Fleecer Station
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- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 25 of the next 30 nights read 16:31 UTC
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
Fleecer Cabin is popular for hunters, hikers and winter activities during the fall, winter and spring months. It is not far from Butte, giving locals a respite from everyday life; however, a variety of recreational opportunities await every guest. The cabin was built in 1924 and has been used as headquarters for Forest Service crews ever since. It is available between October 20th and April 15th each year. The cabin is used during the summer field season to house crews. Keep reading
The cabin can generally be accessed by vehicle; however, during the fall and winter, alternative resources may be required to reach the cabin, depending on weather conditions. Usually by January, alternative methods such as ski, snowshoe, ATV or snowmobile are needed to reach the cabin. Guests are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring several of their own amenities. Access to the cabin is through private property, guests are required to keep gate closed and locked at all times. Additionally, guests are not permitted to recreate on private property, which is East and South of the cabin. Guests are encouraged to be familiar with surrounding land ownership and avoid trespassing on private lands.
Recreation
Hunting in designated areas is a popular activity, as wildlife is abundant. Fishing is also a possibility in any of the nearby mountain creeks and streams. The Big Hole River is just minutes away and is best known for its trophy-class trout fishing. There is a variety of hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails that are easily accessed from the cabin into the surrounding forest. winter months provide opportunities for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing (unmarked). Off-road vehicles and motorcycles are also allowed in the area, but must be properly permitted and licensed to be on trails and roads. Access to the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail is located 1 mile from the cabin.
Facilities
Fleecer cabin is well-equipped, with electricity, forced-air heat, woodstove and hot and cold running water. Two bedrooms contain beds and mattresses to accommodate up to 5 people. The kitchen provides table and chairs, an electric cook stove and refrigerator. The bathroom has a flush toilet, sink and shower. A variety of supplies are provided within the cabin, including dishes, eating and cooking utensils, pots and pans, a broom, dust pan and other cleaning equipment and supplies. Ample cupboard space is available. Guests will need to bring their own bedding, pillows, towels, and soap. Garbage bags are needed to pack out trash, and guests are asked to clean the cabin prior to leaving. Cell phone service is good at the cabin. Please remember that Fleece Station is considered a recreational area and shooting is not permitted around the cabin and on the surrounding private property. Check out time is 11am, check in time is 2pm.
Natural Features
The cabin is located in the Fleecer Mountain Range approximately 15 miles south of Butte. A horse corral and grassy pasture are adjacent to the cabin. The region is home to a variety of wildlife, including elk, mule deer, moose, black bear, and a variety of birds and small mammals ( learn more about bear safety ). The Fleecers provide a year-round range for elk and deer and large populations winter on nearby Fleecer Mountain or on sagebrush slopes in the southeast portion of the landscape.
What the agency tells you
This facility is located in a remote area; before making a reservation, become aware of bear, water and weather safety, including avalanche danger
The cabin is locked, confirm lock combination with Butte District Office
Firewood is available, but not always guaranteed
Everything else this campground posts · 4
All garbage and food must be packed out
Learn more about the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
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.
Discharging firearms on site is prohibited 36CFR 261 58.10(d)
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 cabin
- Hookups
- 1 electric
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…and refrigerator. The bathroom has a flush toilet, sink and shower. A variety of supplies are…”
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “The bathroom has a flush toilet, sink and shower.”
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Creek
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Wildlife viewing
- Winter sports
- Cell signal · Cell signal · Forest Service says
- Yes
Full this Saturdayread 16:31 UTC
How full the weekend is nationally.
OpenBookedClosed
The one site on offer is taken this Saturday. 1 is free on Mon, Oct 19. read 16:31 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t
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We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
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 make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 15
What you actually pay
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
recreation.gov availability, read 16:31 UTC · rules read Oct 1, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites · the site map
All 1 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 1 of the 1 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| AREA FLEECER STATION | 001 | cabin electric | 2,507 ft | $75 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Beaverdam Campground and Picnic AreaDeerlodge National Forest · 3.1 miDivide Bridge CampgroundButte Field Office · 7.1 miBasin Canyon Campground and Picnic Area9.2 mi
High Rye CabinDeerlodge National Forest · 11 mi
Canyon Creek CabinDillon Field Office · 14 miDickie BridgeButte Field Office · 16 miFrom Butte, travel south on Interstate 15 for 15 miles. Take the Feely exit (no. 111) and turn west on Forest Road 96. Continue about 3 miles to Forest Road 447, turn left and travel about 2 miles to the cabin. The access road is on private land and the gate must remained closed and locked. Maps may be purchased by calling the Butte Ranger District. For winter access it is possible due to heavy snow that you may be required to park before the cabin and hike/ski in.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Butte-Silver Bow (balance), MT
Typical weather
Typical October night 28°F, day 57°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 9°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it · a letter you can send
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
Fleecer Station 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 →
Who can change it · 3
Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.
- The member who votes the moneyRyan K. ZinkeU.S. Representative · Montana’s 1st district
- Your senator, on the same appropriationSteve DainesU.S. Senator · Montana
- Your senator, on the same appropriationTim SheehyU.S. Senator · Montana
Read the draft, or change the wording
For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Fleecer Station, Deerlodge National Forest, Montana
Dear Ryan K. Zinke, I’m a constituent in Montana’s 1st district. I tried to camp at Fleecer Station, Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, and couldn’t. All 1 sites at Fleecer Station are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Fleecer Station keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Fleecer Station. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Fleecer Station (Deerlodge National Forest, Montana) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Fleecer Station, Deerlodge National Forest, Montana
Dear Steve Daines, I’m a constituent in Montana. I tried to camp at Fleecer Station, Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, and couldn’t. All 1 sites at Fleecer Station are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Fleecer Station keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Fleecer Station. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Fleecer Station (Deerlodge National Forest, Montana) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Fleecer Station, Deerlodge National Forest, Montana
Dear Tim Sheehy, I’m a constituent in Montana. I tried to camp at Fleecer Station, Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, and couldn’t. All 1 sites at Fleecer Station are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Fleecer Station keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Fleecer Station. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Fleecer Station (Deerlodge National Forest, Montana) via campanac.com
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“…are asked to clean the cabin prior to leaving. Cell phone service is good at the cabin. Please remember that Fleece Station is…”