Burning Coal Vein Campground

Quiet with very beautiful scenery..Must visit the summit overlook up past campground...do not go up with a trailer or large RV...not enough space to turn around at top. 360 degrees of amazing views. Loved the camp and surrounding area for sight seeing.

Couldn't really find the burning coal veins but still a basic campground. Nearby is one of the few roads that access the Little Missouri river. It's about a mile away from the campground. The NFS does a poor job of providing such access. But here's your chance.

I have always liked camping at this site whether in a tent or a camper. Always clean and well kept. Great for our SW North Dakota hunting excursions. I know it happened a long time ago but I really miss the shelters over the picnic tables.

The campground itself is primitive like most forest service or grassland campgrounds but it's location is also great like most. It's near some rare ND pine forest and of course the scenic little Missouri. Through and past the campground is a trailhead parking spot with a great view. The weather wasn't very agreeable while I was there but I'll be back.

The campground should be renamed Burnt Coal Vein Campground. Only after our visit did we learn that the fire in the nearby lignite vein went out years ago. Based on information easily available to us we found the campground and the nearby features shown in pictures. It s!ill was a nice ride on very good gravel roads.