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Book SynopsisPerfect Camping for You in Montana! The new full color edition of Best Tent Camping: Montana, by Jan and Christina Nesset, is a guidebook for car campers who like quiet, scenic, and serene campsites, from the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness in the northwest to the Yellowstone River Valley in the south.
This completely updated guidebook includes 50 private, state park, and state and national forest campgrounds divided into distinct regions; detailed campground maps; key information such as fees, restrictions, and dates of operation; driving directions; and ratings for beauty, privacy, spaciousness, security, and cleanliness.
Whether you are a native Montanan in search of new territory or a vacationer on the lookout for that dream campground, this book by local outdoor adventurers Jan and Christina Nesset unlocks the secrets to the best tent camping Montana has to offer.
Table of ContentsMontana Campground Locator Map
Map Legend
Acknowledgments
Preface
Best Campgrounds
Introduction
NORTHWEST MONTANA
1. Bad Medicine Campground
2. Big Arm Unit-Flathead Lake State Park Campground
3. Big Creek Campground
4. Big Therriault Lake Campground
5. Cut Bank Campground
6. Fish Creek Campground
7. Holland Lake Campground
8. Kintla Lake Campground
9. Lake Alva Campground
10. Pete Creek Campground
11. Peters Creek Campground
12. Sprague Creek Campground
13. Thompson Falls State Park Campground
NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA
14. Cave Mountain Campground
15. Home Gulch Campground
16. Kading Campground
17. Logging Creek Campground
18. Many Pines Campground
19. Park Lake Campground
20. Thain Creek Campground
21. Wood Lake Campground
EASTERN MONTANA
22. Beaver Creek County Park Campgrounds
23. Camp Creek Campground
24. Crystal Lake Campground
25. Makoshika State Park Campground
26. Sage Creek Campground
SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA
27. Battle Ridge Campground
28. Beaver Creek Campground
29. Falls Creek Campground
30. Greenough Lake Campground
31. Halfmoon Campground
32. Hood Creek Campground
33. Potosi Campground
34. Sheridan Campground
35. Spire Rock Campground
36. Swan Creek Campground
37. Tom Miner Campground
38. Wade and Cliff Lakes Area Campgrounds
39. West Fork Madison Dispersed Sites
SOUTHWEST MONTANA
40. Bannack State Park Campground
41. Charles Waters Campground
42. Dalles Campground
43. Grasshopper Campground
44. Lost Creek State Park Campground
45. Martin Creek Campground
46. May Creek Campground
47. Miner Lake Campground
48. Reservoir Lake Campground
49. Twin Lakes Campground
50. Three Frogs Campground
Appendix A: Camping-Equipment Checklist
Appendix B: Sources of Information
Index
About the Authors
