Staying at #20 tent sight and loving it. No water on this site but there is electricity. Several options for bathrooms and all have hot running water.
Several miles into the woods in the middle of Bear Brook State Park.. none of the options include electricity or running water at the site but there are many water fountains throughout the areas as well as a dump site. There are cabin options and dry camping. Some of the sites are closer together and some further apart best to look at the map before you decide very few of them are real good for solar so make sure you have a backup. I was able to keep the solar up enough to keep going but had to charge one day.. just to top it off. Only saw one shower house but there is another option for restrooms and lots of outhouses. Small swim Beach and I saw kayaks and canoes available as well. There's also a camping store with some last minute items and things like ice and firewood and it's open till 8:00 p.m. which is very convenient. The people here also seem very friendly.. no complaints it has been wonderful! I spent time living within just a few miles of here it brings back lots of memories..
$20 a night seems a little high for boondocking but it is nice. Each site has a firing and a picnic table but most of them have barely enough room to drive in. One or two sites might be big enough to bring a slightly larger unit but most of them limit to 20-25 ft. There are vault toilets one water spout near the toilets for freshwater and a trash facility.
There are actually two campgrounds with pretty much the same name back to back. This one is the military one you must have a military ID it is a military campground.. very nice and I would highly recommend, if you qualify to camp here. To get to this one do not follow the signs to "camping" instead follow the signs to "Luke AFB Recreation Area" . If you follow the signs to camping you will get to the county campground, you do not need to be military to go to that campground.
Been here a couple weeks and really love it. Clean well kept bathrooms and friendly people. We are right on the water and lots of wildlife. The only reason I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars is I didn't want people to think it's a upper class place, it's not for those that want all the amenities and new stuff.. it's regular people. Some older RVs and tents, some newer. Lots of character, dinosaurs and even a small helicopter (old, not working) scattered throughout. Close to a beach and lots of food and grocery choices. Close to everything but feels tucked away.
We are boondockers so we tend to stay away from very peoplely places.. and this is a bit peoply. That said it was very comfortable everything was clean and super convenient. There was 30 amp as well as 50 amp water there's a dump station clean bathrooms nice showers even dedicated dishwashing sinks and a washer and dryer. We definitely heard people talking but as it got dark which happens early this time of year things settle down pretty quickly and never had a problem at night. I would definitely go here again if we didn't have backwoods options.
You make a free reservation and receive the gate code to get in. We had a wonderful time and ran into very few people. Pretty much the only thing we heard were airboats. We will definitely go back! Lots and lots of books though make sure you use protection.
GPS had a hard time getting there so I am going to include directions it's super easy.. not so much if you follow Google though! Google will try to have you going through roads that don't go through.
There is a circle k on highway 41, the street light right there is Eden if you follow that street it turns into moccasin slough. Go all the way till you run out of concrete.. then keep going straight down the dirt road it is very dusty keep it slow. Approximately 10 minutes from circle k to the gate.. all on the same road. I guess Google does not believe that road goes through but it does.
There are three different areas to camp, all require reservations however they are free. Holly Hill is backpackers I would say it's over 5 miles in and not accessible other than hiking. You can park outside the gate off of North Hooty point. Oak hammock is on north Dee River Rd and has regular spot that is left at the outhouse a ways, and nearby for if you bring a horse. The other spot is off north Hooty Point and is called River primitive camping.. there are four or five spots and you can boat right into these spots! However the downside is they are flooded some of the year. To find these you just go to the end of the road, I would guess it's just shy of a mile. The nicest are definitely the River camping, but oak hammock is still pretty nice. I am not ambitious enough to make it back to the other one.. Lol
About 5 miles worth of very graded dirt road but if you take it slow should be accessible to all. Fire pits at some but not all sites and water is not visible until you get to the edge however it is a nice area right off of Forest road. Vault toilet available but no other services.
Nice area, refreshing swim.. Could be more shade. Limited fire pits but lots of space. Free for Montana residents!
The road in is treacherous.. but there are both communal sites in the front at the beach and more secluded towards the back (where the roads are even worse) however while we were there it was quiet and most people were respectful. (One idiot left all their trash at their site all over the place!)