"Picture me this..." Campsite photos

[StanMT]

Thought it would be interesting to see photos of various members favorite campsite locations and any descriptions of conditions, costs, availability, recommendations, etc.

Starting off, this is the location of our maiden voyage with our 2008 Cougar 278 about a week after we picked it up.

Location is about 2 miles off the highway on the East side of Lake Koocanusa in NW Montana. No campsite fees but does have fire-rings, picnic tables and a public outhouse. (which is more than we usually have with our campsites) No power or septic facilities. It is a nice spot that can accommodate around a dozen campers, with a large open field where another dozen or so could set up. As for availability, this was only the second time we camped there. The first time we had a group of 3 campers and only had one other camper show up, on our last trip we did not see one vehicle the entire weekend until about 5 minutes before we were headed out.

Recommend this spot for those that enjoy drycamping, the stream (just barely viewable behind the trees on the left side) runs strong during spring run-off but dwindles down to almost nothing by the end of June. There are a number of spots like this along the lake, just have to get off the main highway a bit to hunt them down.

[fla-gypsy]

Site 7 Salt Springs recreation area. $26 and FHU in the Ocala National Forest





Salt Springs



Silver Glen Springs-Ocala National Forest

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Long Key State Park site 37 $30- Florida Keys

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Curry Hammock State Park site 22 $30- Florida Keys

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St Andrews State Park site 108 $28- Panama City Beach Florida

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Hunting Island State Park site 62 $25- Beaufort SC

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You can see all of these and more in my camping photos link

[StanMT]

Originally Posted by fla-gypsy

You can see all of these and more in my camping photos link

fla-gypsy
Lots of great looking campsites here and in your photo gallery. Are all the Fla sites located on salt-water, or are any on fresh water lakes?

In the picture for Silver Glenn Springs -- looks like some "RV" boats in the background there.

[rhagfo]

Originally Posted by StanMT

fla-gypsy
Lots of great looking campsites here and in your photo gallery. Are all the Fla sites located on salt-water, or are any on fresh water lakes?

In the picture for Silver Glenn Springs -- looks like some "RV" boats in the background there.

That salt water is most likely 70 to 80 degrees!

I would say any one of those pictures is a great reason to skip work! Dang work is what makes it so we can afford our toys, it is a viscous circle!

fla-gypsy those are some great pictures!

[azlee56]

wow, I want to camp there in Montana. That is geogeous.

[antiqfreq]

Now I am missing So Fla.---------see what you did ??

I am getting new experiences here though-----will post
some photos when I get cast off my arm !

Too hard to type much.

Jo

[StanMT]

Originally Posted by azlee56

wow, I want to camp there in Montana. That is geogeous.

Stop on by anytime - plenty of room. We'll leave the light on for ya!

[azlee56]

who knows, I just might do that. If I could figure out how to make magic money I would be dangerous about traveling.

[StanMT]

Another favorite camping spot, East side of Hungry Horse Reservoir (just south of Glacier National Park). No hookups or picnic tables, but it is normally very quiet. Think we have only had one weekend out of the last 6 years that we could not find a spot to pull in to and set up camp due to all the spots being filled... and even with that we just drove around to the other side of the reservoir and found another spot.

Highly recommended if you are traveling through the area and don't mind dry camping. There are 3 or 4 'campgrounds' with normal National Forest fees (I think it somewhere around $10/night). Just follow the signs in Hungry Horse that head you south. Limited asphalt, only the first 4 miles on the East side and first 12 miles on the West side. If you want to travel all the way around the reservoir, it is gravel roads that are fairly well maintained, full round trip is right around 110 miles.

Above picture was taken from the shore just beyond our old camper -- can't wait to get the new Cougar down in there (be another couple weeks for the snow to 'get gone').

[SAD]

Awesome pics!!!!!!!!!!

[Jim & Kay]

StanMT,
Those photos sure make me want to hurry up retirement (Kay) Jim is already retired, darn. Last year we made it to Glacier but instead of coming, as planned, in June, we had to put it off until July due to the Going to the Sun Road still be closed due to so much snow. Want to do it again but not sure when, will let you know to get the coffee going before we get there. We had lunch at the Hungry Horse Cafe when we were there last year and stayed at the Columbia Falls RV Park. Awesome country!!!!!

[fla-gypsy]

Originally Posted by StanMT

fla-gypsy
Lots of great looking campsites here and in your photo gallery. Are all the Fla sites located on salt-water, or are any on fresh water lakes?

In the picture for Silver Glenn Springs -- looks like some "RV" boats in the background there.

All of the springs are freshwater. the rest were beach camping areas.

[StanMT]

Originally Posted by fla-gypsy

All of the springs are freshwater. the rest were beach camping areas.

Very nice either way. Looks like lots of good times.

[StanMT]

Originally Posted by Jim & Kay

StanMT,
... Want to do it again but not sure when, will let you know to get the coffee going before we get there....

Coffee is pretty much on all the time in our camp, so stopping by any time is absolutely no problem

[Trixie47]

We'll be coming thru in July, so have an extra cup set out !!! Beautiful country !