Flint Creek Campground (MT)
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $15From, per site
- Sites
- 41 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices
In the agency’s own words
Flint Creek Campground is located in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in southwest Montana, eight miles south of the town of Philipsburg and four miles north of Georgetown Lake. The campground's campsites sit amid mixed conifers along the banks of Flint Creek, providing opportunities for fishing and the occasional moose sighting. There are 10 first-come, first-served campsites, and the camping fee is $15 per night. Visitors are required to physically arrive at the campground to purchase and claim a site. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app, and the Scan and Pay feature. If this option is available, you will need to first download the free Recreation.gov mobile app https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or no cellular service. Keep reading
Recreation
Flint Creek Campground provides access to opportunities for hiking, backpacking, hunting, and fishing. Visitors can fish Flint Creek and there is a parking space available for day-use activities. Visitors must have Montana licenses to hunt or fish. Georgetown Lake is a 10-minute drive from the campground, and a popular destination for fishing, boating, water sports, or simply relaxing and taking in views of the Pintlers. The lake has multiple day-use areas and fishing access points. Echo Lake Picnic Area is a 15-minute drive from Flint Creek CG. Please note that Echo Lake is a car-top only boat launch area. There ais no garbage service at our day-use and fishing access sites, please pack out your trash. A sampling of trails within a 35-minute drive includes the Echo Lake trail system; East Fork Trail #8038 and Page Lake Trail #8039; Storm Lake Trail #8041; Twin Lakes Trail #8044 and Four Mile Basin Trail #8113. Visitors will find no shortage of trails within the Pintler Ranger District. Numerous trails lead into the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness, which covers almost 250 square miles and straddles the Continental Divide along the crest of the Anaconda Range. Stop by the Pintler Ranger Station in Philipsburg to view or purchase forest trail map.
Facilities
Flint Creek Campground has 10 campsites suitable for tents, trailers, and RVs. Campsites include picnic tables and fire rings, and a double-vault restroom is on site. There is no water pump so remember to bring your own drinking water, and water taken from stream must be treated prior to consumption. The campground is open year-round. This location is available on a first-come, first-served basis only. Visitors are required to physically arrive at the campground to purchase and claim a site. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app, and the Scan and Pay feature. If this option is available, you will need to first download the free Recreation.gov mobile app https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or no cellular service.
Natural Features
Mixed conifers provide partial shade. There is easy access to the Flint Creek, with several campsites bordering the creek. The Pintler Ranger District is known for its high, rugged, and beautiful mountain scenery, as well as the variety of wildlife that makes its home there, including elk, moose, deer, mountain lions, and bears (grizzly and black bears). Learn more about bear safety and the forest wide food storage order. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (406) 859-3211.
What the agency tells you
There are 10 campsites available on a first-come, first-served basis. The camping fee is $15 per night.
Double occupancy will be charged for more than (1) camping unit in the site. Additional camping units are trailers, RVs, and other mobile sleeping quarters. Extra vehicle charge $5 per day (first 2 vehicles are free). See host or self-serve fee station - cash or check only at the campground. Parking is only allowed on spurs in campsites. Do not park on grass or along roadsides where you could impede traffic.
Bears are prevalent in the area. To reduce the likelihood of a human-to-bear conflict, Food Storage Order rules are enforced. All food, beverages, trash, and scented items must be properly stored when not attended. Proper storage methods include a bear hang, an enclosed hard sided vehicle, storage locker, or an IGBC certified bear resistant container – IGBC coolers must be locked. Bear resistant storage lockers are available at the campground. Learn more about the forest-wide Food Storage Order.
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Quiet hours are 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Camping stay limit is 16 days.
Site must be occupied the first night. The campsite cannot be left unattended for more than 24 hours without permission.
Check in is 2:00 PM. Check out time is 11:00 AM.
Dogs allowed - must be on leash in the campground at all times.
Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed.
Click here for more information about Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 4
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…tables and fire rings, and a double-vault restroom is on site. There is no water pump so remember to…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…and a double-vault restroom is on site. There is no water pump so remember to bring your own drinking water,…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Water access
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 1 of the 4 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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What you actually pay
“Extra vehicle charge $5 per day (first 2 vehicles are free).” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $15 a night, 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 →
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rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
4 sites
All 4 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 4 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.