By Nelda Powers


When you get the opportunity to visit RV parks and campgrounds East Montana you are in for a real treat. They are not nearly as numerous as you may find elsewhere in the state but they are just as beautiful. Many of the camping areas are located in wildlife refuges that are state operated and offer excellent camp sites for tents and recreational vehicles.

One of their newest camping areas to open is called Buffalo camp. It is a very primitive site that can only be accessed by driving over miles of dirt and gravel roads. This camping area is only for tents at this time but it offers typical amenities for visitors. Because it is a primitive site you must carry your supplies to the camp site and carry them back out when you leave.

Although the area is primitive there are several activities available to you. You can take advantage of wildlife and bird watching opportunities, hiking or just relaxing for a few hours. There are fire rings and picnic tables for day use as well as campers, public restrooms are also available at this site.

In the Bad Lands there are camping areas that are more commercial than others in the area. The Lakota Indians named the Bad Lands because of the appearance of rocks and trees in the area. The weather and winds carve the sandstone into unique shapes and shape the trees with wind gusts. The Bad Lands is also the site of many dinosaur fossils and foot prints. You can literally walk where they walked. There are many camp sites and motor home hook ups at this site.

You can remain at Makoshika, or the Bad Lands, for thirty days if you are camping. With the many activities to choose from you can have full days the entire time you spend here. There is hiking, hunting in season, photography wild life and birds, and a multitude of other things to choose from. You are allowed camp for fourteen consecutive days in any thirty day period and the rates are very reasonable.

Resident Native Americans came to Medicine Rocks long ago to conjure up big medicine for the hunting parties in their tribes. They named the area and it was a sacred spot to them. The landscape is sandstone and spruce trees that are blown and shaped by the wind and weather leaving unique and beautiful formations. One can easily see why it was so special to the Native American Tribes.

Brush Lake is deep and clear with sandy beaches and is surrounded by fields of grasses and spring wheat. You can swim in the northern end of this lake and day use is nearby for picnics and other recreational pursuits. The lake area offers all the amenities needed for day use such as fire rings and picnic tables but because of mineral content in the water there are no fish living in the lake. Visitors can boat on this lake and swim without any risk from the mineral content of the water.

The rv parks and campgrounds East Montana may not be as numerous or well known as the ones on the western side of the state. Fortunately they offer the same amenities as the others without the crowds. The kind of deal anyone can appreciate.




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