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2026 Season availability
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- Pet friendly
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Reviews (144)
What Guests Are Saying
Emery Bay Campground offers a beautiful location with great lake access, friendly and professional camp hosts, and well-maintained facilities including clean bathrooms. While the campground is peaceful and ideal for kayaking or paddleboarding, access involves a rough, unpaved road that can be challenging for some vehicles. Overall, visitors appreciate the serene environment, cleanliness, and the proximity to Glacier National Park, making it a popular choice despite minor inconveniences.
What Guests Are Saying
Emery Bay Campground offers a beautiful location with great lake access, friendly and professional camp hosts, and well-maintained facilities including clean bathrooms. While the campground is peaceful and ideal for kayaking or paddleboarding, access involves a rough, unpaved road that can be challenging for some vehicles. Overall, visitors appreciate the serene environment, cleanliness, and the proximity to Glacier National Park, making it a popular choice despite minor inconveniences.
Review Summary
Jenny D
VerifiedAugust 24, 2022 • Stayed at: Emery Bay Group 1, Loop: Forest Loop 1A
Nice quiet place for a family gathering. There is a scenic overlook. Beautiful. If you want to swim you have to walk about a quarter mile. Not to bad. Swimming is by boat dock but there is lots of room. Nice room for yard games if you want. Nice spot.
Eric K
VerifiedAugust 21, 2022 • Stayed at: 2, Loop: EMERY BAY CAMPGROUND
Great campground 10 mi from the West Glacier entrance to Glacier National Park. Cleanest vault toilets I've seen & the campground is well taken care of. Sunsets with the Continental Divide in the distance were amazing
Alison A
VerifiedAugust 21, 2022 • Stayed at: 23, Loop: EMERY BAY CAMPGROUND
Loved this campsite! And the bay was beautiful!!
Jonathan K
VerifiedAugust 11, 2022 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: EMERY BAY CAMPGROUND
Nice campground, friendly hosts, decent location. We would stay here again. There are no tent pads and many of the sites don't have a lot of space without vegetation, so if you are tent camping with a medium to large tent, you may end up setting it tent up on the site's parking spot. In July 2022 when we stayed, there were 2 bears reported in the campground but we didn't see them. So be sure to pack bear spray and keep your site clean. The campground was about 10 minutes drive away from cell service toward us. Road leading to the campground from Glacier was in good condition.
robert a
VerifiedAugust 5, 2022 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: EMERY BAY CAMPGROUND
Great camp hosts. Nice lake but a lot of noise from day users.
John A
VerifiedAugust 5, 2022 • Stayed at: 8, Loop: EMERY BAY CAMPGROUND
Poor , The campground host tried to become the ruler of the reservoir shores, No signs,nothing in print , just his will. He was going to have the ranger talk to me , dropping a few names . I welcomed that thought, as I called them and the sheriff too as I felt I was being harassed . He runs around with the golf cart going the wrong way on a one way road , many times during the day , kicking up lots of dust that drifts into my camp. I cut my stay short and went to Lolo national forest and was more than happy with them down there. I will be logging a complaint with the Flathead National forest office in Kalispell . I have stayed at lots of sites on the reservoir an other Flathead National forest sites and be pleased . Would not recommend staying at Emery Bay this year.
Doe F
VerifiedJuly 28, 2022 • Stayed at: Emery Bay Grp 2, Loop: Bay Loop 2B
Beautiful stay. All seasons included except winter. A little bit of sunshine, a little bit of rain and best of all, no fires so we could enjoy a campfire! Last year we went in August and unable to have campfires. One of the best parts of camping!
Dave M
VerifiedJuly 22, 2022 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: EMERY BAY CAMPGROUND
Dave M
VerifiedJuly 22, 2022 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: EMERY BAY CAMPGROUND
Dave M
VerifiedJuly 22, 2022 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: EMERY BAY CAMPGROUND
Location & Directions for Emery Bay Campground
East Side Reservoir Rd #38, Martin City, MT 59926 United States
Elevation: 1,086 ft
Getting There
From Martin City, Montana, turn off Highway 2 and continue on the main road through the town heading south. This road becomes East Side Reservoir Road. Continue for about 6 mi into the campground.
Nearby National Park
West Entrance
Approximate driving time: 25 min
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
2PM
Check out time
11AM
General
- If a site is not available for reservation online, it is shown as a first-come, first-served (FF) or walk-in (W) site. These sites will be identified at the campground on maps and campsite post markers with a W. First-come, First-served sites may already be taken as this cannot be updated on the Recreation.gov website. You may try to call for availability.
- Reserved sites will be held until the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released.
- We do not allow reservation holders to change campsites and move to a Walk-up campsite upon arrival. Most of our campsites are available for advanced reservations, and you must occupy the site you reserve.
- You are allowed 2 passenger vehicles per site, the first vehicle is included in the site fee and an extra vehicle charge of $5.00/vehicle per night will be collected at the campground. Sites that are identified as double occupancy can accommodate an additional camping unit. In this situation, you will be charged for each camper.
- Potable water is available for filling containers after June 1st. Please fill RVs prior to arrival, as water is hauled by truck to campground.
- There is now a 10 day stay limit on all Group sites, starting in 2022.
- Drop Camping is illegal without a Forest Service permit. If you rent a camper it may not be delivered by the owner.
- There is a food storage order in effect on the Flathead National Forest. Know how to store all attractants all the time. See your Campground Host for more information or visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/flathead/recreation/?cid=stelprdb5347448
- Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
- Click here for more information on the Flathead National Forest
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Last updated: October 21, 2026
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