sites have them. If you use a tent be prepared to not put your anchoring spikes in to hold the tent down as there is a thick rock layer just under a thin layer of dirt. Another downside to the campground is the road to get there is very rough. Each site has a fire ring and picnic table. There was a park ranger who held camp gatherings which was a fun option to have. The wife and I really enjoyed utilizing the numerous trails around the campground. One of our favorite campgrounds we have gone to!
RangerCompared to other campgrounds in Glacier, Two Med is quiet and low key. Definitely more of a chill vibe, read: no one here was partying loudly. We stayed in a reserved site that is designated back country as we finished a back country trip with the last night at Two Medicine, where we parked our car. Many people who use this site are not on a loop, but on the many are on the CDT and use this as a great place to bathe (the lake) and see a few humans. This site is tent only, designated with wood pilings and has small rocks/sand as the floor - it was very hard as no rain lately and difficult to get in tent stakes. It fits a large tent - maybe 12'? We used our car as our 'bear box', be very bear aware here and use clean camping. Black and Brown bears can frequent the area. Bathrooms clean, no showers (but there is that nice lake!) The boat ride across the lake is worth it for the commentary and views, make advance reservations.
GuideThree large loops, some with modest shade, others in the wide open (the latter type with fantastic views of the surrounding mountains). All a bit scruffy looking, but serviceable. Low on amenities (no electricity, water faucets scattered about) and relatively tight pull-through spaces, but all have a fire ring and picnic table. Well patrolled by rangers, with a daily evening program in the summer. As others have mentioned, timed entry tickets are not needed at the St. Mary entrance to the park, so you can head into the park any time you like. Added bonus: if you are camping with a travel trailer (and thus not able to drive the Going-to-the-Sun road because of length limitations), you are allowed to park your trailer in the the RV section of the St. Mary Visitor Center parking lot for the day, and drive in with your car alone. We were there in late June/early July: don't know if this option is available when the very high season hits in later July and August.
TravelerWonderful, quiet site along a little-used forest road. We had the site at the end of the road, which is very close to the babbling brook, leading to Mill Falls. Plenty of space at this site, although the other three main sites are smaller and closer together. There are two overflow sites nearer to the road entrance that are more private and bigger, but they didn't seem to have fire rings and picnic tables.
We loved this site in July - great shade for hot summer days, the cooling brook nearby, and no mosquitoes!! Facilities included a long-drop (vault) toilet. While there was no potable water available, you can collect washing water from the fast-running stream.
The site is a great location for exploring the trails on the Front Range. The nearby hike to 'Our Lake' is about 1.5hrs (roundtrip) from the trailhead at the end of the road. This was one of our favorite hikes in the area. It's relatively flat for the first 1 hour and then gets steeper, along good switchbacks, for the final 30 mins. Highly recommended!
If you are in this area and looking for a quiet, remote campsite, I highly recommend this one!
GuideThis place is ideally located. It’s very pretty and has easy access to things. There is water available, but no electricity or hookups. They do have showers on the C loop. A loop is a NO generator loop
TravelerTried for Lost Johnny point but it was full. Lid Creek had two open spots on a Friday of July 4 weekend- we were thankful. Got site 23. No water, no electric, generators allowed and at least 6 were going in the morning. Vault toilets but VERY clean. Hosts very helpful and available. Some sites like 13-17 were slanted somewhat. 23 was deep and pretty even. Lake is very nice, decent temp for us. Preferred Lost Johnny Point from last time we stayed, but this was a very nice second. 30 minute drive to road, another 10 to West Glacier. Some limited cell reception on Mint Mobile.
LegendFor full disclosure we were compensated for this trip for testing the Dyrt's reservation system.
Our trip to Swan Lake Trading Post & Campground started out by reserving the campground through The Dyrts's new reservation system. Reserving the site was extremely easy and fast to use, way better than other systems we have used before. We had a confirmation from the campground with in a few hours of using the reservation system.
Now for the campground. We were highly impressed by this small campground. The tent camping area was located around a small pond/lake. The site has picnic tables and fire rings as well as plenty of chairs available for siting around the fire or along the little lake. The campground has 8 RV sites, 3 cabins and 3 yurts (the yurts had not been set up for the season during our visit). The trading post has all your basic camping needs and anything you need if you forget something, they even have Ice Cream. If you don't want to cook breakfast the trading post will take care of that for you by cooking up a breakfast sandwich for you. The campground provides clean restrooms and showers. Tent sites were very reasonable at $20, just two more dollars than the Forest Service campground down the road which does not have flush toilets or showers. The camp host are very friendly. We were provided with the camps wifi password, but you do have to be on the trading post back porch to use it. The porch has plenty of table an chairs for sitting at. They also have games you can use to pass the time, we didn't use them but was nice to know they were available. It was nice and quiet at night with very little traffic on the highway, plus the creek running by really muffled any noise from vehicles driving by. This campground will definitely be on our list to stay at the next time we visit the Swan Valley and Swan Lake.
GuideThis is the smallest site I’ve ever camped in. I had enough room for my small 2person tent, small table and camp chair. I stayed in Loop C not the best loop very small sites that aren’t very visually appealing. I drove around the other loops and determined that Loop A has the best sites, but it was full. It served its purpose, I would only stay again if it was my only option. There are flushing toilets & spigots for drinking water. No individual bear boxes only a shared one near the restroom. The only PRO would be that they have free showers, the showers have seen better days but still fulfilled their purpose. The location puts you at the east side of Glacier so getting to Logan’s Pass is a lot quicker than the West Glacier entrance, I was able to get the Logan’s Pass before most people which secured me a highly desirable parking spot as the parking lot was full by 7:30am. Overall it was an okay campground, it’s safe, has flushing toilets, running water and showers. It you only need a place to sleep it works well.
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