Originally Posted by
jpjuggler
Calling the local police station? is that to ask where you can legally camp in town?
It’s one way to find out. If there are no local police you can ask a resident if they think anyone would mind if you camped in, say, the town park. I did that in SD. I was planning on camping at an established municipal campground in a town but ended up in the wrong park. Asked a woman at a visitor center if I could camp there. She said no problem but then told me about the place at the south end of town with showers. That was actually the one I had planned to stay at.
In Harlem, MT we camped in the city park right next to the police station/municipal building and city pool. The police left the vestibule of the building unlocked for us at night so we could access the restrooms after the pool closed.