Nelson Reservoir | Established Campground

September 19th, 2023 by beckychustz

Beautiful, clean, quiet and free place to stay along the lake with picnic tables. Follow the directions from this app and not Google maps as google will take you to the wrong place.

August 26th, 2023 by danceswsissors

Beautiful site- pit toilets - picnic tables - 2 bars Verizon. Very windy so NO BUGS

August 2nd, 2023 by bulletxv.wordpress.com

as described, nice, quiet & free.
there are some unoccupied RVs, but they're spread out.
all sites are waterfront so you will definitely get one.
you do definitely need bug spray.
good cell signal.

July 24th, 2023 by Camping camera

Lots of mossies near the trees and bushes (they swarm immediately) and very warm this time of year with no wind!!! Ow. 100+ temps most of my way here today and earth does NOT want to cool here, even at the lake tonite - may go down to 80•F around sunrise. Ug! OK sites but harder to find level spots. Sooooo many campers just left here unoccupied - seems uncool to place-mark their places just to return on weekends ….. boooooo for the rest of us. Seriously, I saw at least 12 unoccupied (with no trucks too) big campers….Monday night (9:30pm) and there were several spots open at lakeside - more at end - turn left and go past the crowd

July 11th, 2023 by joanna.hindle

basic free camping with clean pit toilets; a lot of spots free at 8pm mid-week; off the highway 2mi on the shores of the reservoir

July 10th, 2023 by therammanbruce

Beautiful and free!! Right on the water. Good road to access, pit toilets, picnic tables, fire rings and pavilions

May 16th, 2023 by honeymoonhwy

Gorgeous free site. We enjoyed it. No water, no dumpster, pit toilets. Surprisingly clean.

May 6th, 2023 by kimkayeontheroad

Great lake campground for a couple nights. Most sites lakeside & spacious. Lots of birds, saw 2 antelope swimming across the lake. Bathrooms clean.Several sites wheelchair accessible. Boat ramp provided. Not many people here, even on weekend.

April 28th, 2023 by nancynoble61

Great couple of days stay. Quiet, beautiful sunsets and went and enjoyed the hot springs twice just down the road.
There is no garbage cans so people need to remember to pack it out, which someone didn’t so had to clean up… even the discarded fishing hook that got stuck in my foot!

August 28th, 2022 by codedelegance.com

Great site! LOTS of bugs, especially mosquitos. Clean pit toilets, and no other campers.

August 1st, 2022 by yvivian11

Great spot! Came on a 100 degree day but with the breeze by the water and the tree shade it didnt feel bad at all.

Bathrooms were decent but lots and lots of flies

June 4th, 2022 by Jamie Z

Great place! I arrived around 8pm on a Saturday night and I was worried there wouldn't be any space available, but there were several good open spots.

Verizon worked, one or two bars. Lake is very low right now.

September 13th, 2021 by jcpinkcloud

Beautiful, clean, bug free. Lots of room for any size rig.

September 13th, 2021 by sean.snow2

Clean Campsite, Large grassy areas, bugs were not an issue. Campfire pits and picnic tables. Free Camping, didn’t see any place to pay.

We tent camped, plenty of flat ground. I did check the weather because of a previous comment. I’m glad we did, had some rain around midnight. Overall, great place to stay for the night.

August 5th, 2021 by allbetz2

Beautiful place with lots of birds & on the reservoir with plenty of room for any size rig & easy to get to Maybe a mile of gravel off of paved road Only 1 other camper here
BUT the MOSQUITOES!!
Oh my gosh!! We’re from Louisiana and certainly aren’t afraid of a few bugs lol but this was crazy!! They swarmed you as soon as you walked out the door! Bring lots of bug spray!!Also I checked the weather the evening we arrived & it said 15% chance of rain Having been in n MT for about a week & virtually seeing no rain, we went to bed
Well at 2:30 am we awoke to the TT just a rockin!! What a storm!! High winds & raining sideways Not sure if we’d come back Too bad it really is pretty here

April 10th, 2021 by blair

Absolutely beautiful spot. Got here right before sunset on a Friday and I was the only one. It’s so quiet and peaceful and FREE. They have fire rings and picnic tables throughout as well as pit toilets. Plenty of T-Mobile LTE

September 1st, 2020 by keelheadkeeno

As Described & free! I understand it gets more campers earlier in the Summer. Visited September 1st.

July 26th, 2020 by vince.snee

About 20 free developed sites including 1 handicapped designated (standard 14/30 day limit)- some have structural canopies all have picnic tables and fire pit and are along reservoir shoreline with trees. Several clean vault toilets along with a couple picnic areas. Easy accessibility for anything. Reservoir great for swimming, kayaking, boating and birding. Buffalo Hot Springs less than a mile - $11 for day pass.

September 26th, 2019 by reisephant.blogspot.ca

Rec area near Buffalo Hot Springs. Simple nice campground on lake. FREE. Quiet. Pit toilets, fire pits otherwise dry camping.