Looking at google maps thinking about a weekend off, Ian and I selected a patch of green just east of Ashland Mt. and West of Boradus MT. Traveling on Hwy 94 till Miles City you get on MT - 59 and head south. We stopped in Boradus for gas and food. The town is super fun with casinos, pizza and movies, coffee, grocery stores and in general really nice people. Heading about 3 miles back north on 59 we got on US 212 that put us in the middle of the park. Prior to heading out we had tried our darnedest to find something about this area and with no luck, prior to entering we had no idea that it was managed under the Custer national forest. The roads are all fairly well maintained and the signage is quite good. In Ashland is a ranger station if you are passing though on a business time. Otherwise in Holiday Campground on Whitetail road you can find a good map of the trails and paths in the park.
The park itself has rolling hill, pines and fields, a huge oasis from our Western North Dakota life. We were surprised by the quantity of ranches mixed in the park and thrilled by the abundance of adorable calf's. in some sections of the park the pine gives way to traditional badlands landscape and in some sections one can find springs and streams.
Passing the driveway for the Holiday Campground we continued .8 miles till an enticing field caught our fancy, from there we headed down a hill on the north side of the road till we came to a perfect spot, with a fallen tree next to a pile of good fire rocks, flat soft sage for our tent and trees nicely spaced for a hammock, all surround by pine with views of the far off hills through the trees.
The second night we stayed in the Holiday Creek Campground, very well maintained, nice outhouse, 3 sites and plenty of fire wood!
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