Within the national park, camping is allowed at designated campgrounds only. Here is a link to the main camping page. It has general info, plus a link to more detail about each campground.
Here is a link to info about fishing in the national park.
As was mentioned, camping in a national park is restricted to developed sites only. In Glacier N.P. the next best thing to boondocking would be the campground at Bowman Lake.
It's very remote — to reach it requires miles of travel along a narrow, and windy dirt road —it's very scenic, and the fishing was good when I was there.
Last year we stayed at one of the CGs on Hungry Horse lake on the west side. The road is dirt but good. I think they are operated by a NFS. There is no boondocking on the east side as it is all Blackfoot Reservation.
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I had a really hard time last year finding nice boondocking close to Glacier. Hungry Horse had some smaller spots but that was too far for my requirements.
Eventually we stayed on a nice open tree-ringed snowmobile parking lot (the gate was open) but we were asked to move after a couple of days.
The only other option that I am aware of is a spot right next to the river, but unfortunately also right next to the road.
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As mentioned, it's not boondocking but Two Medicine on the east side is one of our favorites. Sites are large and relatively private. DH and son fished there at the lake and then hiked up to some great streams and had good luck there. We camped by a small stream that fed into the lake. It was beautiful.
We spent several day at Bowman Lake, about 25 or 30 years ago, and it is really in the boondocks, hard sided campers only, back then and no tents, we did see bears, and wore bear bells as required. A ranger came by every evening to check on you, take a head count, talk about food storage and give advice on the use of the hand crank emergency radio telephone.
I remember you could stand on one side of the lake and hear every thing on the other side, and see down 20 to 30' in the water. It was the most beautiful and secluded place we ever camped.
I recall crossing log bridges to get there, and back then it was 4X4s only, and that's what we had with a 10.5'C.O. camper.
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Thanks to all for the info, we are planning a trip now. I have searched areas east of glacier (both on and off the reservation) and have found many interesting places including many campgrounds. Has any one stayed in these areas? Some of the land is public, some private, most is reservation. Will I be the new Lewis and Clark or are there other TC'ers before me?
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