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The only Hot Springs along Montana’s northern tier, Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs has attracted bathers from North Dakota, Saskatchewan, and all of Montana since the 1920s. The source of Sleeping Buffalo’s hot water is a 3,200 ft. deep well that produces more than 900 gallons per minute of 108 degree water.
All pools are cleaned nightly and refilled with Natural Hot Springs water daily. All Pools are monitored for cleanliness and temperature and adjusted as necessary. Our water is natural, chemical-free, and flows through continuously.
Enjoy true tranquility as you spend the day relaxing in our main pool, hot tub, and sauna. We can easily accommodate your birthday party or special occasion in our poolside breezeway.
$5 / night
About the 48 acres of land: Heritage Hills Farm is located where the beautiful Montana prairie meets the rolling Foothills. Meandering coolies and steep hills beckon to be explored here. The hand of man has not shaped this land. A truly glorious sight to look around you and not be able to see any man made things. Natural sights include ancient teepee rings, amazing sunsets overlooking the Milk River, and the simple, subtle beauty of the Montana hi-line. It is very quiet and the stars shine very bright here on a clear night.
What's near by?: Enjoy some great fishing on Nelson reservoir (9.3 miles away) take a nice swim and soak in the wonderful Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs (13.4 miles away) jump in a cool clear pond or have a great fishing session at Cole Ponds (5.3 miles away). Saco is only 6 miles down the road and has a nice little grocery store with a world class butcher/deli. (Some really great meat products) post office, bar, pay at pump gas station. Get your ultra fresh free range duck and chicken eggs which are laid at Heritage Hills Farms.
$30 / night
$10 - $15 / night
Legend
Very nice of the city of Malta to allow overnight campers to stay in the park for $5. It’s just that though, a city park. It’s not a campground, so there are no signs or designated spots to park for the night. We drove around the loop and found a little gravel driveway type thing by the soccer field, so we didn’t have to pull up on to the grass for the night. A cool skoolie pulled in after us and parked along the row next to us on the grass.
The setup is just weird and you’ll have to find a spot to squeeze into where you’ll feel comfortable. I can’t imagine parking next to the playground structures, but along the edges of the park are a decent option. You pay with cash at a drop box at the entrance. Good cell reception for ATT and Verizon. Trash bins here, and gendered accessible pit toilets. And lots and lots of play options for kids.
But the star of the show here were the mosquitoes. I had to put on long pants, thick socks, and long sleeve hoodie every time I had to take the dogs out. I also carried a little hand held fan with me to keep them off the dogs. Occasionally a little breeze picked up and gave us a little break, but mostly the air was heavy and hot and still when we were here in late July and the mosquitoes were vicious.
Scout
Easy to find. Bit bumpy on the way in but spaces right on the water with sunset over the water. Saw kayakers and a duck family on the water. 2 picnic tables open air and one under roof at my site and a fire pit.
Scout
This park has a nicely maintained yard for tent camping for you to pick any spot to pitch your tent. There are grills available but no fire rings. The Womens bathroom was okay, the one sink was clogged and dirty so I didn’t even use it. My fiancé said the men’s bathroom was fine. There is a train right next to the park that runs frequently throughout the day and night. The horn goes off during the day, not at night; however, every time the train passed at night it would wake both of us up. This park was a much better pick compared to the Trafton park we went to first.
TravelerYeah as one reviewer noted, there is no lack of flying insects to accost you. Probably more bugs than I have ever seen in recent memory. Dodge the bugs by going to the kickass little bar down the road!
TravelerPulled off highway 2 and had a lovely night at this campsite. A nice grass area for tent camping. The highlight for us was spending the evening in the pool and hot tub.
Scout
Dwight (first reviewer)- "Beautiful place. I camped on an overlook and went to sleep to an amazing sky full of stars (not a lot of excess light nearby) and woke up to a beautiful sunrise and a herd of deer on the opposite ridge looking at me. The hosts care a lot about the land and about their visitors - I visited while it was still winter so they checked the site carefully and whether it would work with my vehicle, and they set out some dry firewood. A really great experience for those appreciating a quiet place on the Montana prairie."
TravelerStayed one night, 10/15/22 on a road trip out to the Midwest. It was dark when we pulled in, hard to see the landscape/campground sites, but we found one right on the edge of the reservoir. There were multiple other RVs already set up, hunters mostly this time of year. Vault toilet, picnic table and fire pit at the campsite and some trees. Not very many trees between campsites, so don’t expect too much privacy. It was very windy the night we stayed. But it was free, close the highway 2, and open all year long. I saw no trash services or water but that could be the time of year. Very close off highway 2, maybe a 3 minute drive past the sleeping Buffalo hotsprings.
GuideWe just needed a quick and inexpensive place for one night. This fit the bill. It was Labor Day. We thought we would grab a bite to eat at the DQ. It was closed. As was every other restaurant in town. We had corn dogs at the Cenex. We were one of two trailers camping there. We found a water spigot and camped beside it. No electricity. It's .5 miles from the highway.
Ranger
We came into Saco, MT from the west. Turned from Hwy 2 to Hwy 243. SBH is on your right less than a mile from HWY 2.
There are about 30 sites in the Park About 11 are back-in (40+ -80ft) and the rest are pull-thru’s of 48 - 90’.
We were there 1 night over the Labor Day weekend - we had reservations - but all that was left was a 43’ pull thru. We had to disconnect our tow.
The Hot spring pool house is cool to visit and swim in! There are showers in the pool area as well as a dedicated shower house in the camp ground. Both were clean but dated.
Sites are gravel and level.
TravelerStopped overnight on our way home from glacier.
Quiet, with plenty of RV sites that can accommodate pretty big rigs. Our spot was pretty level. Prices are about on par with other places. Mid$40 a night. As RV parks go i would consider it average, no frills, good place to sleep. Our spot was about 3" low on the passenger side.
The indoor hot spring fed pools are nice, clean, well maintained and are what set this spot apart from the rest.
There is an extra charge to use them, but much better than your standard campground pool, the pool is bath water warm, the hot tub is HOT, the sauna is nice, and the plunge pool really shocks your senses in between.
I would definitely stop again if we are passing through, and it is at an ideal stopping point from glacier NP heading east.
One important thing to note about visiting the hot springs. The water is high in mineral content. Don't wear light colored swimwear.
GuideWe loved our stay here. Pools are awesome very relaxing. Main pool is kept at 95 , hot spring is 106 and small pool is 45. All pools are water from the hot spring. Also sauna is huge downside is it has a concrete floor that gets super hot. From memory most sauna have a raised wood deck ? Campground is nice , basketball goal, 4 horseshoe pits and a community fire pit . Bathhouse/bathroom was very nice and clean. In the main lobby they have pizza and hot dogs you can buy. Pizza was pretty good. There is also a large selection of sodas, waters and maybe beer I don’t remember . Owners /workers were very nice. Now the only thing we didn’t care for is the campground guest can only use the pool till 8pm. While the hotel/cabin guest have access 24 hrs. Not a deal breaker but would’ve been nice to go whenever maybe there’s a reason didn’t ask.
LegendThe pool area is first rate! The campground is OK, no great shakes. Sites are fairly close together. Expensive considering they only give you $2 of at the pool from the $15 fee to use the pools. Bathhouse is clean and well kept.
If you stay in site 12, know that even though it looks like a back in site, you actually have to pull through over the grass to get your rig in with the hook ups on the correct side.
Also, the Phillips County Pioneer Museum in Malta is well worth a visit. Awesome local history and super collection of actual dinosaur fossils, but not just casts.
LegendThis place is awesome as long as you don't mind voracious mosquitos! No hookups. No designated sites. Pit toilets. Beautiful area. Fire rings. Nice launch for boats. No water at all on site, so fill up your tank before you go. No dump station. About a mile away from Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs.
ScoutHighly recommend this campground. We stayed 1 night while visiting the area for a basketball tournament.
The new owners are extremely friendly, and the grounds/bathhouse was clean and well maintained.
(There is a train track on south side of campground but it doesn’t blow horn as it goes by so it’s not as noisy as you would think.)
ScoutVery nice rv park. Lake right across the street. Cleanest bathrooms! Delicious restaurant also right across the Highway. Love being off season it was not crowded. I imagine during season this would be high demand.
GuideSites were spacious and well placed, clean and well kept. Access to Buffalo Hot Springs resort pool and facilities. Staff was very nice and helpful however they close at 8 pm and have no enforcement of campground 'quiet time' at night.
GuideCool looking place, but the mosquitoes were unbearable when we stopped to look for a spot. We ended up packing up and leaving- I wouldn’t chance the gravel road down to this bug haven. Lots of prairie dogs skittering on the ground too, not too dog friendly.
ScoutGreat little-known Gas & Grocery store with easy access to the Little Rockies mountains of North Central Montana.
The mountain area provides miles of multi-use trails for hiking, biking, atv & horse back.
Friendly little town with rich history of gold, outlaws, fables and lore.
GuideNice spot. Had the place mostly to ourselves. One RV showed up later, ran a generator for an hour but was quiet after that. Lovely view. It was REALLY windy when we arrived- parked our car as a wind break and put our tent next to it. I suspect the bug this is real, though the wind kept us from dealing with them.... it was also really cold (28 degrees when I woke at 5 am) which prob kept them down. Easy spot to stay for a night on our way to glacier.
GuideDrove past going to Nelson Reservoir.
GuideThis place isn’t fancy but it’s only $5 to camp for the night. As we sit here there are only two other campers here so there’s plenty of room to spread out. We did find power over in one of the pavilions if you just have to have it for awhile but it’s not available at individual campsites. There are public toilets. There are also many water spigots around the park but not at individual sites. Although to clarify you can pretty much park where you can fit your vehicle so I guess you could use power and water depending on where you park but we didn’t want to try our luck. There is all sorts of playground equipment here that kids would enjoy and lots of horses next door at the rodeo grounds. There is a definite sewage smell here and that’s disappointing but seriously for $5 bucks we are happy to be here for the night. Last but not least there are lots of prairie dog holes in the ground here so don’t turn your ankle.
GuideVery nice place, sites are good, stuff is friendly POOL IS AWESOME
Guide
This 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!
ScoutWas a nice place to stay with indoor pool and the hot tub is a hot spring
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