Many Glacier Campground

During this trip, we stayed at three different sites on two reservations. The first site sits lower than the surrounding ground. During a thunderstorm, one tent was flooded. In addition, the nearest women’s bathroom had no working lights at all. The second and third sites were OK. NPS needs to upgrade these facilities and add more comfort stations like kitchen sinks and hot shower.

Many Glacier Campground puts you in the wilderness. The trails are right there and can be challenging. Bear, moose and sheep can be all around.
Its an adventure.

We have been coming to GNP for almost 40 years and Many Glacier CG is by far the best location in the park for accessing some of the best and most hiking trails. However, access to the Many Glacier CG is a challenge for several reasons. The long access road on the far east side of the park, from the Blackfoot reservation, is being rebuilt and long delays are common. Even when not under construction this road is challenging, and a lot further from St. Mary's than it looks on the map. Leave early or don't be in a hurry. Also, this part of the park is not subject to the traffic limits now imposed on the Going to the Sun Road, so visitors looking for alternatives are coming here in mass quantities (but from where I can't figure), so the Grinnell Glacier and other trail heads are packed by 9 am. Good luck finding parking or a quiet trail experience. Sigh. Also, we noticed that the reservation only camping availability at the Many Glacier CG creates many unoccupied sites, where visitors were either no-shows, or left early (as was our case). There doesn't seem to be a good system in place to in-fill the empty spots, since everything must go thru the Recreation.gov reservation site, and real-time updates of empty or vacated sites, to those looking for camping, isn't working very well, especially since cell service is mostly non-existent in this area. Even if you were looking and waiting for a cancellation on Recreation.gov (or a no-show), I don't see how the mechanics would work to best use the unoccupied sites. This needs to be improved somehow, since it is so sad to see these sites go unused, when there is an angry mob waiting at the gates (so to speak). Maybe go back to the old 50% first-come first-serve sites for this campground, after the pandemic. This has it's own problems with wanna-be campers trolling around every day waiting to pounce on the campers that appear to be packing up. Maybe a lottery system for stand-by campers, or something more fair.

Couldn't ask for a better location of the campground and felt very lucky to pick up last minute cancellations. Was bummed that Swiftcurrent closed down the coin-operated showers so we had no shower options in the area, but that's not in the campground's control. Great 5 nights of camping in a beautiful area overall.

First night was great. Second night, not great.
Bear got into someone’s vehicle so it was hard shell camping only and we had to leave.

It so hard to get a campsite at Many Glacier. We have so many wonderful memories tent camping in Glacier over 30+ years so if I am able to get a campsite here I’m so grateful even if it means I have to sleep in my vehicle due to recent bear activity. We all need to do our part to keep this and other parks pristine so if you see litter please pick it up and do your best to leave no trace.

I was lucky enough to land this reservation. Cute place and just what I needed. I had a roof top tent and I was able to find some flat ground.

As always, beautiful location. New reservation system leaves a little to be desired. Needs to block bot reservations. Bathrooms could be better kept. Need to be given a campground map for future reference.

We loved this campground! The hosts were ALL so nice. Bathrooms clean. The campground was SO quiet! Love the proximity to great hikes and beautiful views. The evening programs were fantastic, and kept our family engaged, even our 10 year old twins! I can't wait to return!
I should note, it's a rough drive in on a dirt road. Also, road construction, that apparently has been going on for YEARS, causes delays from 40minutes to 3 hours! Arrive early!

Incredible place