Carousel Parking Lot | Informal Campsite

July 29th, 2023 by megansmythsmiles

Tried this car park but there is now a sign that says no RV parking. We ended up parking on the street across the road from the public library on E Main st. There are no signs to say no overnight parking and nobody bothered us there. We left early in the morning and made sure we were quiet.
Missoula is a cool little city, we had a Saturday night there, checking out the local bars. Our favorite was Gild, a hip little brewery with an old fashioned pinball arcade bar hidden down the stairs. Magic!

July 7th, 2023 by michael.calabrese810

Gets the job done - no signs saying you can’t park Here. There were other vans / cars. It was a little noisy with the bars clearing out but if you’re lucky you can get a spot by the river and public bathrooms.

June 6th, 2023 by franck1718

Perfect parking for one overnight stay. bathroom available. Free after 17h

March 9th, 2023 by Sadie

It is illegal to camp in city parks and public parking lots in Missoula.

January 25th, 2023 by jemimabliss

Asked the carousel if we could stay and they said it should be no problem after 5pm. We paid parking @ $1ph prior to 5.

We were struggling for a spot around here so even checked at the police station and they said as long as we have permission it was fine. There is a number on the parking signs to call though if you wanted to double check too!

There’s public toilets but these were “closed for the season” in winter”.

We are a 23’ truck camper but when we left at 7:30 the next morning, there were a few SUVs with people sleeping in them. For big rigs, there’s heaps of double spaces you can pull through.