Cabin City Campground (MT)
1Heads up1 fire 18 mi away
- Right now
- OpenInside the published season, our reading; a database flag says not open
- A night
- $15From, per site
- Sites
- 25All of them booked ahead
- Season
- May 20Opens May 20. No closing date published.
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
Cabin City Campground is located 2.5 miles off of Interstate 90, Exit 22 and is 30 minutes west of Superior, Montana. It is a wooded quiet site adjacent to 12 Mile Creek. The paved campground has 24 sites total. There is water, vault toilets, trash services, picnic tables, fire rings, and Camp Hosts. A short interpretative trail is on site. Keep reading
Recreation
Cabin City Campground is located 20 miles from the Hiawatha Bike Trail. The St Regis River and 12 mile Creek provide good areas to fish and nature watch. The Cabin City Campground is one of three full-service campgrounds located along Interstate 90 between Idaho and Missoula, Montana.
Facilities
Cabin City Campground is paved and has vault toilets, potable water, a Camp Host, and trash services. Each site has a parking space, picnic table, and fire ring. There are 24 sites total with 12 located in Loop A and 12 located in Loop B. Sites 1 -6 are reservable. Sites 7-12 are first-come, first-serve.
Natural Features
The campground is at 3200 feet in elevation and is surrounded by trees and 12 Mile Creek runs adjacent to it. The campground is fairly flat and easily accessible from Interstate 90.
Nearby Attractions
Missoula is 65 miles to the east. Superior is 30 miles to the east. St. Regis is 15 miles to the east. Route of the Hiawatha Trail is 30 miles to the west. Lookout Ski Area / Idaho is 40 miles to the west. Alberton Gorge is 45 miles to the east.
What the agency tells you
Cabin City Campground has two loops, A and B. Both loops have 12 sites each. All sites are back-in only and can accommodate vehicles up to 35 feet. There are no pull through sites at this campground.
The campground is paved and each site has a parking area, picnic table, and fire ring. Potable water and vault toilets are available in each loop. Trash services are provided on site and Camp Hosts are located between the two loops.
Sites 1 -6 in Loop A and B are reserveable through Recreation.Gov. Sites 7-12 in both loops are first-come, first-served basis.
Everything else this campground posts · 4
The maximum stay limit is 16 days per reservation.
There is a short interpretative trail located on site.
Learn more about the Lolo National Forest at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/lolo
Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 25
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 35 ft
- Paved pads
- 21 of 25
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…has 24 sites total. There is water, vault toilets, trash services, picnic tables, fire rings, and…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…is paved and has vault toilets, potable water, a Camp Host, and trash services. Each site has a…”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Creek
- Berry Picking
- Biking
- Birding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Mushroom Picking
- Picnicking
- Stargazing
- Night sky · 310th darkest of 501 in MT
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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Every line of the receipt · 18
What you actually pay
“$5.00 for extra vehicles not in tow.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($15), plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 6
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
25 sites
All 25 sites
| A | 1 | standard nonelectric | |
| A | 10 | standard nonelectric | |
| A | 11 | standard nonelectric | |
| A | 12 | standard nonelectric | |
| A | 2 | standard nonelectric | |
| A | 3 | standard nonelectric | |
| A | 4 | standard nonelectric | |
| A | 5 | standard nonelectric | |
| A | 6 | standard nonelectric | |
| A | 7 | standard nonelectric | |
| A | 8 | standard nonelectric | |
| A | 9 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 1 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 10 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 11 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 12 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 2 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 3 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 4 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 5 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 6 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 7 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 8 | standard nonelectric | |
| B | 9 | standard nonelectric | |
| S&P | S&P Standard | standard nonelectric | 35 ft |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Up Up LookoutLolo National Forest · 4.8 mi
Savenac BunkhouseLolo National Forest · 6.2 mi
Savenac CookhouseLolo National Forest · 6.2 mi
Savenac East Cottage (MT)Lolo National Forest · 6.3 mi
Savenac West CottageLolo National Forest · 6.3 miLittle Joe Campground - Lolo NFLolo National Forest · 9.3 miLocation: From I-90 take Exit 22 at Henderson, travel east 2.5 miles on Camel’s Hump Road #2148. Turn left (west) at the Cabin City Campground sign on 12 Mile Creek Road # 353, travel for 0.2 miles, the campground is on the left.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for De Borgia, MT
Typical weather
Typical May night 41°F, day 68°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 41°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Cabin City Campground (MT) is in Montana’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Ryan Zinke (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →