River Point Campground

Elissa White

Came up for the fourth of july weekend, booked a site in February it very competitive for peak season in the seeley-swan. We get here sign says full reservation only, campground is deserted. People book long stays and either check in early or late or book the 16 night max, leave their camper in the site and go home and come back only for the weekend. Extremely frustrating as camping in this region is already hard enough to find and now the FS allows you to not occupy the site you reserve. State parks require you to occupy nightly as to not abuse the system and allows others a chance to camp that actually want to camp. Additionally at the state parks the hosts will notice when someone leaves early and allow walk ups for the nights available, here they leave the reserved tag up and turn people away from an unused empty site.

Disabled in the Wild

River Point Campground has a free day use area on Seeley Lake, featuring a beach, swimming area, picnic tables, and beautiful views of the Swan Mountain range. Accessibility info and site description: Follow the signs past the campground, straight to the free day use area. There is a large paved parking lot with no disabled parking, and two accessible restrooms at the center. Head toward the lake through a wooded area about 100 feet to the swimming beach. There is a gradual slope down to the water's edge, and a beautiful view of the mountains. To find the picnic tables, take the path to the right of the beach through the woods about 100 feet, or about 200 feet to the left of the beach where there is another three picnic tables and a circle of benches surrounding a campfire. The paths through the woods are mostly flat, covered in pine needles, with some branches, pinecones, and soft spots. There are many campgrounds around Seeley Lake, but very few day use areas, so I was excited when I heard about this site. It's a short distance from the parking lot to the small beach and offers beautiful views of the Swan Mountain range. The picnic tables are spread out throughout the woods which provides a little space between other visitors. I visited on a cold day in May, so there weren't many other people there at the time, but according to a recreation website, this site gets heavy use all year round. Also note: there was a sign at the swimming beach warning of blue green algae blooms, so be mindful of checking the reports before visiting and checking the water before going in, especially later in the summer and in the fall.

ProfL Prasad

Another bummer. What was great in 1980 ain't so in 2022. They must move into the 21st century, utilize sun and wind power, rain harvesting, etc.

Danielle Wontor

In the off season, this is a decent free campground that definitely feels more like glamping. There are toilets, water, large sites, lake access, and trash cans. However, the camp host (the woman) was extremely rude, mumbling loud insults about us as she walked around the lot with a trash scooper for hours. Don't get on her bad side.