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Crystal Gold Mine RV Park

27 RV Sites

Crystal Gold Mine RV Park in Kellogg, ID, offers 27 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 32 feet. Sites come in five categories — back-in 30-amp, back-in 30/50-amp, pull-thru 30-amp, pull-thru 30/50-amp, and van life parking — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. Check the 32-foot maximum against your rig before booking; despite the big rig rating, this is a small-rig park. The park runs seven days a week May 1 through October 31, with summer hours 9am to 6pm and fall hours 10am to 4pm, and stays open through winter on reduced hours. A bathhouse with showers, a general store, a boutique shop, and a dump station cover the rest. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. Gold panning is the signature activity — the park is attached to a historic mine — with picnicking on the grounds, a state park and water park nearby, and skiing in winter. Kellogg sits at 51931 Silver Valley Road with easy I-90 access, in the Coeur d'Alene mining district near Silver Mountain Resort and the Route of the Hiawatha rail-trail. Rates by site category are on the booking page. Confirm your rig length and the current season's hours before you go.

from $44/night

Wolf Lodge Campground

48 RV Sites

Wolf Lodge Campground in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, offers 48 RV sites at Wolf Lodge Bay on the eastern arm of Lake Coeur d'Alene, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 62 feet. Full-hookup and water-and-electric back-in and pull-through categories join boat and kayak rentals, a general store, and on-site dining. Forty-eight sites span back-in water-and-electric, back-in water-electric-sewer, pull-thru water-and-electric, and pull-thru water-electric-sewer categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 62 feet. The category names spell out exactly which utilities you get, which is unusually plain and genuinely useful. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, a business center, and bike rentals handle the practical side. Boat rentals and kayak rentals open the lake for boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, and fishing. A community fire pit, pavilion, playground, dog park, shuffleboard, basketball, horseshoes, corn hole, hiking, biking, and on-site dining fill the rest. A golf course is nearby. Pets are welcome. Lake Coeur d'Alene is among the most beautiful mountain lakes in the American Northwest, and Wolf Lodge Bay hosts one of the lower 48's most remarkable wildlife spectacles — bald eagles congregate here by the dozen each winter to feed on spawning kokanee, drawing viewers from across the region. Summer is peak in northern Idaho, with the December and January eagle season drawing a distinct second wave. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $57/night

Alderwood RV Resort

101 RV Sites

Alderwood RV Resort in Mead, Washington, offers 101 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service just north of Spokane, open all year. Deluxe back-in, premium pull-through, and deluxe pull-through categories join standard back-in and dry camp sites, with a recreation center, walking trails, and dog park. One hundred one sites span standard back-in, back-in deluxe, pull-thru deluxe, premium pull-thru, and dry camp categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted on 30 and 50-amp. The dry camp tier gives self-contained rigs a lower rate — a useful option that many resorts do not offer. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, and RV storage handle the practical side. Check-in is 1pm and checkout 11am; contact the office about early arrivals or late departures, as fees may apply. A recreation center, walking trails, playground, and dog park with fenced pet areas fill the grounds. Skiing, a state park, and wine and beer tasting are all nearby, and the birding through the surrounding evergreen corridors is productive. Pets are welcome. Mead sits where the forested northern fringe of Washington's second-largest city gives way to the evergreen corridors and agricultural valleys of rural Spokane County — close enough to the city for dining, medical care, and the airport, far enough out for genuine natural surroundings. Year-round operation and nearby skiing make this viable well outside the summer window. Summer draws the heaviest demand, with the winter months serving snow travelers and extended stays. Reserve ahead for summer weekends.

from $72/night

Lolo Hot Springs RV Park

32 RV Sites, 16 Cabins, 40 Tent Sites

Lolo Hot Springs RV Park in Lolo, Montana, offers 37 RV sites, 16 cabins, and 40 tent sites at a natural geothermal hot spring on the Montana-Idaho border, with 30 and 50-amp water-and-electric service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Open all year, with the hot spring pools, a bar, on-site dining, and a disc golf course behind a gated entrance. Thirty-seven sites carry water and electric on 30-amp and 50-amp in back-in and pull-through configurations, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables — note there are no sewer hookups at the sites, though a dump station is available. Sixteen cabins and 40 tent sites round out the accommodations, making this unusually tent-friendly. A general store, boutique shop, restrooms, showers, and site WiFi handle the practical side. The hot springs are the signature. Natural thermal pools — the same springs the Lewis and Clark Expedition recorded in September 1805 — feed the resort's soaking facilities, with an outdoor pool alongside. A bar, on-site dining, billiards, an arcade, and live music fill the evenings, with a disc golf course, walking trails, and picnicking outdoors. The property also serves as a wedding venue. Pets are welcome. Lolo sits in Missoula County at Lolo Pass, gateway to the Clearwater National Forest and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness on the historic Nez Perce trail route through the Bitterroots. The US-12 corridor between Missoula and Idaho's Clearwater Country runs past the door. Year-round operation makes the hot springs a genuine four-season draw, with winter soaking a real attraction. Summer highway traffic is the peak — reserve ahead.

from $30/night

Rest in Peace RV Park

Rest in Peace RV Park in Sagle, ID, offers full-hookup RV sites carrying water, sewer, and electric, with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table at each site. Both pull-thru and back-in layouts are available, along with ADA-accessible sites. The park is rated big rig friendly, and laundry, a bathhouse with showers, and a dump station cover the essentials. Contact the park directly for site count, amp service, and maximum rig length, since those specifics aren't published here — worth a call before you commit a long coach. An outdoor pool, sport courts, volleyball, and walking trails fill the grounds, with a lake nearby for boating, paddling, paddle boarding, swimming, and fishing, plus hiking, biking, off-road riding, and stargazing. Pets are welcome, with a dog park, and golf is close. Sagle sits in Bonner County on US-95, ten miles south of Sandpoint, beside Lake Pend Oreille — 148 square miles of water more than a thousand feet deep, ringed by the Selkirk and Cabinet Mountains, with Schweitzer Mountain above. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Call ahead to confirm your rig's fit before reserving.

from $75/night

Genesis Mountain Farm

6 Glamping Sites

Genesis Mountain Farm in Sandpoint, Idaho, occupies a spectacular setting in Bonner County's Selkirk Mountain foothills above the Pend Oreille River valley, offering a distinctive farm-stay and event venue camping experience on a working mountain property where the forested Selkirk Range, a tributary creek, and the sweeping views characteristic of northern Idaho's lake-and-mountain country create the backdrop for hiking, biking, birding, and the stargazing made possible by Bonner County's genuinely dark skies. Positioned near one of the American Northwest's most beautiful small resort towns, the farm welcomes guests year-round in a natural setting of rare quality. Genesis Mountain Farm's accommodations lean toward the experiential and intimate—a dining experience, showers, bathrooms, and immersion in the working mountain farm property's natural character define the stay rather than resort-scale amenity infrastructure. The property's mountain, river and creek access, and forested terrain provide the primary recreation, supplemented by planned activities, hiking and biking trails through the surrounding Selkirk foothills, and the boating and off-roading opportunities accessible from the farm's Bonner County location. The wedding venue function of the property reflects the setting's natural beauty and its appeal to couples seeking an outdoor celebration in northern Idaho's dramatically scenic mountain environment. Sandpoint, a short drive from the farm, is consistently ranked among the most beautiful small towns in the American Northwest—a community of 8,000 on the northern shores of Lake Pend Oreille, one of the deepest and most scenic lakes in the United States at 43 miles long and up to 1,150 feet deep. The town's Cedar Street Bridge public market, First Avenue's independent restaurant and retail district, and the performing arts culture of the Panida Theater create a cultural vibrancy unusual in a city of Sandpoint's size, and the surrounding Selkirk and Cabinet mountain ranges provide four-season outdoor recreation of genuinely exceptional quality. Lake Pend Oreille's cold, deep waters support a remarkable fishery including trophy-sized lake trout, bull trout, and the Gerrard rainbow trout strain introduced from British Columbia that regularly produces fish exceeding 30 pounds—among the largest wild rainbow trout in North America. Schweitzer Mountain Resort above Sandpoint operates one of the Pacific Northwest's largest and most underrated ski areas, with 2,900 acres of skiable terrain and the Lake Pend Oreille views from the summit providing a visual setting that rival resorts in more commercially prominent destinations cannot match. The Cabinet Mountains Wilderness and Selkirk Mountains backcountry extend the hiking and wildlife viewing opportunities throughout the Bonner County landscape. Genesis Mountain Farm operates year-round in northern Idaho's four-season climate, where the Selkirk foothills' elevation and Sandpoint's lake-moderated microclimate create winter snowpack for skiing, spring wildflower seasons across the mountain meadows, summer hiking and water recreation, and the spectacular fall foliage display that colors the Pend Oreille valley's mixed conifer and hardwood forest through October. The farm's year-round openness and wedding venue calendar serve guests across every season, and the Schweitzer Mountain ski season from November through April creates a distinct winter recreation demand from skiers seeking a base camp above the lake in Sandpoint's immediate vicinity.

from $166/night

Ekstroms Stage Station

26 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 4 Tent Sites

Ekstroms Stage Station in Clinton, MT, offers 26 full-hookup RV sites, 3 cabins, and 4 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites come in three categories — back-in 20-amp, pull-thru 30-amp, and pull-thru 50-amp — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, on-site dining, and a community fire pit cover the essentials, with cabins for guests without a rig. Pets are welcome, and there's a playground. Creek frontage runs the property, with volleyball, basketball, fishing, hiking, biking, and birding. Clinton sits where Rock Creek gathers itself before meeting the Clark Fork — a confluence every Montana fly fisherman knows by name — about 20 minutes east of Missoula. Rates for sites, cabins, and tent spots are on the booking page. Rock Creek's salmonfly hatch in late spring is the busiest stretch of the year here, so reserve well ahead.

from $40/night

North Haven Campground

20 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 2 Glamping Sites

North Haven Campground in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, offers 20 RV sites, five furnished log cabins, and two glamping sites on the Kootenai River in Boundary County, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 85 feet. Back-in and pull-through categories carry full and partial hookups in the northernmost county of Idaho, 30 miles from the Canadian border. Twenty sites run in water-and-electric back-in, full-hookup pull-through, and water-and-electric pull-through configurations, all carrying 30 and 50-amp, sized to 85 feet, with fire pits and site WiFi. Five fully furnished log cabins and two glamping sites serve guests without a rig, with Conestoga wagons and tipis proposed for future glamping expansion. A general store — the Outpost, which doubles as the office — plus laundry, a bathhouse, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Quiet hours run 10pm to 8am, and an updated campground map shows cabin, RV site, bathhouse, and Outpost locations. On-site amenities are practical rather than extensive: a playground for families and walking trails through the property. This is a rustic and comfortable base rather than a programmed resort, and the setting does the work. Pets are welcome. Bonners Ferry sits on US-95 in the Kootenai River valley, where the Selkirk and Purcell Mountains meet in the most dramatically mountainous corner of the Idaho Panhandle, amid old-growth cedar and hemlock. The Canadian border at Eastport is 30 miles north, putting Nelson, Cranbrook, and Kootenay Lake within reach. The campground serves the northern Idaho season. Summer is peak — reserve ahead, particularly for the cabins.

from $49/night

Montana Basecamp

Montana Basecamp RV Resort in Kalispell, Montana, is a premium campground with large paved full-hookup RV sites and comprehensive resort amenities in Flathead County — the ideal launchpad for the full spectrum of Glacier Country outdoor adventure in the most spectacular mountain and lake landscape in the Rocky Mountain West, where Glacier National Park's 700 miles of trail, the Flathead Lake's 191-square-mile surface, and the Whitefish and Big Mountain ski terrain give the Kalispell basecamp its extraordinary day-trip range within 30 miles in every direction. Kalispell's Flathead County position on US-2 and US-93 in the Flathead Valley gives the resort the specific northwestern Montana gateway character of the region's largest city — the commercial hub of Glacier Country that connects the Going-to-the-Sun Road's park entrance at West Glacier to the Canadian border at Roosville in the most scenically dramatic Montana valley outside of Yellowstone. Large, paved full-hookup RV sites with the modern resort amenity infrastructure give Montana Basecamp the premium Kalispell campground experience that the Flathead Valley's outdoor recreation market and the Glacier National Park visitor market jointly sustain — the paved site surface and the large site dimensions give full-size coaches and fifth-wheels the maneuvering comfort that the more primitive park pads cannot offer, and the resort amenities give guests the comfortable home base for multi-day Glacier, Flathead Lake, and Bob Marshall Wilderness excursions that the Kalispell location enables. Pets are welcome. Glacier National Park, 35 miles east of Kalispell on US-2 at West Glacier in Flathead and Glacier Counties, is one of the most spectacular national parks in North America — a 1,013,572-acre park of glacially sculpted peaks, 762 lakes, and the 50-mile Going-to-the-Sun Road that crosses the Continental Divide at Logan Pass's 6,647-foot summit in the most celebrated mountain driving route in the United States. The park's remaining 26 active glaciers, the grizzly bear and mountain goat populations, and the wildflower-covered subalpine meadows of the Highline Trail give Glacier the specific Northern Rocky Mountain wilderness character that makes it one of the most bioscopically intact temperate ecosystems in the lower 48 states. Flathead Lake, 15 miles south of Kalispell on US-93 in Lake and Flathead Counties, is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River — a 191-square-mile glacially carved lake whose Flathead Lake cherry and apple orchards on the Mission Mountains' east shore, the Wildhorse Island's bighorn sheep and osprey nesting, and the lake's exceptional water clarity give Flathead the specific Montana mountain lake character of a freshwater body that sustains the wild Flathead Lake cherry agriculture, the Mission Mountain tribal wilderness, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' reservation on the lake's eastern shore. Montana Basecamp serves guests through Flathead County's Montana camping season from late May through October, with the Glacier National Park summer season from mid-June through Labor Day requiring the park's vehicle reservation system for the Going-to-the-Sun Road and the Going-to-the-Sun Road's paving and plowing schedule determining the actual access dates for the high-altitude pass. The Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex — the combined Bob Marshall, Great Bear, and Scapegoat Wildernesses totaling 1.5 million acres south of Glacier — gives the Kalispell basecamp its most significant backcountry wilderness access for the horse packing and backpacking market. Reserve sites many months ahead for the peak Glacier National Park summer season.

Outback Montana RV Park and Campground

Outback Montana RV Park and Campground in Bigfork, Montana, provides a full-service camping base in one of the most spectacularly positioned communities in the American West, where the eastern shore of Flathead Lake—the largest natural freshwater lake in the western United States—meets the Swan Mountain Range's forested ridgelines just 50 miles south of Glacier National Park's western entrance in a landscape of crystalline water, grizzly bear wilderness, and the small-resort-town character that makes Bigfork a beloved destination for Montana travelers seeking both outdoor recreation excellence and the local arts and cultural scene that distinguishes Bigfork from the purely utilitarian gateway communities surrounding Glacier. The park's facility serves the outdoor recreation visitor who needs reliable infrastructure alongside the natural surroundings that define Bigfork's appeal: full hookup RV sites, cabin rentals, dining, a playground, boutique shop, firewood, Wi-Fi, dump station, and the pet-friendly policy that Montana outdoor recreation visitors require for their hiking dogs provide the practical and experiential amenities for extended stays in Flathead Lake's eastern shore community. The planned activities programming connects guests with the area's seasonal recreation opportunities, and the national park proximity ensures that the campground serves as a de facto Glacier basecamp for visitors who find Bigfork's small-town character and Flathead Lake's recreational resources a compelling alternative to the crowded West Glacier gateway. Bigfork's position on Flathead Lake provides immediate access to the lake's cherry orchards—a microclimate created by the lake's thermal mass produces cherry-growing conditions unique in Montana, and the summer cherry harvest at the working orchards lining the east shore creates one of the most distinctive agricultural experiences available in a Montana lake community. The Swan River's outlet from Flathead Lake through Bigfork provides a short but productive stretch of whitewater and the Bigfork Summer Playhouse's professional theater season creates a performing arts experience of genuine quality that has operated continuously since 1960 in one of the American West's most established rural theater traditions. Glacier National Park's western entrances at West Glacier and Apgar provide access to the Going-to-the-Sun Road—the 50-mile scenic highway that traverses the Continental Divide through the park's most dramatic glacier-carved scenery in a drive consistently rated among the most spectacular in the world. The park's 700 miles of hiking trails access the glacial lakes, wildflower meadows, and the grizzly bear and mountain goat habitat of the Crown of the Continent ecosystem in a wilderness experience of the highest quality. Bob Marshall Wilderness, the largest undeveloped wilderness in the continental United States outside Alaska, lies immediately south of the park in a contiguous protected landscape of over one million acres. Outback Montana RV Park operates seasonally from spring through fall in the Flathead Valley's mountain climate, with the peak summer season from July through August driving maximum demand for both Flathead Lake recreation and Glacier National Park visitation when the Going-to-the-Sun Road is fully open and the park's trail network is snow-free. The Logan Pass wildflower meadows peak in late July and early August, creating the most intensely competitive reservation period for Glacier-area accommodations, and guests targeting this window should book several months in advance as Bigfork's limited campground inventory fills quickly. Fall's October foliage and the quieting of summer crowds provides a compelling alternative season for guests who accept some trail closures in exchange for dramatically reduced competition.

Columbia Falls RV Park

52 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 1 Lodge

Columbia Falls RV Park in Montana offers 52 full-hookup RV sites and four cabin and lodge units on the road to Glacier National Park, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet, open all year. Premium pull-through, standard pull-through, and back-in categories join free hot showers, laundry, and a dog park. Fifty-two sites run in back-in, pull-through, and premium pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet. Three tiers keep booking simple, and free cable and WiFi come with the site. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and free hot showers handle the practical side. A dog park, horseshoes, and picnicking fill the grounds. The amenity set is deliberately practical rather than resort-scale, which is exactly right for a property whose guests are here to see Glacier and want a clean, reliable, well-located base rather than a destination in itself. Pets are welcome. The position is the whole proposition, and it is a strong one. Columbia Falls is the last full-service town on the road to Glacier's West Glacier entrance, and this is the only RV park within the city limits — groceries, fuel, restaurants, and outfitters are all walkable, with the park entrance a short drive up Highway 2. Whitefish, Flathead Lake, and the Flathead River are all close. Glacier's season is short and the demand is intense. July and August fill months ahead, and the Going-to-the-Sun Road opening drives a sharp June peak. Reserve as early as you can.

from $58/night

Boulder Creek Lodge

9 RV Sites, 10 Cabins, 2 Tent Sites, 2 Tipis, 1 Wagon

Boulder Creek Lodge in Maxville, Montana, offers nine full-hookup pull-through RV sites, 10 cabins, two tent sites, and three tipi and wagon accommodations in the Flint Creek Valley, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet. The range of lodging formats is the property's distinguishing feature. Nine pull-through sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 40 feet. Ten cabins, a Conestoga wagon, a tipi, and two tent sites round out the accommodations, which lets the lodge serve couples wanting a tipi stay and RV travelers needing hookups from the same property. A boutique shop, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and WiFi handle the practical side. A game room, community fire pit, playground, and walking trails fill the grounds, with a creek running the property and horseshoes and live music through the season. Pets are welcome. Maxville sits in Granite County between Missoula and Philipsburg, in southwest Montana's mountain country. The Flint Creek Valley is unusually rich in accessible adventure, and the local attractions reward exploring beyond the standard Montana national park circuit: Montana Gems and Gem Mountain for sapphire digging, the Sweet Palace candy store in Philipsburg, Garnet Ghost Town, and the Philipsburg Brewing Company are all close. The lodge serves the Montana season, with summer driving the heaviest demand across the mountain corridor and fall bringing quieter conditions and color in the valley. With nine RV sites and a small cabin count, reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $40/night