Indian Trees Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 28 mi
- Right now
- OpenInside the published season, our reading
- A night
- $15From, per site
- Sites
- 15All of them booked ahead
- Season
- May 1Opens May 1. No closing date published.
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 2 notices
In the agency’s own words
Indian Trees Campground is a quiet place to stay 3/4 miles off of Highway 93 in the mountains of southwest Montana. It provides access to a number of enjoyable recreational activities, as well as the vast scenery of the rugged Bitterroot National Forest. The area boasts wild game, high quality water and wild and scenic rivers. Keep reading
Recreation
Visitors enjoy a variety of recreational opportunities, including hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. A number of trails can be accessed near the campground, including the Nez Perce National Historic Trail and the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. The Nez Perce NHT is a 3.1-mile trail begins near the turnoff to the campground and follows a portion of the original Nez Perce route. Explorers in the early 1800s also used the route, and wagon ruts are still visible along parts of the trail. The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail is also nearby. Fishing is available in nearby Camp Creek. Anglers will find mostly cutthroat trout but other species are available. A variety of wildlife, including big game like mule and white-tailed deer, elk and moose, makes its home in the area.
Facilities
The campground offers 15 single-family campsites, available for tent and RV camping. Most sites can accommodate up to 10 people and two vehicles, however, one site can accommodate up to 15 people. Site #6 is accessible, while Site #2 is designated for use by bicyclists. Each site is equipped with a table and campfire ring with grill. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. A campground host is on-site. Utility hookups are not available.
Natural Features
The campground is conveniently located near Highway 93, at an elevation of about 5,100 feet. It is named for the numerous scarred ponderosa pine trees in the area. Native American populations that once lived in or frequented the area stripped the trees of bark to expose and extract the tree's sweet cambium layer for food. The trees remain historically significant and provide shade to the campground.
Nearby Attractions
Popular Lost Trail Hot Springs is located less than a half-mile from the campground. Unlike the majority of natural hot springs, Lost Trail lacks sulfur, making it odorless and very comfortable for swimming. A general store and lodging is located in Sula Store, about 5 miles north.
What the agency tells you
Click here for more information on the Bitterroot 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.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 15 · 1 walk-in
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 75 ft
- Paved pads
- 14 of 15
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…and campfire ring with grill. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. A campground host…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…with grill. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. A campground host is on-site. Utility…”
- Store
- Nearby
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Hot springs, River, Creek
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Hunting
- Swimming
- Night sky · 58th darkest of 501 in MT
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 13
What you actually pay
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 →
How we know this receipt · 5
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
15 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 15 mapped sitesAll 15 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 15 of the 15 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. 14 of the 15 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 001 | rv nonelectric | 55 ft | 146 ft | 32 ft | 224 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 002 | walk to | 146 ft | 90 ft | 227 ft | |||
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 003 | rv nonelectric | 48 ft | 68 ft | 221 ft | 254 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 004 | rv nonelectric | 55 ft | 68 ft | 280 ft | 196 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 005 | rv nonelectric | 60 ft | 72 ft | 346 ft | 129 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 006 | rv nonelectric | 60 ft | yes | 84 ft | 410 ft | 68 ft | $15 |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 007 | rv nonelectric | 60 ft | 93 ft | 491 ft | 57 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 008 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 94 ft | 547 ftWest Fork Camp Creek | 326 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 009 | rv nonelectric | 44 ft | 94 ft | 565 ft | 243 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 010 | rv nonelectric | 55 ft | 106 ft | 473 ft | 277 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 011 | rv nonelectric | 60 ft | 88 ft | 306 ft | 188 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 012 | rv nonelectric | 25 ft | 94 ft | 363 ft | 257 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 013 | rv nonelectric | 75 ft | 88 ft | 248 ft | 148 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 014 | rv nonelectric | 42 ft | 141 ft | 108 ft | 51 ft | $15 | |
| AREA INDIAN TREES CAMPGROUND | 015 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 179 ft | 95 ft | 213 ft | $15 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Twogood CabinBitterroot National Forest · 4.4 mi
Gordon Reese CabinBeaverhead National Forest · 4.4 mi
Hogan CabinBeaverhead National Forest · 4.6 mi
Crazy Creek CampgroundBitterroot National Forest · 6.7 miWarm Springs CampgroundBitterroot National Forest · 7.3 mi
Spring GulchBitterroot National Forest · 7.8 miFrom Sula, travel 6 miles south on Highway 93, then 1 mile southwest on Forest Road 729. Road to campground is gravel, but the campground and parking spurs are paved.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Sula, MT
Typical weather
Typical May night 33°F, day 64°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 33°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
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
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Indian Trees 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 →