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Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:15 UTC
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Right now
Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:15 UTC
A night
$15–$30When it reopens, per site
Sites
89In the agency’s record
Photos · USACE
90 ftLongest rig
2,050 ftElevation
522 ftWater · an unnamed stream
15.6 miSE of Glasgow, MT
0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices

In the agency’s own words

Downstream Campground is located just below Fort Peck Dam on the Missouri River in northeastern Montana. Recreation enthusiasts and sportsmen enjoy the beauty of Fort Peck Lake's 1,500 miles of shoreline. A variety of high quality outdoor activities are available, including camping, boating, fishing, hunting, sightseeing and wildlife viewing. Fort Peck Dam , which impounds Fort Peck Lake is the first dam built in the upper Missouri River Basin. Keep reading

The area surrounding Fort Peck was first charted by Lewis and Clark in 1804, and the pristine natural condition of the river and surrounding area awed the renowned explorers. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the Fort Peck project in 1933, thousands of people from all over the country migrated to Montana during the midst of the Great Depression in hopes of earning a living. Today, Fort Peck Lake is a sportsman's paradise with excellent fishing, wildlife viewing and other countless outdoor recreation opportunities. For more information, visit the Fort Peck Project Website or call 406-526-3411.

Recreation

The vast size of Fort Peck Lake and its remoteness from major population centers provide a variety of high quality outdoor experiences. Popular recreation activities include camping, boating, fishing, hunting, sight-seeing, picnicking, biking, hiking, photography, watching wildlife and just relaxing. Fort Peck Lake: Fifteen hundred miles of pristine shoreline serve as a haven for those wishing to get away from the stresses of modern life. There are 27 recreation areas located around the reservoir. The areas near and around the dam offer paved roads, electricity, showers and playgrounds while facilities around the rest of the lake are more primitive with gravel roads, picnic tables and vault toilets. Access roads to many of the remote areas may be impassable in inclement weather. Fishing: Fort Peck Lake enjoys nationwide recognition as a hot spot for walleye fishing. Fort Peck Lake provides excellent boating and fishing opportunities. The lake also offers excellent fishing for sauger, smallmouth bass, lake trout, chinook salmon and northern pike. The introduction of cisco as a forage fish in 1983 proved successful and has increased both the size and number of game fish. Wildlife Viewing/Hunting: The Fort Peck Lake Area and the Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge provide superb hunting of deer, elk, big horn sheep, and prong horn. The Missouri River Breaks are known for producing large elk and other game animals. Trails: Three miles of paved nature trails wind along the Missouri River and through the surrounding wooded area. This trail area is a popular birding and wildlife viewing area. Disc Golf Course: A disc golf course "The Fortress" was installed in summer of 2021. Discs are available to check out at the gate house. Interpretive Center & Museum: The Fort Peck Dam Interpretive Center and Museum offers displays of wildlife dioramas, aquariums, dinosaur fossils and dam construction history. Open Saturdays 9am to 4pm through September 2025.

Facilities

Downstream Campground offers 86 family campsites, 71 of which have electrical hookups; 16 sites are tent-only. One large group campsite is available with electrical hookups. The campground offers flush and vault toilets, showers, playgrounds, cornhole boards, a basketball court and horseshoe pits. A dump station is available on-site.

Natural Features

A shady grove of cottonwoods covers the grassy campground, making Downstream a pleasant place during the heat of the summer. In autumn, the leaves turn a beautiful golden yellow. Three fishing ponds, including scenic Winter Harbor, dot the landscape below the dam. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (406) 526-3224.

Nearby Attractions

Fort Peck Lake is a Montana treasure for its vast size and outdoor recreation opportunities. Six recreation areas within a few miles of the dam provide access for water sports, fishing and hunting. The Fort Peck Interpretive Center and Museum , is located just downstream of Fort Peck Dam. For more information, call 406-526-3493. The Leo B. Coleman Wildlife Pasture , located just outside the Town of Fort Peck and Downstream Campground is home to Fort Peck's Bison Herd and provides an excellent wildlife viewing auto route. The Historic Fort Peck Theater is located in the town of Ft. Peck is a popular historic destination in summer months. The 1.1 million acre Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge surrounds Fort Peck Lake and helps preserve the natural habitat for numerous wildlife species.

Charges & Cancellations

Reservation changes and cancellations can be made on Recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. For more information on rules and policies regarding reservation cancellations and changes, please visit: https://www.recreation.gov/rules-reservation-policies .

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Reservations that have not arrived will be no-showed at checkout time of their first night of stay. This will cancel your entire reservation.

Rule

All public-use of Ft. Peck Project lands and waters is governed by Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) .

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

Everything else this campground posts · 1
Rule

STOP THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES. Remove plants, seeds, animals, and mud from boots, gear, pets, and vehicles. Clean your gear before entering and leaving the recreation site. Stay on designated roads and trails, and follow local guidelines for firewood. CLEAN, DRAIN, DRY boats and any other recreational equipment that contacts water. Dispose of unwanted bait, worms, fish parts, or other organisms into the trash and not into the environment. For more information visit invasivespeciesinfo.gov/rec

Read them on the agency’s own page →
Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites
89 · 12 tent-only, 1 walk-in, 1 group
Hookups
71 electric, 1 water, 1 sewer
Longest rig
90 ft
Paved pads
74 of 89
Accessible sites
20
Pets
Allowed at 87 of 88 sites
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Flush Toilets · Pit Toilets
FLUSH TOILETS (SEASONAL) on 1 of 94 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE FLUSH TOILETS on 1 of 94 campsite records / PIT TOILETS on 1 of 94 campsite records
Dump station
Yes
recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Playground
Yes
Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026
Water, toilets and showers: counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Reservoir, Lake, River, Beach
Amphitheater
Biking
Birding
Boating
Disc Golf
Environmental Education
Fish Hatchery
Fishing
Hiking
Historic site
Observation Site
Recreational Shooting
Stargazing
Visitor center
Night sky · 467th darkest of 501 in MT
Bortle 3
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026
Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:15 UTC

recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend

Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record
A night, when it reopens$15–$30plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
What’s open near here
Tell me when it reopens

Watch for it to come back

One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

We’ll write once, when the agency reopens it.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Every line of the receipt · 15

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A night, when it reopens$15–$30
RV Non-Electric$15
Tent Loop$15
RV Electric$25
Full Hook Up$30
Group areas, a night$25–$250
These are next season’s rates, May 1, 2027 to Sep 30, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.
Camping and shelter reservations can be made at Recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

“Reservation changes and cancellations can be made on Recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. For more information on rules and policies regarding reservation cancellations and changes, please visit: https://www.recreation.gov/rules-reservation-policies.” · this campground’s own terms

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 · 5
Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Oct 1, 2026
Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026
This campground’s own terms: recreation.gov facility cancellation policy for this campground, quoted verbatim. Recreation.gov states that policies listed for specific locations supersede its site-wide policies. · Sep 9, 2026
Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026
The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025
Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026
Why this page can’t say why

recreation.gov lists every site at Downstream (MT) closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.

Closure: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers status record · Oct 17, 2026

There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.

Open within 150 miles · 2

The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 17, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:15 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

94 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 86 mapped sites
86 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
87%of tent sites sit clear of electric or RV sites
Most roomLismas 38 147 ftLismas 01 135 ftFaranuf 78 121 ftNew Deal 44 120 ftLismas 14 119 ft
Least roomLismas 17 43 ftLismas 19 43 ftLismas 20 45 ft
Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 94 records

94 of 94 records located
Tent only12RV / electric72Walk, hike or boat in1Group1Type not stated3Day use5
77787980818283848586GS1Kiwanis Park Shelter 1 - Day UseKiwanis Park Shelter 2 - Day UseKiwanis Park Shelter 3 - Day UseKiwanis Park Shelter 4 - Day Use01020304050607080910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364West End Shelter 1 - Day UseWest End Shelter 2 - Overnight UseWest End Shelter 3 - Overnight Use656667686970717273747576
Aerial · Esri World Imagery
Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026
Imagery: Esri World Imagery
SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 94 of the 94 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 86 of the 94 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Faranuf77rv electric45 ft50 ampyes119 ft375 ftDuck Creek276 ft$25–$30
Faranuf78rv electric45 ft30 ampyes121 ft472 ftDuck Creek186 ft$25–$30
Faranuf79rv electric45 ft30 ampyes90 ft556 ftDuck Creek140 ft$25–$30
Faranuf80rv electric45 ft30 ampyes102 ft601 ftDuck Creek160 ft$25–$30
Faranuf81rv electric45 ft30 ampyes100 ft652 ftDuck Creek234 ft$25–$30
Faranuf82rv electric45 ft30 ampyes100 ft590 ftDuck Creek234 ft$25–$30
Faranuf83rv electric45 ft30 ampyes114 ft539 ftDuck Creek121 ft$25–$30
Faranuf84rv electric45 ft30 ampyes90 ft495 ftDuck Creek72 ft$25–$30
Faranuf85rv electric45 ft30 ampyes115 ft379 ftDuck Creek192 ft$25–$30
Faranuf86rv electric45 ft50 ampyes115 ft300 ftDuck Creek307 ft$25–$30
GroupGS1group standard electric90 ft30 ampyes119 ft256 ftDuck Creek394 ft$250
Kiwanis Park Day Use SheltersKiwanis Park Shelter 1 - Day Useday use20 ftElectricity Hookupyes1,152 ft150 ft
Kiwanis Park Day Use SheltersKiwanis Park Shelter 2 - Day Useday use20 ft20 ampyes870 ft343 ft
Kiwanis Park Day Use SheltersKiwanis Park Shelter 3 - Day Useday use20 ft20 ampyes723 ft98 ft
Kiwanis Park Day Use SheltersKiwanis Park Shelter 4 - Day Useday use20 ft20 ampyes738 ft159 ft
Lismas01rv electric45 ft50 amp135 ft836 ftDuck Creek173 ft$25–$30
Lismas02rv electric45 ft30 amp65 ft911 ftDuck Creek138 ft$25–$30
Lismas03rv electric45 ft50 amp50 ft810 ftDuck Creek224 ft$25–$30
Lismas04rv electric40 ft30 amp58 ft876 ftDuck Creek198 ft$25–$30
Lismas05rv electric40 ft30 amp50 ft796 ftDuck Creek264 ft$25–$30
Lismas06rv electric45 ft30 amp58 ft824 ftDuck Creek254 ft$25–$30
Lismas07rv electric40 ft50 amp50 ft768 ftDuck Creek307 ft$25–$30
Lismas08rv electric40 ft30 amp63 ft711 ftDuck Creek361 ft$25–$30
Lismas09rv electric40 ft30 amp82 ft723 ftDuck Creek370 ft$25–$30
Lismas10rv electric40 ft30 amp64 ft652 ftDuck Creek421 ft$25–$30
Lismas11rv electric40 ft30 amp82 ft651 ftDuck Creek426 ft$25–$30
Lismas12rv electric40 ft30 amp77 ft576 ftDuck Creek497 ft$25–$30
Lismas13rv electric40 ft30 amp88 ft596 ftDuck Creek319 ft$25–$30
Lismas14rv electric45 ft30 amp119 ft608 ftDuck Creek188 ft$25–$30
Lismas15rv electric45 ft30 amp88 ft671 ftDuck Creek261 ft$25–$30
Lismas16rv electric45 ft30 amp76 ft783 ftDuck Creek138 ft$25–$30
Lismas17rv electric45 ft30 amp43 ft831 ftDuck Creek230 ft$25–$30
Lismas18rv electric45 ft30 amp76 ft852 ftDuck Creek155 ft$25–$30
Lismas19rv electric45 ft30 amp43 ft868 ftDuck Creek235 ft$25–$30
Lismas20rv electric45 ft30 amp45 ft911 ftDuck Creek274 ft$25–$30
Lismas21rv electric45 ft30 amp88 ft975 ftDuck Creek265 ft$25–$30
Lismas22rv electric45 ft30 amp80 ft989 ftDuck Creek345 ft$25–$30
Lismas23rv electric45 ft30 amp88 ft1,044 ftDuck Creek350 ft$25–$30
Lismas24rv electric45 ft30 amp96 ft1,074 ftDuck Creek440 ft$25–$30
Lismas25rv electric45 ft50 amp96 ft1,153 ftDuck Creek482 ft$25–$30
Lismas26rv electric45 ft50 amp88 ft1,198 ftDuck Creek421 ft$25–$30
Lismas27rv electric45 ft50 amp88 ft1,252 ftDuck Creek389 ft$25–$30
Lismas28rv electric45 ft50 amp91 ft1,313 ftDuck Creek365 ft$25–$30
Lismas29rv electric45 ft50 amp91 ft1,403 ftDuck Creek432 ft$25–$30
Lismas30rv electric45 ft50 amp105 ft1,332 ftDuck Creek329 ft$25–$30
Lismas31rv electric45 ft50 amp103 ft1,326 ft428 ft$25–$30
Lismas32rv electric45 ft50 amp92 ft1,221 ft327 ft$25–$30
Lismas33walk to20 ft72 ft1,205 ftDuck Creek245 ft$15
Lismas34rv nonelectric45 ft72 ft1,144 ft305 ft$15
Lismas35rv electric45 ft50 amp99 ft1,076 ft297 ft$25–$30
Lismas36rv nonelectric75 ft113 ft1,094 ftDuck Creek148 ft$15
Lismas37type not stated40 ft50 ampyes1,163 ftDuck Creek158 ft
Lismas38rv electric70 ft50 ampyes147 ft1,072 ftDuck Creek212 ft$25–$30
Lismas39rv electric45 ft50 ampyes102 ft914 ftDuck Creek243 ft$25–$30
Lismas40rv electric45 ft50 ampyes76 ft974 ftDuck Creek326 ft$25–$30
Lismas41rv electric45 ft50 ampyes90 ft883 ftDuck Creek344 ft$25–$30
Lismas42rv electric45 ft50 ampyes76 ft935 ftDuck Creek397 ft$25–$30
Lismas43rv electric45 ft50 ampyes100 ft770 ftDuck Creek293 ft$25–$30
New Deal44rv electric45 ft30 amp120 ft433 ftDuck Creek305 ft$25–$30
New Deal45rv electric45 ft30 amp92 ft442 ftDuck Creek297 ft$25–$30
New Deal46rv electric45 ft50 amp64 ft487 ftDuck Creek300 ft$25–$30
New Deal47rv electric45 ft30 amp76 ft430 ftDuck Creek291 ft$25–$30
New Deal48rv electric45 ft30 amp57 ft505 ftDuck Creek275 ft$25–$30
New Deal49rv electric45 ft30 amp57 ft562 ftDuck Creek282 ft$25–$30
New Deal50rv electric45 ft50 amp64 ft551 ftDuck Creek264 ft$25–$30
New Deal51rv electric45 ft30 amp77 ft626 ftDuck Creek245 ft$25–$30
New Deal52rv electric45 ft30 amp47 ft705 ftDuck Creek221 ft$25–$30
New Deal53rv electric45 ft30 amp47 ft745 ftDuck Creek201 ft$25–$30
New Deal54rv electric45 ft30 amp67 ft792 ftDuck Creek261 ft$25–$30
New Deal55rv electric45 ft30 amp60 ft798 ftDuck Creek186 ft$25–$30
New Deal56rv electric45 ft30 amp60 ft825 ftDuck Creek157 ft$25–$30
New Deal57rv electric45 ft30 amp80 ft888 ftDuck Creek180 ft$25–$30
New Deal58rv electric45 ft30 amp100 ft809 ftDuck Creek84 ft$25–$30
New Deal59rv electric45 ft30 amp63 ft763 ftDuck Creek114 ft$25–$30
New Deal60rv electric45 ft50 amp73 ft697 ftDuck Creek62 ft$25–$30
New Deal61rv electric45 ft30 amp90 ft689 ftDuck Creek67 ft$25–$30
New Deal62rv electric45 ft50 amp64 ft636 ftDuck Creek91 ft$25–$30
New Deal63rv electric45 ft30 amp64 ft581 ftDuck Creek149 ft$25–$30
New Deal64rv electric45 ft30 amp76 ft505 ftDuck Creek222 ft$25–$30
West End SheltersWest End Shelter 1 - Day Useday useyes177 ftFort Peck Lake1,793 ft
West End SheltersWest End Shelter 2 - Overnight Usetype not stated40 ftyes123 ftFort Peck Lake1,690 ft
West End SheltersWest End Shelter 3 - Overnight Usetype not stated40 ftyes334 ftFort Peck Lake112 ft
Wheeler65tent only nonelectric25 ft98 ft365 ftDuck Creek104 ft$15
Wheeler66tent only nonelectric25 ft71 ft318 ftDuck Creek208 ft$15
Wheeler67tent only nonelectric25 ft71 ft389 ftDuck Creek201 ft$15
Wheeler68tent only nonelectric25 ft106 ft493 ftDuck Creek208 ft$15
Wheeler69tent only nonelectric25 ft103 ft640 ftDuck Creek261 ft$15
Wheeler70tent only nonelectric25 ft91 ft542 ftDuck Creek178 ft$15
Wheeler71tent only nonelectric25 ft103 ft699 ftMissouri River296 ft$15
Wheeler72tent only nonelectric25 ft85 ft675 ftMissouri River257 ft$15
Wheeler73tent only nonelectric25 ft82 ft592 ftMissouri River184 ft$15
Wheeler74tent only nonelectric25 ft91 ft585 ftMissouri River173 ft$15
Wheeler75tent only nonelectric25 ft82 ft510 ftMissouri River149 ft$15
Wheeler76tent only nonelectric25 ft98 ft457 ftDuck Creek64 ft$15

The agency files 5 more records here that aren’t sites for the night. It files them as day use. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Oct 1, 2026

25 of 94 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate48.00672, -106.42810
The phone406-526-3224
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near hereKiwanis Park0.0 miBoomtown Shelter2.5 miPerch Point 1 & 22.9 miWest End Campground3.3 miWest End Tent and Trailer Campground3.3 miPaulo ReservoirGlasgow Field Office · 23 mi
Getting there

- From Nashua, MT, travel on Highway 117 south for 10.5 miles continue straight onto Yellowstone Rd for 1 mile and the campground will be on the left.

- From Glasgow, MT, travel on Highway 24 south for 18 miles to Fort Peck Dam. Turn Left onto Highway 117 travel 2.5 miles. Turn right at intersection onto Yellowstone Rd continue 1 mile and the campground will be on the left.

- From Interstate 94, Glendive/Circle exit, take MT highway 200 west to MT highway 24 north 55 miles; turn right onto Yellowstone Rd drive 1.5 miles and campground will be on the right.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026
Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight45°Mostly Clear
Saturday70°Sunny
Saturday Night44°Mostly Clear
Sunday57°Sunny

NWS forecast for Fort Peck, MT

Source: National Weather Service, GGW forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 37°F, day 61°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 8°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°32°0°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

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.

Measured at: FT PECK PWR PLT, MT (USC00243176), 0.8 miles away and at about the same elevation
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Troy Downing, official portrait

Downstream (MT) is in Montana’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Troy Downing (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: recreation.gov lists every site here closed on Friday and Saturday night (read 16:15 UTC). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published no closure notice we hold, so the reason isn’t on this page. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one, and the reservations the record still carries predate the closure. That reading is ours, off the agency’s own booking record.
Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026 and November 2026. It names 86 of the 89 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026
Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.18 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 501 rated federal campgrounds in Montana · Sep 8, 2026
Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model
Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: Fort Peck, MT, 0.7 mi E. Straight line.
Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026