Reviews

Nancy Needham

Good stay. Over 30 sites in first loop all pretty level and many shaded. Each site has fire pit and picnic table. Second weekend in Aug has a group of Musicians Rendevous and we were lucky to join in! Bathrooms are in good repair but water spigots are OFF, so no potable water. Had a cool night, occasional car at night and faraway train noise. Peaceful. Thank you Columbus. DONATE to this park and leave it nice than you found it!

Erica Block

Free campground! No electricity, access to the Yellowstone River, picnic tables and fire pits in every camp spot. It's quiet and pretty while still close to town!

Cottom’s Adventures Bryan and Tamara’s travels

Really nice park set up for donation. The Yellowstone River is nearby, sites will fit up to 40’ rig. There are sites with shade, sun and all have fire pits and most have tables. There are two loops and roughly 50 sites all dry camping. Water is available at spigots, the bathroom ( near the entrance ) had running water and was clean.

Christina Evans

I gave a donation. But, for a "free" campground, this was great. Bathroom was stocked and campground was pretty clean. Get there early to find a shaded spot if you're tent camping. Otherwise, you'll be bearing the hot summer sun until it goes behind the trees. Mine was pretty sunny but I managed to be able to stay behind a shrubby tree and read. My tent was pretty hot until it cooled off at night. In the morning it was also pretty sunny. That's my only complaint, but it's small one and there's really nothing they can do about that. Not their fault. It's still a nice campground.

John Wagner

This place is awesome. We stopped in for shade and to stretch our legs. There is a bathroom with running water. It also had TP, paper towels and soap! Fire-rings are available and there was scrap wood (free). Town proper (Columbus) is just a few minutes away. This place is run on donations and a great place to spend some time. Recommended!

Rory Bruton

Nice little Campground by the river. Watch for Deadfall!!! Noticed several dead trees around at the Back campsite. I've seen limbs as big as a man's arm stuck in the ground so deep I couldn't pull out by hand at my granddad's farm.

John Johnson

This is my favorite free campground I've ever seen in America. They do have optional donations but they did a really excellent job. They have spots for probably over 50 people they have clean bathrooms and they provided water. Really beautiful spot right beside a river. I was really impressed with this entire small town. It's worth stopping through and spending some money if you're ever passing through because they really did treat me right across the board. Thank you

Melissa Martin

My cat Jake and I stayed here for several days. It is packed by Saturday, which tells us how cool this park is. They took their big city park and turned it into a to a park/campground. I loved my stay here. Porto-potties emptied or cleaned on Mondays, campers during week, but it’s quiet and plenty of spots open to enjoy during the week. This is one of my favs. Please everybody, leave a donation for the maintenance of this place. The old guy does most of it himself and he works hard. Thank u. Even if u can only a couple of dollars, if everybody gave something, maybe he wouldn’t have to work so hard. I’m a sucker, I know. Clean park, great camp sites, great fire pits and picnic tables! I can’t believe it’s donation based! Lots of huge camp sites too and wonderful humongous old trees for shade. So happy I came here. People so friendly here too. Please note, it has a 5-day stay limit.

Andrew Engstrom

So grateful to have found this incredible park at 1am! It was very dark, hard to see if spots were open. We ended up setting up trailer tent in a not-designated spot/area, but the police and denizens drove by without complaint. People were friendly. Beautiful huge trees. Bathrooms are in the center area in a brown building. Toilets flush, sink trickles, and the spigots on either side of the bathroom gush FAST. Donation box by the bathroom. There are two wide roads that go across the width of the campground so you can easily turn around a big rig. They even have spare firewood for free, right by the trash. (none available when we were there.) There's river access - people came just to skip rocks and laugh =), a train in the distant is nostalgic but not too loud. There are TWO camp grounds here - if you can't find a spot but do find an ominous road into the dark at the far side of camp in the night, head that way and look for an opening. Cicadas in the summer - at JUST a certain temperature around 10:30am they all start together almost in unison. I was so blessed by Montana, and how gracious this effort is, and how unified the town of Columbus to make this happen. (cities towns working together is a theme here. The last great place - not just because of the vistas. Mostly it's the people and the heart!)

Kat Fieler

Stayed again because it was so nice last time. So glad. We donated. Suggest $10 to $15, as there is also a dump station and water. ❤ Pretty little county run FREE campground along side the Yellowstone River. Mid-week there are plenty of sites. Weekends, the place fills up fast. Our rig is 45 feet and we had several choices. Paved, easy access to the park but Google sends you to the wong side of the river, so just watch the signs when you get close.