“The best sunsets on Flathead Lake”
Area residents in the know will tell you that the best sunsets on Flathead Lake can be viewed from Wayfarers State Park. The rocky cliffs along the shoreline offer beautiful vistas of the lake at any time of day. Enjoy camping, boating, swimming. Located near the quaint resort town of Bigfork on the northeast shore of Flathead Lake, this park is 67 acres in size and is 2,923 feet in elevation. A mature mixed forest makes this site very pleasant for camping and picnicking. From spring to late fall the area abounds in wildflowers. Nature walks over the rocky shoreline to the cliffs are popular with photographers for an excellent view of Flathead Lake. There are 30 campsites on the park, 7 of which are for tents only. The maximum length for RV/trailer units is 50 feet.
Reviews of Wayfarers Campground
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Cell Coverage
Verizon 4G
Confirmed by 2 users | Last reported on June 06, 2023AT&T 4G/5G
Confirmed by 3 users | Last reported on July 25, 2023We stayed here around the beginning of October 2016. Our ATT and Verizon service worked here, I can't remember details though.
This is a nice wooded campground within walking distance of Big Fork. The sunsets over the lake were amazing. There are a few pull thoughs for longer rigs like ours. On site water and dump station were nice to have. It's not an OHV campground, but as long as I drove our side x side slowly through the park they didn't mind. We were also able to ride it ATV into town for laundry and shopping - super convenient.
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Days Stayed: 4
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A little rustic for a state park, 30 sites with dirt pads and no hookups. Reservations are recommended although we lucked out without one. Our site was site #13 and at first look we didn't really like it. It was a pull through site surrounded by foliage, so it looked a little too shady for our taste. But after settling in we liked it. It was secluded by the foliage and provided a nice sound barrier for our tunes. Right next to our site was a trail to the big rock overlook lakeside.
Amazing spot to watch the morning sun unfold with coffee, and once you maneuvered your way down to the water there were lots of little spots to go for a dip! Daredevils were even diving! Close to town and a great burger spot across from the state park entrance. Check it out!
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Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 13
This is a very very tight campground. Like, if your rig is over 25 feet, just stay away. Out of the 30 spots, maybe 6 or 7 of them can fit a camper of any length. My camper is 25 feet long and it was the biggest in the campground. When I pulled up to my site, I almost laughed as there is no way I was going to fit. It took me about 6 attempts to get it in the site, and it was down to inches. Most everybody either was in a tent, or had a tent camper. A few had little 15-18 foot campers.
It is also very hilly terrain, half of the camp sites are up the side of a good sized hill. Making for some very awkward camp sites. No two sites were alike, very unconventional layout.
Foliage, foliage and more foliage. While it is nice to have shade and some privacy with nice green surroundings, this almost borders on solitary confinement. You can't take two steps off the beaten path, and you have the few feet surrounding your camper of open dirt and that is it. You can't see anything, you can't even see people walking by in the spot I was in. Nice for privacy but I would say it was too much privacy.
Okay, now the good stuff. Lots of trails everywhere, no beach per se, but it has water access and the water was shallow and great to play in. Really close to town, not quite walking distance (unless hiking over a mountain and going 3 miles one way is nothing to you). It had a dump station and the hosts were very nice and come around quite often.
Again, for smaller rigs, tent or truck camping, it is a pretty nice campground. If not almost too quiet or private.
Nightly Rate: $18.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 17
Great place to camp. Was a bit expensive i my opinion but the bathhouse was well kept and had hot water.. Had to pay $3 for a shower after 28 for a tent site.
Nightly Rate: $28.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 20
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
ATT was hit or miss for virtual meetings. Verizon worked great and had no issues with virtual meeting. As others said this park has super tight roads. We pulled a 32 foot travel trailer to our site and we don’t know how we made it without hitting anything. The park is a one way road so no matter what site you pick, you’re gonna have to tow through the tight roads either coming in or going out. The sites are small but we got a pull through and backed the trailer into the exit side of the pull through and it worked out fine. We were in site 25. The lake is beautiful, water is clear and it’s walkable from the campsite. Sunsets are amazing and the camp hosts were very friendly.
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Days Stayed: 4
Site Number: 25
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Verizon 4G
AT&T 4G
This campground was fantastic and Flathead Lake is gorgeous. We had site 10 (which the campground attendant commented is one of the best) and it was private, quiet, spacious, and had a direct path down to both the swim beach/cove and the "cliffs" overlooking the lake with plenty of benches and nooks to find some serenity. I wish we could have stayed a few more nights!
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Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 10
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AT&T 5G
The location was good, close to town and close to the lake. The lake was nice for swimming. The campground was dirty. Our site, #14 was powdery dirt so everything got filthy. The picnic table was dirty and so were the bathrooms. The campfire smoke was thick so not nice to go to sleep.
Nightly Rate: $38.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 14
Cell Coverage Rating
AT&T 5G
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- Sun - Sat: 12:00 am - 11:59 pm
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Wheelchair Accessible
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Credit Cards Accepted
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- State park or forest
- Last Nightly Rate
- 38.0
- Lowest Nightly Rate
- 18.0
- Max Length
- 50 ft
- Max Stay
- 14
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Open Seasonally
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Age Restricted
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Firewood
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