Palisades Campground

Beautiful but very small free campground. Don't try bringing a large RV up, there's very little room to turn around and you might not fit in the sites. 30' max. Very busy with campers, hikers and bears. 6 sites and 1 tiny "group" site that blocks a trail. The road is very rough, but once you get up there, it's amazing. Most of the sites are on the creek and all have fire rings and tables. Decent phone reception. Multiple hiking/biking trails and just 3 miles from Red Lodge. There were a lot of bear sightings, including one coming to my door. Stop washing your dishes in the creek and spreading food everywhere tenters. Ignore the no ebike signs and ride it before they sell it. NFS doesn't follow the rules, you don't have to.

Beautiful, peaceful campground with stream and hiking trails only 2 miles from Red Lodge. Five private wooded campsites and one group campsite in the parking lot. Two vault toilets that are well maintained. No potable water or garbage bins. There are two nice hiking trails at the campground. The gravel road to the campground has large deep potholes that can't be avoided so those with campers will need to take it slow. The roads to the individual campsites are narrow and the sites are small so teardrops and vans fit ok but larger campers over 20 feet would likely have difficulty.

Spacious campground nestled back far enough to be off the main road, but still near the edge of the park. The bathrooms were clean and the campsites were well taken care of and stocked with picnic tables, fire pits, and bear boxes.

Beautiful scenery, good hiking. The camp sights could use some TLC. Mainly for tent camping, but a few spots will accommodate a campervan or similar.

What a great little spot just outside of Red Lodge. Wouldn't know you're 10 minutes from town.