Makoshika State Park

Glendive, MT

4.8(812 reviews)

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About this campground

Makoshika State Park in Glendive Montana offers RV and tent camping with no hookups. Multiple campground and dispersed camping available. Campgrounds include Artist Vista, Valley View, Pine on Rocks, Cap Rock, and Cains Coulee. To the Lakota Indians, Makoshika meant bad earth or bad land. Today, as Montana's largest state park, the pine and juniper studded badland formations house the fossil remains of such dinosaurs as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. You'll find a visitor center at the park entrance with exhibits explaining the site's geologic, fossil, and prehistoric stories. Roads and hiking trails let you explore the park's whimsical badlands landscape. Or try out the campground and the park's disc golf (frisbee golf) course.

What campers say

Makoshika State Park offers dramatic badlands-style scenery, roomy trail options and a visitor center with notable fossil displays. Campgrounds include reservable sites near potable water and vault toilets plus more remote, first-come primitive sites accessed by a gravel road — great for tent campers seeking views but lacking shade, water, and suited less for larger RVs. Trails are generally family- and dog-friendly, and a scenic drive leads to overlooks though parts are unpaved. Amenities are described as well maintained, with friendly staff, but summers can be hot and some routes have limited signage. Strong pick for hiking, stargazing and unique geology.

Our summary of 811 traveler reviews.

Amenities

Disc Golf
Hike-in
Hiking
Pets
Public Park
Scenic
State Park
Tents

812 reviews

1 of them was written on CampgroundViews.

Mark Koep

May 14, 2018

In 2017: "Camping revenue went up about 40 percent last year, while overall visits hit a new record of about 94,000. “It was the first time we had some consistent camp hosts down there, plus there were veteran camp hosts,” Dantic said. The park also added a new tipi campsite, which proved popular. Upgrades to a disc golf course help draw in a different crowd than the camp-and-hike visitor."

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