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National Park Service · Glacier National Park · MT

Fish Creek Campground

3Heads up1 park alert · 2 fires, nearest 37 mi

Wildfire

Route 8 fire · 37 mi away · updated Oct 15, 2026

Wildfire

Marceau fire · 45 mi away · updated Oct 13, 2026

Park Closure

Going-to-the-Sun Road Partial Closure Going-to-the-Sun Road is now open on the east side from St. Mary to Logan Pass. It remains closed between Avalanche and Logan Pass.

Fires: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 15, 2026

Alerts: National Park Service alerts API · Oct 16, 2026

ReservableOut of season; the next season isn't published.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
Sites: 189170 on recreation.gov

Photos · NPS Photo

35 ftLongest rig

3,220 ftElevation

467 ftWater · Fish Creek

13.7 miNE of Columbia Falls, MT

68%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices

In the agency’s own words

Fish Creek Campground is the second largest campground in Glacier National Park. Glacier National Park, in northwestern Montana, is comprised of pristine forests, alpine meadows, rugged mountains and spectacular lakes. With over 700 miles (1,125 km) of trails, Glacier is a hiker's paradise for visitors seeking wilderness and solitude. It also provides countless scenic vistas for those wishing to relax and take in its natural beauty. The campground is located on the western side of the park at an elevation of nearly 3,500 feet (1,066 m). This area of the park generally receives the most rainfall. Keep reading

Daytime temperatures can exceed 90°F (32°C), although it is frequently 10° to 15° F cooler at higher elevations. Weather in the mountains can be varied, including snow in summer; visitors should come prepared for anything. All sites require a reservation. Most sites have a 6-month booking window with a good handful having a 4-day booking window.

Recreation

This facility is conveniently located in the western part of the park, nearby many day hikes, including Rocky Point Trail, which wanders through a burn area from a 2003 wildfire. Explorers of all ages can attend nightly ranger programs at an amphitheater within the facility.

Facilities

The campground is large with 178 campsites. The sites are relatively spread apart and provide privacy for both RV and tent campers. Potable water is accessible in the campground, and restroom facilities have flush toilets and sinks with running water.

Natural Features

Fish Creek is heavily forested with plenty of shade. Some sites have views of Lake McDonald. The park is named for its prominent glacier-carved terrain and remnant glaciers descended from the ice ages almost 10,000 years ago. Its diverse habitats are home to nearly 70 species of mammals including the grizzly bear, wolverine, gray wolf and lynx. Over 270 species of birds visit or reside in the park, including such varied species as harlequin ducks, dippers and golden eagles.

Nearby Attractions

One must-see attraction is Waterton Lakes National Park, Glacier's sister park across the Canadian-U.S. border. As the other half of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Waterton Lakes offers great hiking, scenic boat cruises and several scenic drives all centered around the townsite of Waterton. Waterton Lakes National Park

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

Food storage regulations are strictly enforced. Grizzly and black bears frequent the area and when not in immediate use, all food, beverages, coolers, cooking utensils, pet food, or other attractants must be kept in a closed, hard-sided vehicle or secured in bear proof storage lockers near campground restrooms.

Rule

Vehicle Length Limits. Vehicle and vehicle combinations longer than 21 feet (6.4 m) or wider than 8 feet (2.4 m) including mirrors, are prohibited between the Sun Point parking area and Avalanche Campground on Going-to-the-Sun Road.

Rule

Maximum Stay. The maximum length of stay is 14 days.

Everything else this campground posts · 5

Rule

Generator Hours. Generator hours for Fish Creek Campground are 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., 12 noon to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Generators are not allowed in Loop C.

Rule

Campfire Rings Only. Campsites contain fire rings but do not have fire grates for grilling/ food preparation.

Rule

Hammocks. Hammocks must be hung over non vegetated areas using one inch straps or wider. Vegetation may not be trampled to access hammocks.

Rule

Renting an RV or trailer? Per 36 CFR 5.3, commercial business may not take place inside Glacier National Park. This includes RVs and trailers being delivered within Glacier's boundaries. Renters of these must drive them in themselves.

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood within the same county in which you plan to camp. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more. Firewood collection is prohibited within Fish Creek Campground.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 189 · 4 tent-only
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 35 ft
Accessible sites: 8
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets - seasonal
Drinking water: Yes
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: National Park Service and agency records

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, Creek, Meadow; Fishing; Hiking; Ranger programs; Picnicking; Swimming; Visitor center; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 351st darkest of 501 in MT: Bortle 2
Fall color · reported 12 days ago, 36 km away: Peak color

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

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (36 km) · Oct 4, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

recreation.gov lists 170 of the 189 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. The last reservable season the agency published ended September 3, 2026, and it hasn't published the next one.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itNational Park ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

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.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 9

What you actually pay

The sign priceNational Park Service

The National Park Service publishes no per-night rate for this campground that we can read, so there’s no sign price to print. That’s a gap in the record, not a free campground.

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.

What a stay costs

The agency publishes no nightly rate for this campground, so there’s nothing to add the $8 booking fee to. We won’t total a receipt with a number missing from it.

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

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 · 4

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

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · 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

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

189 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 170 mapped sites

59 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop D D150 88 ftLoop D D151 88 ftLoop D D147 79 ftLoop D D158 78 ftLoop D D159 78 ft

Least roomLoop B B56 36 ftLoop B B60 36 ftLoop A A13 41 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 189 sites

174 of 189 sites located

Standard166Tent only4Type not stated4

A01 A02 A03 A04 A05 A06 A07 A08 A10 A11 Hiker/Bicyclist Shared A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 B36 B37 B38 B39 B40 B41 B42 B43 B44 B45 B46 B47 B48 B49 B50 B51 B52 B53 B54 B55 B56 B57 B58 B59 B60 B61 B62 B63 B64 B65 B66 B67 B68 B69 B70 B71 B72 B73 B74 B75 B76 B77 B78 B79 B80 B81 B82 B83 B84 B85 B86 B87 B88 B89 B90 B91 C093 C094 C095 C096 C097 C098 C099 C100 C101 C102 C103 C104 C105 C106 C107 C108 C109 C110 C111 C112 C113 C114 C115 C116 C117 C118 C119 C120 C121 C122 C123 C124 C125 C126 C127 C128 C129 C130 C131 C132 C133 C134 C135 C136 C137 C138 C139 C140 C141 C142 C143 C144 C146 D147 D148 D149 D150 D151 D153 D154 D155 D156 D157 D158 D159 D160 D161 D162 D163 D164 D166 D167 D168 D169 D170 D171 D172 D173 D174 D175 D176 D177 D178 D179

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes a

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


A	A11a Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
A	A11b Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
A	A11c Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
A	A11d Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated
FISH CREEK CAMPGROUND	Admin 1	type not stated	30 ft
FISH CREEK CAMPGROUND	Admin 10	type not stated	30 ft
FISH CREEK CAMPGROUND	Admin 2	type not stated	30 ft
FISH CREEK CAMPGROUND	Admin 3	type not stated	30 ft
FISH CREEK CAMPGROUND	Admin 4	type not stated	30 ft
FISH CREEK CAMPGROUND	Admin 5	type not stated	30 ft
FISH CREEK CAMPGROUND	Admin 6	type not stated	30 ft
FISH CREEK CAMPGROUND	Admin 7	type not stated	30 ft
FISH CREEK CAMPGROUND	Admin 8	type not stated	30 ft
FISH CREEK CAMPGROUND	Admin 9	type not stated	30 ft
Loop A	A01	standard nonelectric	24 ft		61 ft	401 ft
Loop A	A02	standard nonelectric	18 ft		62 ft	329 ft
Loop A	A03	standard nonelectric	18 ft		59 ft	409 ft
Loop A	A04	standard nonelectric	21 ft		55 ft	395 ft
Loop A	A05	standard nonelectric	21 ft		62 ft	345 ft
Loop A	A06	standard nonelectric	24 ft		55 ft	369 ft
Loop A	A07	standard nonelectric	27 ft		57 ft	289 ft
Loop A	A08	type not stated	35 ft	yes		383 ft
Loop A	A10	standard nonelectric	24 ft	yes	52 ft	396 ft
Loop A	A11 Hiker/Bicyclist Shared	type not stated				349 ft
Loop A	A12	standard nonelectric	24 ft	yes	52 ft	385 ftLake McDonald
Loop A	A13	standard nonelectric	24 ft		41 ft	325 ftLake McDonald
Loop A	A14	standard nonelectric	27 ft		49 ft	336 ftLake McDonald
Loop A	A15	standard nonelectric	21 ft		41 ft	286 ftLake McDonald
Loop A	A16	standard nonelectric	19 ft		54 ft	256 ftLake McDonald
Loop A	A17	standard nonelectric	20 ft		76 ft	211 ftLake McDonald
Loop A	A18	standard nonelectric	24 ft		64 ft	283 ftLake McDonald
Loop A	A19	standard nonelectric	22 ft		64 ft	235 ft
Loop A	A20	standard nonelectric	22 ft		58 ft	251 ft
Loop A	A21	standard nonelectric	19 ft		71 ft	172 ft
Loop A	A22	standard nonelectric	21 ft		58 ft	242 ft
Loop A	A23	standard nonelectric	26 ft		60 ft	182 ft
Loop A	A24	standard nonelectric	22 ft		61 ft	230 ft
Loop A	A25	standard nonelectric	21 ft		76 ft	168 ft
Loop A	A26	standard nonelectric	22 ft		57 ft	258 ft
Loop A	A27	standard nonelectric	20 ft		56 ft	200 ft
Loop A	A28	standard nonelectric	21 ft		56 ft	236 ft
Loop A	A29	standard nonelectric	26 ft		56 ft	285 ft
Loop A	A30	standard nonelectric	23 ft		59 ft	234 ft
Loop A	A31	standard nonelectric	22 ft		56 ft	274 ft
Loop A	A32	standard nonelectric	22 ft		49 ft	258 ft
Loop A	A33	standard nonelectric	22 ft		61 ft	252 ft
Loop A	A34	standard nonelectric	22 ft	yes	49 ft	286 ft
Loop A	A35	standard nonelectric	22 ft		76 ft	324 ft
Loop B	B36	standard nonelectric	24 ft		69 ft	376 ft
Loop B	B37	standard nonelectric	24 ft		45 ft	385 ft
Loop B	B38	standard nonelectric	18 ft		55 ft	435 ft
Loop B	B39	standard nonelectric	16 ft		45 ft	423 ft
Loop B	B40	standard nonelectric	21 ft		55 ft	477 ft
Loop B	B41	standard nonelectric	24 ft		49 ft	433 ft
Loop B	B42	standard nonelectric	24 ft		52 ft	488 ft
Loop B	B43	standard nonelectric	24 ft		52 ft	467 ft
Loop B	B44	standard nonelectric	20 ft		42 ft	388 ft
Loop B	B45	standard nonelectric	24 ft		42 ft	414 ft
Loop B	B46	standard nonelectric	19 ft		51 ft	362 ft
Loop B	B47	standard nonelectric	22 ft		49 ft	455 ft
Loop B	B48	standard nonelectric	21 ft		51 ft	393 ft
Loop B	B49	standard nonelectric	14 ft		49 ft	461 ft
Loop B	B50	standard nonelectric	23 ft		60 ft	387 ft
Loop B	B51	standard nonelectric	20 ft		52 ft	454 ft
Loop B	B52	standard nonelectric	22 ft		60 ft	372 ft
Loop B	B53	standard nonelectric	20 ft		51 ft	413 ft
Loop B	B54	standard nonelectric	25 ft		64 ft	303 ft
Loop B	B55	standard nonelectric	24 ft		49 ft	382 ft
Loop B	B56	standard nonelectric	20 ft		36 ft	354 ft
Loop B	B57	standard nonelectric	21 ft		59 ft	281 ft
Loop B	B58	standard nonelectric	21 ft		48 ft	330 ft
Loop B	B59	standard nonelectric	23 ft		48 ft	312 ft
Loop B	B60	standard nonelectric	24 ft		36 ft	335 ft
Loop B	B61	standard nonelectric	21 ft		70 ft	319 ft
Loop B	B62	standard nonelectric	24 ft		48 ft	209 ft
Loop B	B63	standard nonelectric	20 ft		67 ft	251 ft
Loop B	B64	standard nonelectric	24 ft		61 ft	187 ft
Loop B	B65	standard nonelectric	25 ft	yes	48 ft	162 ft
Loop B	B66	standard nonelectric	22 ft		61 ft	125 ft
Loop B	B67	standard nonelectric	22 ft		69 ft	75 ft
Loop B	B68	standard nonelectric	30 ft	yes	53 ft	131 ft
Loop B	B69	standard nonelectric	30 ft		76 ft	46 ft
Loop B	B70	standard nonelectric	24 ft		68 ft	93 ft
Loop B	B71	standard nonelectric	30 ft		59 ft	170 ft
Loop B	B72	standard nonelectric	30 ft		61 ft	128 ft
Loop B	B73	standard nonelectric	22 ft		59 ft	210 ft
Loop B	B74	standard nonelectric	24 ft		59 ft	178 ft
Loop B	B75	standard nonelectric	24 ft		62 ft	260 ft
Loop B	B76	standard nonelectric	30 ft		59 ft	223 ft
Loop B	B77	standard nonelectric	30 ft		59 ft	256 ft
Loop B	B78	standard nonelectric	24 ft		59 ft	204 ft
Loop B	B79	standard nonelectric	23 ft		50 ft	281 ft
Loop B	B80	standard nonelectric	27 ft		71 ft	182 ft
Loop B	B81	standard nonelectric	30 ft		71 ft	178 ft
Loop B	B82	standard nonelectric	22 ft		50 ft	247 ft
Loop B	B83	standard nonelectric	24 ft		70 ft	171 ft
Loop B	B84	standard nonelectric	24 ft		62 ft	240 ft
Loop B	B85	type not stated	26 ft			154 ft
Loop B	B86	standard nonelectric	21 ft		70 ft	249 ft
Loop B	B87	type not stated	26 ft			222 ft
Loop B	B88	standard nonelectric	25 ft		67 ft	287 ft
Loop B	B89	standard nonelectric	35 ft		75 ft	250 ft
Loop B	B90	standard nonelectric	24 ft		67 ft	324 ft
Loop B	B91	standard nonelectric	35 ft		78 ft	262 ft
Loop B	B92	type not stated	35 ft
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C093	standard nonelectric	14 ft		64 ft	303 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C094	standard nonelectric	26 ft		68 ft	347 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C095	standard nonelectric	24 ft		64 ft	262 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C096	standard nonelectric	20 ft		63 ft	302 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C097	standard nonelectric	16 ft		71 ft	221 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C098	standard nonelectric	22 ft		63 ft	294 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C099	standard nonelectric	24 ft		71 ft	204 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C100	standard nonelectric	20 ft		57 ft	262 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C101	standard nonelectric	24 ft		57 ft	205 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C102	standard nonelectric	19 ft		72 ft	253 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C103	standard nonelectric	23 ft		74 ft	159 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C104	standard nonelectric	19 ft		55 ft	236 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C105	standard nonelectric	24 ft		51 ft	172 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C106	standard nonelectric	24 ft		48 ft	161 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C107	standard nonelectric	20 ft		48 ft	150 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C108	standard nonelectric	18 ft		58 ft	140 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C109	standard nonelectric	18 ft		58 ft	191 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C110	standard nonelectric	16 ft		70 ft	104 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C111	standard nonelectric	16 ft		52 ft	208 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C112	standard nonelectric	18 ft		60 ft	161 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C113	standard nonelectric	16 ft		52 ft	219 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C114	standard nonelectric	16 ft		62 ft	236 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C115	standard nonelectric	24 ft		51 ft	211 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C116	standard nonelectric	18 ft		51 ft	257 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C117	standard nonelectric	14 ft		54 ft	283 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C118	standard nonelectric	20 ft		63 ft	325 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C119	standard nonelectric	14 ft		46 ft	310 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C120	tent only nonelectric	14 ft		46 ft	356 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C121	tent only nonelectric	14 ft		52 ft	383 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C122	tent only nonelectric	14 ft		48 ft	393 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C123	standard nonelectric	18 ft		52 ft	424 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C124	standard nonelectric	16 ft		55 ft	467 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C125	standard nonelectric	14 ft		54 ft	396 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C126	standard nonelectric	20 ft		61 ft	507 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C127	standard nonelectric	20 ft		53 ft	466 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C128	standard nonelectric	14 ft		62 ft	548 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C129	standard nonelectric	14 ft		53 ft	471 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C130	standard nonelectric	24 ft		66 ft	597 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C131	standard nonelectric	24 ft		64 ft	617 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C132	standard nonelectric	14 ft		61 ft	598 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C133	standard nonelectric	14 ft		67 ft	536 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C134	standard nonelectric	16 ft		61 ft	562 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C135	standard nonelectric	18 ft		67 ft	474 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C136	standard nonelectric	18 ft		62 ft	512 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C137	standard nonelectric	18 ft		60 ft	439 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C138	standard nonelectric	18 ft		62 ft	464 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C139	standard nonelectric	21 ft		60 ft	388 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C140	standard nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	417 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C141	standard nonelectric	20 ft		72 ft	310 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C142	standard nonelectric	18 ft		66 ft	372 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C143	standard nonelectric	22 ft		65 ft	294 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C144	standard nonelectric	20 ft		56 ft	318 ftLake McDonald
Loop C- No Generator Loop	C146	standard nonelectric	30 ft		55 ft	270 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D147	standard nonelectric	20 ft		79 ft	358 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D148	standard nonelectric	20 ft		68 ft	251 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D149	standard nonelectric	21 ft		68 ft	311 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D150	standard nonelectric	18 ft		87 ft	208 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D151	standard nonelectric	25 ft		87 ft	271 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D153	standard nonelectric	23 ft		73 ft	276 ft
Loop D	D154	standard nonelectric	21 ft		46 ft	237 ft
Loop D	D155	standard nonelectric	19 ft		70 ft	203 ft
Loop D	D156	standard nonelectric	20 ft		69 ft	137 ft
Loop D	D157	standard nonelectric	20 ft		69 ft	73 ft
Loop D	D158	standard nonelectric	16 ft	yes	78 ft	80 ft
Loop D	D159	standard nonelectric	20 ft		78 ft	10 ft
Loop D	D160	standard nonelectric	20 ft	yes	60 ft	33 ft
Loop D	D161	standard nonelectric	18 ft		60 ft	27 ft
Loop D	D162	standard nonelectric	20 ft		66 ft	25 ft
Loop D	D163	standard nonelectric	18 ft		61 ft	61 ft
Loop D	D164	standard nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	35 ft
Loop D	D166	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		65 ft	79 ft
Loop D	D167	standard nonelectric	19 ft		56 ft	129 ft
Loop D	D168	standard nonelectric	22 ft		62 ft	182 ft
Loop D	D169	standard nonelectric	20 ft		56 ft	125 ft
Loop D	D170	standard nonelectric	24 ft		63 ft	148 ft
Loop D	D171	standard nonelectric	20 ft		66 ft	183 ft
Loop D	D172	standard nonelectric	23 ft		57 ft	220 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D173	standard nonelectric	21 ft		57 ft	168 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D174	standard nonelectric	20 ft		63 ft	132 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D175	standard nonelectric	16 ft		48 ft	195 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D176	standard nonelectric	16 ft		48 ft	202 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D177	standard nonelectric	20 ft		54 ft	167 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D178	standard nonelectric	18 ft		46 ft	256 ftLake McDonald
Loop D	D179	standard nonelectric	18 ft		58 ft	247 ftLake McDonald

25 of 189 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

Coordinate48.54778, -113.98528

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone406-888-7800

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

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Getting there

Important: Please do not rely on GPS for directions to Fish Creek Campground. Please use these directions:

Fish Creek is located four miles (6.4 km) northwest of the west park entrance near West Glacier, Montana. Access is from U.S. Highway 2, approximately 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Kalispell, Montana.

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

Today62°Widespread Frost then Mostly Sunny

Tonight32°Widespread Frost

Saturday64°Widespread Frost then Sunny3% rain

Saturday Night32°Partly Cloudy then Patchy Fog3% rain

NWS forecast for West Glacier, MT

Source: National Weather Service, MSO forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 33°F, day 52°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 19°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

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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: W GLACIER, MT (USC00248809), 3 miles away and 72 ft lower

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

what threatens it · who answers for it

What threatens this place

developing

Flathead National Forestlogging, drilling · 24 mi

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 9, 2026

Who answers for this land

Fish Creek Campground 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 →

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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: National Park Service publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 170 of the 189 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

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 174 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 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: 0.067 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

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (36 km) · Oct 4, 2026

Reported by: iNaturalist fall color observations, reported peak color · Oct 4, 2026

Cell signal: the Park Service’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: West Glacier, MT, 2.2 mi N (a census designated place). 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