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National Park Service · Glacier National Park · MT

Apgar Campground

2Heads up1 park alert · 1 fire 37 mi away

Wildfire

Route 8 fire · 37 mi away · updated Oct 15, 2026

Park Closure

Going-to-the-Sun Road Partial Closure Going-to-the-Sun Road is now open on the east side from St. Mary to Logan Pass. It remains closed between Avalanche and Logan Pass.

Fires: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 15, 2026

Alerts: National Park Service alerts API · Oct 17, 2026

ReservableBookable through October 31; the next season isn't published.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night: $20From, per site
Sites: 211184 on recreation.gov

Photos · NPS Photo

42 ftLongest rig

3,180 ftElevation

1,047 ftWater · Lake McDonald

12.6 miNE of Columbia Falls, MT

58%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices

In the agency’s own words

Apgar campground is the largest campground in the park. It is situated in trees and provides tent and RV campers with shade and some privacy. Evening sunsets on Lake McDonald are only a short stroll, and you won't want to miss evening programs with a ranger at the Apgar Amphitheater. Many trails are located within a short drive of the campground. Five Group Sites are reservable in advance. All sites require a reservation. Most sites have a 6-month booking window with a good handful having a 4-day booking window. Hiker/Bicyclist sites A10, C144, and C146 are available through the Recreation.gov Scan and Pay system. In order to use these sites, visitors must download the Recreation.gov Application before arriving. At the Hiker/Bicyclist sites, simply scan the QR code posted onsite to follow prompts and complete payment. Additional instructions are provided onsite in Apgar Campground. Keep reading

Recreation

This facility is conveniently located in the western part of the park. Explorers of all ages can attend nightly ranger programs at an amphitheater within the facility.

Facilities

The campground is large with 194 campsites. The sites are relatively spread apart and provide privacy for both RV and tent campers. Potable water is accessible in the campground, and restroom facilities have flush toilets and sinks with running water.

Natural Features

Apgar is heavily forested with partial shade. Some sites have views of Lake McDonald. The park is named for its prominent glacier-carved terrain and remnant glaciers descended from the ice ages almost 10,000 years ago. Its diverse habitats are home to nearly 70 species of mammals including the grizzly bear, wolverine, gray wolf and lynx. Over 270 species of birds visit or reside in the park, including such varied species as harlequin ducks, dippers and golden eagles.

Nearby Attractions

One must-see attraction is Waterton Lakes National Park, Glacier's sister park across the Canadian-U.S. border. As the other half of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Waterton Lakes offers great hiking, scenic boat cruises and several scenic drives all centered around the townsite of Waterton. Waterton Lakes National Park

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Food storage regulations are strictly enforced. Grizzly and black bears frequent the area. When not in immediate use, all food, beverages, coolers, cooking utensils, pet food, or other attractants must be kept in a closed, hard-sided vehicle or secured in bear proof storage lockers near campground restrooms.

Rule

Vehicle length limits. Vehicle and vehicle combinations longer than 21 feet (6.5 m) or wider than 8 feet (2.4 m) including mirrors are prohibited between the Sun Point parking area and Avalanche Campground.

Rule

Groups. Parties of nine or more may make reservations for the Apgar Campground Group Sites or at the St. Mary Campground.

Everything else this campground posts · 7

Rule

Maximum Stay. Campground length of stay is limited to 14 days.

Rule

Quiet Hours. Quiet hours are from 10 pm to 6 am. Noise must be kept to a low level that does not disturb other campers.Generator use in campgrounds is permitted only during the following times: 8 am – 10 am, noon – 2 pm, or 5 pm – 7 pm.

Rule

Fire Rings Only. Campsites contain fire rings but do not have fire grates for grilling/ food preparation.

Rule

Hammocks. Hammocks must be hung over non vegetated areas using one inch straps or wider. Vegetation may not be trampled to access hammocks.

Rule

Tent Maximum. Campsites allow a maximum of 2 tents per site.

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood within the same county in which you plan to camp. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Firewood collection is prohibited within Apgar Campground.

Rule

Renting an RV or trailer? Per 36 CFR 5.3, commercial business may not take place inside Glacier National Park. This includes RVs and trailers being delivered within Glacier's boundaries. Renters of these must drive them in themselves.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 211
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 42 ft
Accessible sites: 4
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Little

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets - seasonal · Vault Toilets - seasonal
Drinking water: Yes
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: National Park Service and agency records

Around the campground

On the water: Lake; Fishing; Hiking; Ranger programs; Visitor center; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 387th darkest of 501 in MT: Bortle 2
Fall color · reported 13 days ago, 38 km away: Peak color

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (38 km) · Oct 4, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

recreation.gov lists 184 of the 211 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowThrough October 31Bookable now through October 31, 2026, the end of the reservable season. The season after it isn't published yet.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$20plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$48DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itNational Park ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 12

What you actually pay

The sign priceNational Park Service

A night$20

Standard Nonelectric$20

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Sep 30, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$28

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$48

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $20 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Oct 1, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

211 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 182 mapped sites

70 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomC147 106 ftC145 105 ftC148 99 ftC150 99 ftC119 98 ft

Least roomD157 48 ftD158 48 ftD159 51 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 211 sites

184 of 211 sites located

Standard182Type not stated2

A03 A04 A05 A06 A07 A08 A09 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A38 A39 A40 A41 A42 A43 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49 A50 A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59 A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 B065 B066 B067 B068 B069 B070 B071 B072 B073 B075 B076 B077 B078 B079 B080 B081 B082 B083 B084 B085 B086 B087 B088 B089 B090 B091 B092 B093 B094 B095 B096 B097 B098 B099 B100 B101 B102 B103 B104 B105 B106 B107 B108 B109 B110 B111 B112 B113 B114 B115 B116 B117 B118 C119 C122 C123 C124 C125 C126 C127 C128 C129 C130 C131 C132 C133 C134 C135 C136 C137 C138 C139 C140 C141 C142 C143 C145 C147 C148 C149 C150 C151 C152 C153 C154 C155 C156 D157 D158 D159 D160 D161 D162 D163 D165 D166 D167 D168 D169 D170 D171 D172 D173 D174 D175 D176 D177 D178 D179 D180 D181 D182 D184 D185 D186 D187 D188 D189 D190 D191 D192 D193 D194

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 184 of the 211 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 184 of the 211 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


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A	A42	type not stated	25 ft			545 ft	137 ft
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C	C128	standard nonelectric	32 ft		68 ft	1,308 ft	163 ft	$20
C	C129	standard nonelectric	20 ft		68 ft	1,350 ft	178 ft	$20
C	C130	standard nonelectric	26 ft		75 ft	1,400 ft	220 ft	$20
C	C131	standard nonelectric	40 ft		80 ft	1,384 ft	227 ft	$20
C	C132	standard nonelectric	20 ft		80 ft	1,452 ft	279 ft	$20
C	C133	standard nonelectric	20 ft		57 ft	1,459 ft	329 ft	$20
C	C134	standard nonelectric	26 ft		57 ft	1,515 ft	363 ft	$20
C	C135	standard nonelectric	26 ft		58 ft	1,460 ft	425 ft	$20
C	C136	standard nonelectric	26 ft		58 ft	1,511 ft	477 ft	$20
C	C137	standard nonelectric	42 ft		55 ft	1,380 ft	345 ft	$20
C	C138	standard nonelectric	22 ft		78 ft	1,410 ft	386 ft	$20
C	C139	standard nonelectric	20 ft		60 ft	1,319 ft	296 ft	$20
C	C140	standard nonelectric	23 ft		55 ft	1,343 ft	308 ft	$20
C	C141	standard nonelectric	33 ft		60 ft	1,274 ft	243 ft	$20
C	C142	standard nonelectric	22 ft		73 ft	1,339 ft	321 ft	$20
C	C143	standard nonelectric	35 ft		73 ft	1,268 ft	269 ft	$20
C	C144	type not stated
C	C145	standard nonelectric	33 ft		105 ft	1,231 ft	204 ft	$20
C	C146	type not stated
C	C147	standard nonelectric	40 ft		106 ft	1,151 ft	129 ft	$20
C	C148	standard nonelectric	33 ft		99 ft	1,057 ft	137 ft	$20
C	C149	standard nonelectric	20 ft		66 ft	1,102 ft	84 ft	$20
C	C150	standard nonelectric	33 ft		99 ft	968 ft	155 ft	$20
C	C151	standard nonelectric	38 ft		66 ft	1,061 ft	113 ft	$20
C	C152	standard nonelectric	40 ft	yes	88 ft	914 ft	123 ft	$20
C	C153	standard nonelectric	23 ft		87 ft	962 ft	106 ft	$20
C	C154	standard nonelectric	33 ft		87 ft	878 ft	164 ft	$20
C	C155	standard nonelectric	33 ft		86 ft	916 ft	204 ft	$20
C	C156	standard nonelectric	26 ft		86 ft	830 ft	253 ft	$20
D	D157	standard nonelectric	30 ft		47 ft	1,451 ft	173 ft	$20
D	D158	standard nonelectric	32 ft		47 ft	1,494 ft	201 ft	$20
D	D159	standard nonelectric	32 ft		51 ft	1,487 ft	120 ft	$20
D	D160	standard nonelectric	32 ft		51 ft	1,533 ft	161 ft	$20
D	D161	standard nonelectric	30 ft		59 ft	1,517 ft	97 ft	$20
D	D162	standard nonelectric	40 ft		74 ft	1,588 ft	167 ft	$20
D	D163	standard nonelectric	25 ft		68 ft	1,609 ft	165 ft	$20
D	D164	type not stated	30 ft	yes
D	D165	standard nonelectric	36 ft		68 ft	1,661 ft	217 ft	$20
D	D166	standard nonelectric	38 ft		55 ft	1,576 ft	154 ft	$20
D	D167	standard nonelectric	23 ft		71 ft	1,684 ft	231 ft	$20
D	D168	standard nonelectric	30 ft		55 ft	1,615 ft	164 ft	$20
D	D169	standard nonelectric	38 ft		71 ft	1,710 ft	218 ft	$20
D	D170	standard nonelectric	35 ft		61 ft	1,653 ft	148 ft	$20
D	D171	standard nonelectric	20 ft		64 ft	1,744 ft	231 ft	$20
D	D172	standard nonelectric	35 ft		55 ft	1,670 ft	157 ft	$20
D	D173	standard nonelectric	28 ft		64 ft	1,760 ft	248 ft	$20
D	D174	standard nonelectric	40 ft		55 ft	1,682 ft	178 ft	$20
D	D175	standard nonelectric	30 ft		77 ft	1,724 ft	246 ft	$20
D	D176	standard nonelectric	33 ft		54 ft	1,631 ft	157 ft	$20
D	D177	standard nonelectric	25 ft		77 ft	1,665 ft	228 ft	$20
D	D178	type not stated	35 ft			1,591 ft	207 ft
D	D179	standard nonelectric	32 ft		54 ft	1,578 ft	117 ft	$20
D	D180	standard nonelectric	40 ft		73 ft	1,522 ft	149 ft	$20
D	D181	standard nonelectric	28 ft		58 ft	1,542 ft	59 ft	$20
D	D182	standard nonelectric	25 ft		63 ft	1,480 ft	94 ft	$20
D	D183	type not stated	26 ft	yes
D	D184	standard nonelectric	35 ft		63 ft	1,442 ft	80 ft	$20
D	D185	standard nonelectric	19 ft		61 ft	1,458 ft	112 ft	$20
D	D186	standard nonelectric	25 ft		75 ft	1,383 ft	147 ft	$20
D	D187	standard nonelectric	20 ft		61 ft	1,424 ft	95 ft	$20
D	D188	standard nonelectric	20 ft		75 ft	1,345 ft	142 ft	$20
D	D189	standard nonelectric	25 ft		62 ft	1,390 ft	63 ft	$20
D	D190	standard nonelectric	30 ft		66 ft	1,282 ft	169 ft	$20
D	D191	standard nonelectric	32 ft		62 ft	1,349 ft	97 ft	$20
D	D192	standard nonelectric	25 ft		61 ft	1,255 ft	191 ft	$20
D	D193	standard nonelectric	30 ft		70 ft	1,296 ft	189 ft	$20
D	D194	standard nonelectric	25 ft		61 ft	1,235 ft	224 ft	$20
Hiker/Bicyclist	A10 Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
Hiker/Bicyclist	A10b Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
Hiker/Bicyclist	A10c Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
Hiker/Bicyclist	A10d Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
Hiker/Bicyclist	C144 Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
Hiker/Bicyclist	C144b Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
Hiker/Bicyclist	C144c Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
Hiker/Bicyclist	C144d Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
Hiker/Bicyclist	C146 Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
Hiker/Bicyclist	C146b Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
Hiker/Bicyclist	C146c Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
Hiker/Bicyclist	C146d Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Oct 1, 2026

25 of 211 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate48.52500, -113.98360

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone406-888-7800

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Apgar Group SitesGlacier National Park · 0.0 mi

Fish Creek CampgroundGlacier National Park · 1.6 mi

Sprague Creek CampgroundGlacier National Park · 7.2 mi

Big Creek Campground (Flathead National Forest, MT)Flathead National Forest · 9.7 mi

Avalanche CampgroundGlacier National Park · 13 mi

Emery Bay CampgroundFlathead National Forest · 13 mi

Getting there

Apgar Campground has multiple entry points on the east and west side of the park.

West Side Entrance

- West Entrance – From Columbia Falls, take Highway 2 east to the town of West Glacier (approximately 33 miles (53 km) from Kalispell).

- West Entrance – From Browning, take Highway 2 west to the town of West Glacier.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today65°Widespread Frost then Sunny4% rain

Tonight33°Mostly Clear then Patchy Fog2% rain

Sunday59°Sunny

Sunday Night33°Partly Cloudy

NWS forecast for West Glacier, MT

Source: National Weather Service, MSO forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 33°F, day 52°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 19°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°10°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: W GLACIER, MT (USC00248809), 2 miles away and 32 ft lower

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

What threatens this place

developing

Flathead National Forestlogging, drilling · 23 mi

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 9, 2026

Who answers for this land

Apgar Campground is in Montana’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Ryan Zinke (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: National Park Service publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 184 of the 211 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 184 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.082 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 501 rated federal campgrounds in Montana · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (38 km) · Oct 4, 2026

Reported by: iNaturalist fall color observations, reported peak color · Oct 4, 2026

Cell signal: the Park Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest place of any size: West Glacier, MT, 0.7 mi N (a census designated place). Straight line.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026