Juniper Campground (ND)
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- Right now
- OpenThe agency lists it open
- A night
- $10From, per site
- Sites
- 4846 on recreation.gov
- Season
- Year-roundOpen year-round
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices
In the agency’s own words
For people visiting the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Juniper Campground is a great place to stay. Located five miles (8 km) from the entrance to the North Unit of the park, the campground is open year-round. To make a reservation for the group site please visit this the Juniper Group Site (ND) page. Keep reading
Recreation
Hikers can access the estimated 30 miles (48 km) of trails within a short distance of the campground. Visit the Hiking and Trail Information page on the park website or stop at a Visitor Center for more details. Located immediately adjacent to the Little Missouri River and filled with Cottonwood trees bird watching in the campground can be a rewarding experience. Watch for Bison that can be seen traveling through the campground on their way to a stop at the river.
Facilities
Toilets, drinking water and picnic tables are provided at this facility. The site can accommodate tents, trailers and RVs. Sites can accommodate up to six people and two vehicles. There are no hookups. A water fill and dump station is available for campers (from May through October 1 each year). All wheeled vehicles and trailers must remain on roadways or pads. The Group Site can accommodate 7-20 people and reservations are available the first business day of March for the upcoming summer season. Go to the Juniper Group Site (ND) to make reservations for the group site.
Natural Features
The Little Missouri River is the central, unifying feature of this wild and broken land where, as a young man, Theodore Roosevelt ranched and hunted in the 1880s. The park is part of both the Northern Great Plains and the West, blending a rich natural beauty with diverse human history. The rugged topography, with its flora and fauna, also provides an opportunity to discover the badlands environment as Roosevelt once did. It is a place to experience a land and way of life that helped shape Theodore Roosevelt's attitudes and philosophy regarding conservation. Cottonwood trees surrounding the campsite turn golden in the fall. Although the campground is moderately forested, most of the campsites are in partial to full sun but visitors can cool off in the cold river when temperatures peak during summer.
Nearby Attractions
The town of Watford City is approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of the park entrance and has shopping, restaurants, and amenities. The Little Missouri National Grassland is the largest National Grassland in the nation at 1.03 million acres (416,826 ha). It is located in western North Dakota and is managed by the Medora Ranger District in Dickinson, ND and the McKenzie Ranger District in Watford City, ND. The National Grassland provides additional recreation opportunities in the area.
What the agency tells you
Entrance Fee. The park collects a separate park entrance fee of $30 per vehicle. Visitors may pay the fee upon arrival or purchase in advance. The fee is valid for seven days. The park also honors Federal interagency passes (e.g., annual, senior, access, 4th grade, Golden Age pass etc.). For more information visit the park's Fees & Passes web page.
Pass Discounts. If using an Interagency Senior or Access Pass for a camping fee discount, the pass must be present during stay at campground (Interagency Annual, Park Annual, Every Kid in a Park, and Interagency-Military do not receive a camping discount).
Water. Water is not always available by May or after October 1. Vault toilets will be available. The park does not offer a refund for the or price difference.
Everything else this campground posts · 9
Group Site. The group site goes on sale first business day of March for the Summer Season.
Maximum Stay. During the busy season of May 1 through October 31, campers may stay a maximum of 14 night total in Juniper Campground and a maximum of 30 days total in a calendar year. This includes the non-reservation, self-registration season of November through April.
Vehicle (RV) Height over 13 feet (4 m). Trees and branches in the campground may not accommodate vehicles of this height. Camping equipment may experience significant damage for which the NPS is not responsible.
Generators. Generators hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Generators must have an effective muffler.
Site Capacity. Juniper Campground regular sites (excluding group site) max occupancy is 6 people and 2 vehicles. Walkin sites 1 vehicle max.
No Showers. There are no shower or laundry facilities located in the park.
Campfires. During hot and dry summer months, fire restrictions are common and campfires (including charcoal fires) may be prohibited.
Firewood. Firewood not for sale in park. The closest place to buy wood is in Watford City, approximately 20 miles (32 km) away. Gathering of dead and downed firewood is allowed.
Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 48 · 9 walk-in
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 57 ft
- Paved pads
- 20 of 48
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Not allowed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets - seasonal · Vault Toilets - year round
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
- Amphitheater
- Auto Touring
- Biking
- Birding
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 24th darkest of 27 in ND
- Bortle 4
39 of 46 sites open on Sat, Oct 17read 14:34 UTC
recreation.gov lists 46 of the 48 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
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $10 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
recreation.gov availability, read 14:34 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
48 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 46 mapped sitesAll 48 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 48 of the 48 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. 46 of the 48 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Juniper Campground | 1 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 91 ft | 501 ft | 212 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 10 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 83 ft | 788 ft | 362 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 11 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 116 ft | 837 ft | 468 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 12 | walk to | 18 ft | 67 ft | 865 ft | 609 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 13 | walk to | 18 ft | 61 ft | 924 ft | 673 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 14 | walk to | 18 ft | 115 ft | 965 ft | 632 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 15 | walk to | 18 ft | 43 ft | 970 ft | 734 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 16 | walk to | 18 ft | 43 ft | 1,011 ft | 750 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 17 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 63 ft | 746 ft | 595 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 18 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 63 ft | 731 ft | 648 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 19 | walk to | 15 ft | 47 ft | 814 ft | 708 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 2 | type not stated | 483 ft | 94 ft | ||||
| Juniper Campground | 20 | walk to | 18 ft | 47 ft | 825 ft | 754 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 21 | walk to | 21 ft | 61 ft | 823 ft | 810 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 22 | walk to | 24 ft | 61 ft | 766 ft | 806 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 23 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 110 ft | 660 ft | 746 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 24 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | 59 ft | 575 ft | 660 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 25 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 59 ft | 603 ft | 612 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 26 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 66 ft | 530 ft | 609 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 27 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 64 ft | 568 ft | 556 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 28 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 69 ft | 486 ft | 558 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 29 | standard nonelectric | 92 ft | 402 ft | 470 ft | $10 | ||
| Juniper Campground | 3 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 91 ft | 550 ft | 138 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 30 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 61 ft | 462 ft | 397 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 31 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 74 ft | 414 ft | 318 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 32 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 74 ft | 346 ft | 369 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 33 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 80 ft | 302 ft | 323 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 34 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 67 ft | 363 ft | 244 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 36 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 57 ft | 332 ft | 225 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 37 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 57 ft | 315 ft | 215 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 39 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 58 ft | 317 ft | 201 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 4 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | yes | 100 ft | 590 ft | 85 ft | $10 |
| Juniper Campground | 40 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 95 ft | 254 ft | 269 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 41 | type not stated | 27 ft | 325 ft | 196 ft | |||
| Juniper Campground | 42 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 79 ft | 309 ft | 249 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 43 | standard nonelectric | 52 ft | 74 ft | 388 ft | 185 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 44 | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 74 ft | 370 ft | 252 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 45 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 67 ft | 660 ft | 302 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 46 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 61 ft | 591 ft | 283 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 47 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 61 ft | 628 ft | 341 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 48 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 65 ft | 556 ft | 327 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 49 | standard nonelectric | 57 ft | 71 ft | 582 ft | 445 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 5 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 61 ft | 629 ft | 131 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 50 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 61 ft | 522 ft | 397 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 6 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 61 ft | 574 ft | 110 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 7 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 79 ft | 660 ft | 201 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 8 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 73 ft | 608 ft | 224 ft | $10 | |
| Juniper Campground | 9 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 79 ft | 720 ft | 280 ft | $10 |
25 of 48 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Juniper Campground Group Site (ND)Theodore Roosevelt National Park · 0.3 mi
CCC Campground (ND)Little Missouri National Grassland · 3.0 mi
Summit Campground6.0 mi
Bennett CampgroundLittle Missouri National Grassland · 7.3 mi
Magpie CampgroundLittle Missouri National Grassland · 21 mi
Sather Lake Recreation AreaLittle Missouri National Grassland · 23 miThe North Unit entrance is located on North Dakota Highway 85, 20 miles (32 km) south of Watford City, ND. If travelling via Interstate 94, use Exit 42 at Belfield, ND, then travel north for approximately 55 miles (88 km) on Highway 85.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Watford City, ND
Typical weather
Typical October night 33°F, day 55°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 5°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
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
Juniper Campground (ND) is in North Dakota’s at-large congressional district. Its representative, Julie Fedorchak (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →