Medora Campground — Hotel in Belfield

General Impression: Grid style campground with lots of sites and noise and dust. Cost $79 Value: 2 – For this price we would definitely expect a bit more space in the campsites and more amenities.

Campground: This campground was mostly red dirt/dust. There was a bit of gravel mixed in, but it was dusty when it was dry and muddy when it was wet. There are a few large trees in the older section and the newer section is almost entirely full sun. Campsite # 603 Our campsite was mostly red dirt. All sites are pull-thru and fairly narrow space between RVs. Most campsites have less than 10 feet of space between the sites. Campsite was mostly level. Full hookups with 50 & 30 #thifty. They did have a variety of sites and not all have both. You do pay more for 50 and for longer length sites, so choose your campsite wisely. We had a picnic table and a grill, but no fire ring. They offer propane fill and they have a dump station and potable water refill stations. Wifi Campground offers free Wifi and while it’s fast when it’s working, it is very inconsistent and drops… a lot. So it’s okay for emailing and light googling. Starlink was good enough streaming. Verizon was a little slower but still good enough for some streaming. Noise Level: The noise level at this campground was rough. Every morning before 8:30 they would dump the dumpsters for about 15 min and it was loud. Louder than thunder loud. The campground had some noise of trains going by about hourly, dogs barking that were left outside, motorcycles with loud engines, playing loud music through the night, unpacking or packing during quiet hours, and generally inconsiderate noise from most of the campers. This was compounded by so many folks in such a small area. There was a constant busy hum of vehicles and people even during the quietest of times which was midday. Amenities: 2 bathhouses with multiple stalls and they were clean. Dumpsters were easily located in several places throughout the park. Laundry had 7 washers and 4 jumbo dryers. $3.00 per wash and $0.50 per 10 min of drying. Nice facility with a sink and water bottle refill station. The campground does not have a pool; however, there is a city owned pool between the campground and the main road. Entrance was $5/person. They have a playground, basketball, and cornhole. Dog friendly: There are no off-leash areas inside the park, there is a bark park owned by the city between the campground and the main road. Unfortunately, it seemed quite overgrown with weeds about 3 feet high. They had multiple pickup stations located throughout the campground and some grassy areas to walk your dog. Camp store: They have a small camp store with a few RV essentials, a few camping items, and swag. Camp staff interactions: We had multiple interactions with camp staff and they were super friendly and made us feel right at home. Additional info: They accept package delivery at...

As someone who has been full time RV’ing for nearly two years and has been to 100’s of RV Parks over the past 20 years, I found this park to be one of the most confusing to book, to find, to register and to get parked. The park is run by the town and the town is all about tourism. Calling to check for site availability puts you through “Information / Bookings” greetings. Was not sure I was actually reaching the campground. Sounds more like a Hotel system. After reserving a site I needed to confirm if the location was truly the campground I was seeing on google maps as there is no physical address that I could find. Upon arrival, there was one wonderful lady handling registrations which were piling up late afternoon and her work also doubles to providing tickets to the local musical. However she did not know how to do that for the person in front of us, admitting she needed lots of time and some help to get that done and asked them to return later. Point being she was overwhelmed, and needed some help / training. I do not fault her. Somewhere there is a manager to blame. Upon completing registration, as is typical, she drew on the map the path of roads to get to our site. This was yet another frustration, as pulling a toad behind a big rig, you really do not want to go wrong, yet every turn we executed, made you feel wrong. Turns she drew on the map, we were met with ONE WAY signs, telling us we were going the wrong way. Again, not her fault as her directions were correct. Again somewhere there is a manager that needs to fix the signs. So the final frustration of the arrival was the tight pull through site (141). Not enough room for our 40 foot rig and the toad.

Visually the place is in beautiful surroundings on the Little Missouri River. Location for Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the surrounding Medora events is perfect. WIFI did not work for us. There is no cable nor did OTA TV reception work for us. Sprint service is only good for voice as Sprint virtually has no data in the North West. Verizon voice and...

Total mixed bag here - so I'll give the pros and cons list:|Pros: ||1. Close to Theodore Roosevelt National Park - you're within walking distance of the park entrance. |2. The staff at the front desk were super nice. They all seemed to be kids working - but they were polite and it was a fast check in.|3. Within walking distance of town. You can walk into town and eat at the restaurants there - about a 10 minute walk on sidewalk.||Cons:|1. You are packed in. Each spot has a picnic table that must be in front of or behind your camper - there's no room to the sides. We were unable to put our awning out as well - you're just too close to the person next to you.|2. The bathroom / restrooms / shower rooms are pretty bad. They aren't maintained very well. We woke up the first morning we were there and someone had destroyed the men's room - feces everywhere - it was pretty bad and unusable. Not sure when they cleaned it - we used the restroom at the restaurant we had breakfast at.|3. There were an amazing number of bees and locusts everywhere. At one point, the front of our van looked like a beehive. As you walked along paths, it was like you were walking on a bed of locusts - they were both everywhere. But that's nature I guess. |4. We camp for relaxation and hiking. And everyone should get to have their own reasons for coming to the campsite. There were an inordinate amount of people here at this campsite that came to fly their Confederate flags and discuss how to "cut up" libs with their "waist knives". There were also a few people driving around their trucks with certain presidential hopeful flags in the back - not sure if they were actually just driving around or if they were staying there. This was the environment.||Overall, we wouldn't stay here again. There was an option inside the park that is there - we didn't know about that...