RV Rental Medicine Rocks State Park, MT

Medicine Rocks State Park, despite its small size, has three beautiful hiking trails, none of which are longer than one mile. The one-way Dalton Trail is just under one mile and connects to the park's main road. The trail takes you past the sandstone formations, including Dalton Rock, one of the most prominent and photographed features in the park. The one-mile out-and-back Sunset Loop Trail will take you to a complex of isolated sandstone formations, making a perfect backdrop for sunset. The third trail is the quarter-mile North Rock Trail, which takes you through the sandstone formations to the north end of the park. Interpretive signs are scattered throughout the trails, giving you an idea of what life was like here for generations.

Photographers of all types have plenty to work with at Medicine Rocks State Park. It’s a popular location for astrophotography thanks to its remote location and the sandstone formations that make excellent foreground subjects. Wildlife photographers should bring their long lenses to photograph antelope, grouse, deer, eagles, and foxes. And of course, it's a landscape photographer's dream.

Additional park activities include mountain biking, picnicking at the numerous picnic shelters, and stargazing.

The Medicine Rocks State Park campground is quite small with 12 primitive campsites. It's a simple operation, and you'll only find vault toilets, picnic tables, fire rings, and pumps for potable water. Because the park isn’t serviced, park managers request that all RV campers pack out everything that they packed in. Medicine Rocks State Park campground is open year-round, and pets are allowed.

The campground is quite isolated, which may be exactly what you want during your motorhome camping expedition. Even the 12 campsites at the park are healthily spread out among the park’s one-mile, one-way road. Campsites are set amongst the trees and rocks for an immersive experience. They don’t all have shade, but they do offer privacy.

Be sure to stock up with everything you need for your Medicine Rocks State Park camping trip before coming here. There are some small towns surrounding the park, but your best bet for provisioning will either be in Miles City, 100 miles to the west, or Bowman, 70 miles to the east. There are some gas stations closer to the park in Ekalaka and Baker. If you feel like dining out, you can find several old-fashioned Western steakhouses and grills in these small towns.

Baker, 25 miles to the north, is home to two fantastic golf courses. Baker is a quaint little town surrounding Lake Baker, a small recreational lake. The O'Fallon Historical Museum, displaying historical artifacts from Baker, also has a unique claim to fame. It's home to the largest steer ever recorded, stuffed and mounted in the center of the museum. There's also another great museum in Ekalaka, 14 miles to the south. The Carter County Museum has its own distinction of being the first museum to display dinosaur fossils. It houses a rather large collection of dinosaur finds and hosts the Dino Shindig every July.

If you’re taking your RV camping adventure outside of Carter County, you’ll have to drive 90 minutes north to the nearest interstate. Taking it west will lead you to Billings, and east will lead you to Bismark. Rapid City is three hours to the south along smaller highways and may be the scenic route that you’re looking for while traveling through Big Sky Country in a camper rental.