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Rising Sun Campground is located just west of St. Mary and halfway along St. Mary Lake. Campers at Rising Sun will enjoy beautiful sunrises in the morning with Red Eagle Mountain as a backdrop, and the campground serves as a convenient base camp to many day hikes located east of Logan Pass. Some sites are open, allowing for cool breezes throughout the day, while others are located among trees, accommodating those seeking some shade and privacy.
Excellent campground with drinking water and flush toilets. Great location and staying grants you an honorary road pass to the going to the sun road. Can be very busy and some sites have much more privacy than others! But overall a nice experience
You can't beat staying in the park. This is the closest campground to Logan Pass which helped us get there early in the morning before it got busy and the parking lot turned into a madhouse.
We saw plenty of wildlife, even a bear. That means you have to keep a very clean camp. We kept everything in our car except our clothes which we kept in the tent. The park service is very protective of its bears and for good reason. Don't give a bear any excuse to be sniffing around your campsite.
The sites are a little close and a little small, but we spent most of our time hiking and exploring the park so that wasn't a big deal. We also appreciated the showers behind the nearby camp store. You get 8 minutes of hot water for $2.50.
I would definitely recommend this campground, and I would stay again. I posted some pics of the view from our site.
It was great. We reached there at 4 in the morning. Luckily someone was leaving. We didn't have to wait in the gate as we were there so early, we directly went to an empty site on Saturday morning. The site was clean. Restrooms have water and it's fairly clean with paper towels. Our campsite was right next to the mountain so the sunrise and sunset was very pretty and dreamy. The price was only $20 per night so very cheap compared to other places.
