Grasshopper Campground (MT)
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $8From, per site
- Sites
- 21All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Located just off the Pioneer Mountain Scenic Byway of southwest Montana, Grasshopper Campground provides many recreational opportunities for any outdoor enthusiast! It is part of the Dillon Ranger District of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, the largest national forest in Montana, and an easy drive to multiple full service communities. Dillon is approximately 42 miles southeast and Butte 69 miles northeast. Wise River is a small rural community 32 miles to the north that has a post office and small convenience store and gas station. Keep reading
There are 20 individual “first come first serve” sites and one large reservable group site that can accommodate two to three trailers. The reservable group site includes a firepit, BBQ grill (Charcoal or wood) and multiple picnic tables. There are vault toilets and drinkable water from hand pumps provided throughout the campground Grasshopper Campground is accessible late May through December 2nd dependent of weather conditions and accommodate trailers up to 30'. There is no cell phone coverage at this site.
Recreation
Hiking Trails ATV/UTV Trails Photography Fishing Crystal Park Hot springs Facilities Accessible vault toilets Hand pumps (water available thru mid-Sept) Picnic tables and fire rings at each site ( only one fire pit in the group site ) Bear resistant bins available for food storage to comply with food storage order No garbage service... Pack it in Pack it out Natural Features Sitting at 6,946 ft in elevation Grasshopper Campground is nestled among Lodgepole pines providing ample shade and natural beauty. A large variety of wildlife, including deer, elk, moose and even an occasional black bear can be seen in the area.
Nearby Attractions
From Grasshopper campground visitors have easy access to many different recreational activities. The Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway is a 49 mile long drive that travels the length of the Pioneer Mountain range and itself provides visitors with interpretive sites along the way including Coolidge Ghost Town, Grand Vista Overview and a wide array of hiking and riding trails. Just an easy 5.3 miles drive north of Grasshopper Campground, people can visit Crystal Park; a 30 acre area open to the public for digging for quartz crystal. Finally, after a day of recreating you can head up the road and take a relaxing dip in the natural hot springs located at Elkhorn Hot Springs Resort.
What the agency tells you
- No cell service at the campground - Accessible vault toilets - Drinking water (hand pump) available thru mid-September - Food storage order in place; all food and attractants must be stored when unattended - 16 day camping limit - No garbage service; Pack it in Pack it out - No hook-ups - First come First service sites; cash/check only no change available - $5 Extra vehicle fee - If vehicle (motorcycle, ATV/UTV) is hitched/towed onto site no addition fee collected - Reservations may be forfeited, without refund, for failure to occupy campsite on first night and for absences exceeding 24 hours thereafter
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 21 · 1 group
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…and multiple picnic tables. There are vault toilets and drinkable water from hand pumps provided…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…vault toilets and drinkable water from hand pumps provided throughout the campground Grasshopper…”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Hot springs, River
- Cell signal · Cell signal · Forest Service says
- None
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 15:28 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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.
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.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
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
“- $5 Extra vehicle fee” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $8 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 →
How we know this receipt · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 15:28 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
21 sites
All 21 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. 21 of the 21 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Grasshopper | 1 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 10 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 11 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 12 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 13 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 14 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 15 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 16 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 17 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 18 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 19 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 2 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 21 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 22 | group standard nonelectric | $25 |
| Grasshopper | 3 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 4 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 5 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 6 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 7 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 8 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Grasshopper | 9 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Price Creek Campground (MT)Beaverhead National Forest · 2.8 mi
Mono Creek CampgroundBeaverhead National Forest · 6.2 mi
Little Joe CampgroundBeaverhead National Forest · 7.5 mi
Dinner Station Campground and Picnic AreaBeaverhead National Forest · 11 miWillow CampgroundBeaverhead National Forest · 13 mi
Birch Creek CabinBeaverhead National Forest · 13 miFrom Dillon, travel 3 miles south on I-15 and take exit 59 to MT HWY 278. On 278 travel west for 22 miles to the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway turnoff. Proceed north approximately 13 miles and Grasshopper Campground will be on your left.
From Butte, travel approximately 20 miles south on I-15 and take exit 102 to MT HWY 43. On 43 travel east for 12 miles to Wise River, MT. From Wise River, you will turn south onto the Pioneer Mountain Scenic Byway (RD 73) and proceed approximately 32 miles and the campground will be on your right.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Maverick Mountain, MT
Typical weather
Typical October night 25°F, day 51°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 8°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
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Grasshopper 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 →
How we know
every fact on this page, and where it came from
“…and accommodate trailers up to 30'. There is no cell phone coverage at this site. Recreation Hiking Trails ATV/UTV Trails…”