JUNIPER CG, Theodore Roosevelt NP, ND

Juniper CG, Theodore Roosevelt NP North Unit, North Dakota

RUN BY:   Nat’l Park Service

LOCATION:  47.595320  -103.339077

UTILITIES:  NONE

COST:  $14

DISCOUNTS:  50% with Senior Access

OUR RATING (1-5):  Category I. Score 4

NOTES:   A very nice campground. It is called Juniper. I do believe it is the only campground in the northern unit.  Large open sites. I can't find my campground pictures but here's a picture of the park.  The campground is in a meadow and quite level. 

Environment:   A large meadow of mostly big old cottonwood which is frequented by animals.

Amenities:  NONE

Dump:  Yes

Public Water: Yes 

Toilets: Yes

Showers:  No

Laundry:  No

Phone Service: None 

Nearest Propane:  Watford City

Location:  Enter park from US-85 fourteen miles south of Watford City, ND and follow the signs. 

Proximity to shopping:  Watford City,  14 miles north 

Camping Population:   Typical mix of the national park

Sites:  roomy and open.

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RATING KEY:    category - score 

Categories:  I - established campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days

                    II -  boondocking, dry camping where there are no designated sites and no amenities but

                               one might choose to stay for more than a night.

                    III - over-night areas 

You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities, location, safety, camping population, site, phone service 

* There are people who are not full-timers and van-dwellers by choice. We try hard not to be demeaning or assume that they are bad people but sadly, as you find in the poorer parts of a city, there seems to be more crime. Many call these people van-dwellers. That isn’t really accurate even though they do often live in vans. We know quite a few van-dwellers who have good incomes, are full-timers by choice and prefer a van to other types of vehicles. To try to show some respect for people who have a difficult lot in life, I’m calling them ‘residential campers’.  It is only when you get a high proportion of residential campers in an area that you find an increase in petty theft, etc.