Itch-Kep-Pe Park — Attraction in Columbus

So grateful to have found this incredible park at 1am! It was very dark, hard to see if spots were open. We ended up setting up trailer tent in a not-designated spot/area, but the police and denizens drove by without complaint. People were friendly. Beautiful huge trees. Bathrooms are in the center area in a brown building. Toilets flush, sink trickles, and the spigots on either side of the bathroom gush FAST. Donation box by the bathroom.

There are two wide roads that go across the width of the campground so you can easily turn around a big rig. They even have spare firewood for free, right by the trash. (none available when we were there.)

There's river access - people came just to skip rocks and laugh =), a train in the distant is nostalgic but not too loud. There are TWO camp grounds here - if you can't find a spot but do find an ominous road into the dark at the far side of camp in the night, head that way and look for an opening. Cicadas in the summer - at JUST a certain temperature around 10:30am they all start together almost in unison.

I was so blessed by Montana, and how gracious this effort is, and how unified the town of Columbus to make this happen. (cities towns working together is a theme here. The last great place - not just because of the vistas. Mostly it's the people...

My cat Jake and I stayed here for several days. It is packed by Saturday, which tells us how cool this park is. They took their big city park and turned it into a to a park/campground. I loved my stay here. Porto-potties emptied or cleaned on Mondays, campers during week, but it’s quiet and plenty of spots open to enjoy during the week. This is one of my favs. Please everybody, leave a donation for the maintenance of this place. The old guy does most of it himself and he works hard. Thank u. Even if u can only a couple of dollars, if everybody gave something, maybe he wouldn’t have to work so hard. I’m a sucker, I know. Clean park, great camp sites, great fire pits and picnic tables! I can’t believe it’s donation based! Lots of huge camp sites too and wonderful humongous old trees for shade. So happy I came here. People so friendly here too. Please note, it has a...

The perfect tent camping spot for a single night stop on a cross country road trip. This campsite should be a model for small town parks everywhere.

When planning our trip travelling west down I-90, we were looking for a place to stay for a single night, but the cost of tent only campsites near Billings, MT at $40-$60 seemed sensationally high (no doubt due to the proximity to Yellowstone National Park) for a small patch of grass to pitch our tents on.

We eventually found Itch-Kep-Pe Park and couldn't have been more been more pleasantly surprised by the quality of this campground. Clean bathrooms. Spacious tent sites with a picnic table. Level grassy ground. Not far from the highway and even next to the Yellowstone River!

If we ever take the northern route back to Yellowstone, Itch-Kep-Pe will be on our short list of...