Log Gulch Campground
1Heads up1 fire 46 mi away
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $25From, per site
- Sites
- 71All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 15 notices
In the agency’s own words
Log Gulch Campground is situated on the picturesque Holter Lake in west central Montana. All sites are reservation only. The site is located approximately 45 miles north of Helena, Montana, and 60 miles south of Great Falls, Montana, along the Missouri River. The area offers stunning views of the Sleeping Giant Wilderness Study Area. Gates of the Mountains Historic Site is in close proximity to the campground, which is accessible via watercraft. The area is overflowing with outdoor adventure opportunities. Whether you're into fishing, hunting, wildlife viewing, hiking, boating, water skiing, or all of the above, all of these activities are in close proximity to Log Gulch Campground. There is surely an activity for everyone! Keep reading
Recreation
Log Gulch Campground offers excellent recreational opportunities. Activities in the area include camping, boating (motorized and non-motorized), fishing, water skiing, hiking, scenic/wildlife photography, wildlife viewing, and bird watching. There are trails within the general vicinity, as well as multiple fishing access sites and hunting access points. The recreation opportunities in the area are truly boundless.
Facilities
Log Gulch Campground offers several amenities that will make your stay enjoyable and comfortable. Log Gulch Campground is a 70-site campground that has spacious and gravel parking pads that accommodate RVs, camper trailers, and tents. Most of the campsites can accommodate up to 2 RVs or tents per site. All sites are reservation only. Log Gulch Campground features a large concrete boat launch with a courtesy dock, as well as day-use and overnight dock slips for those camping in the campground. The docks are first-come, first-served, with no assigned slips. There is potable water provided throughout the campground and day-use areas, as well as garbage dumpsters. There are no hook-ups available. The sites contain fire rings with a grill grate in addition to a picnic table. There are also picnic tables and benches along the lake to take in the views. Parking is limited at the group site, so we request that your group keep guest invitations to a minimum. All day-use guests will be subject to the $5.00 per vehicle per day fee.
Natural Features
Every campsite is in close proximity to the lake and mountains. The campground and day-use area have poplar and green ash trees throughout the campground, which provide shade during the height of the summer. The site is situated in a shrub-steppe landscape, mostly comprised of ponderosa pine and bunch grasses. The campground is surrounded by sparsely wooded hills. Contact Info For local information, please call (406) 258-0276 or call (406) 318-8100 for general information.
Nearby Attractions
Log Gulch Campground is located in a prime location to get out and recreate outdoors. There is access to public lands, where multiple recreation opportunities and experiences are available. The campground is adjacent to the Missouri River, which was also the historical travel corridor for The Lewis and Clark Trail. Log Gulch Campground is situated between Helena and Great Falls. In Helena, there are great restaurants, museums, the capitol building, old mining settlements, Last Chance Gulch, Reeder's Alley, and a vibrant downtown area. In or near Great Falls, there is the First People's Buffalo Jump and Interpretive Center, Charlie Russell Museum, Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Giant Springs Fish Hatchery and State Park, and Tower Rock State Park. The Continental Divide Trail is nearby.
Charges & Cancellations
Reservation Cancellations & Changes • Cancelling a Reservation: Customers may cancel their reservation prior to arrival both on-line and through the call center. A $10 service fee will be withheld from any refund for a cancellation. Depending on when you cancel in relation to your arrival day, it may be considered a late cancellation (see below). • The $8 reservation fee is non-refundable. • Group Facility (including Cabins and Lookouts): Customers who cancel a group overnight facility reservation less than 14 days before the arrival date will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee. Late Cancellations or Cancellations within the Cut-off Window • Individual Campsites: A customer who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee (not to exceed the total paid for the original reservation). Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee. The recreation.gov cancellation policy can be found here: https://www.recreation.gov/rules-reservation-policies
What the agency tells you
Check-in is 2:00 pm and Check-out is 11:00 am.
Stay limit is 7 consecutive days and 14 days within a 28-day time period. ALL sites are reservation only to include Sardine Row and Little Log.
Log Gulch can only accommodate 1 RV and 1 tent or 2 tents at each site. Each RV or tent is considered a camping unit, and each camping unit costs $25. Parking is limited at the group site, so we request that your group keep guest invitations to a minimum. Little Log Gulch is limited to tents only.
Everything else this campground posts · 12
There is no black or grey water dump on site.
No hook-ups are available. Potable water is available throughout the campground to fill containers. Please bring a white potable hose.
Quiet hours are from 10:00pm to 7:00am. Please be courteous of other campers. There is no power available on-site for campers.
Caution: While it is uncommon to sight a bear in the area, it is possible. Bears, racoons, ravens, seagulls, magpies, and other animals will get into your food if not properly stored. Please be prepared to store your food either in your locked vehicle, RV, trailer, or bear-proof container while camping.
Prairie rattlesnakes and bull snakes inhabit this area. Be cautious of where you step or reach.
Please watch for ticks and black widow spiders. Both are very common in the area. Black widow bites, while not usually deadly, can be extremely painful and have caused local necrosis of the associated tissues and severe illness.
If you plan to bring a watercraft with you, please remember to always Clean, Drain, Dry and Inspect your craft for Aquatic Invasive Species.
Weather can change drastically in this area. Be prepared for any type of weather event.
Stock animals are not allowed in this facility.
ATVs, UTVs, and motorcycles must be street-legal. All drivers must be licensed. Vehicles must be parked on gravel or paved surfaces.
Discounts are only available for those carrying a Senior or Access National Park Pass. You must have your pass with you.
It is your responsibility to secure property in your site and at the docks.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 71 · 10 tent-only, 1 group, 1 cabin
- Hookups
- 1 electric
- Longest rig
- 36 ft
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 13 of 71 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets · Vault Toilets · Pit Toilets
- ACCESSIBLE FLUSH TOILETS on 12 of 75 campsite records / VAULT TOILETS on 47 of 75 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE VAULT TOILETS on 2 of 75 campsite records / ACCESSIBLE PIT TOILETS on 44 of 75 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 12 of 75 campsite records, DRINKING WATER (PEAK SEASON) on 48 of 75 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE DRINKING WATER on 60 of 75 campsite records, WATER (SEASONAL) on 47 of 75 campsite records
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River
- Birding
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Ice Fishing
- Information Site
- Jet Skiing
- Kayaking
- Mountain biking
- Paddle Boating
- Paddling
- Picnicking
- Night sky · 341st darkest of 501 in MT
- Bortle 2
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 15:21 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 · 16
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($25), 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.
“A $10 service fee will be withheld from any refund for a cancellation. Depending on when you cancel in relation to your arrival day, it may be considered a late cancellation (see below). • The $8 reservation fee is non-refundable. • Group Facility (including Cabins and Lookouts): Customers who cancel a group overnig…” · this campground’s own terms
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 15:21 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
75 records
All 75 records
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 75 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
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| A | 32 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 33 | standard nonelectric | |||
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| A | 35 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 36 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 37 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 38 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 39 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 40 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 41 | standard nonelectric | |||
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| A | 43 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 44 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 45 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 46 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 47 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 48 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 49 | type not stated | |||
| A | 49 & 50 with Ramada | group shelter electric | 36 ft | yes | $170 |
| A | 50 | type not stated | |||
| A | 51 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 52 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 53 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 54 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 55 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 56 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 57 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 58 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 59 | standard nonelectric | |||
| A | 60 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 14 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 15 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 16 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 17 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 18 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 19 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 20 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 21 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 22 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 23 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 24 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 25 | standard nonelectric | |||
| B | 26 | standard nonelectric | |||
| Beach | Group Use Shelter | day use | |||
| Beach | Shade Shelter 1 | day use | |||
| Beach | Shade Shelter 2 | day use | |||
| Beach | Shade Shelter 3 | day use | |||
| Little Log Gulch | 61 | tent only nonelectric | |||
| Little Log Gulch | 62 | tent only nonelectric | |||
| Little Log Gulch | 63 | tent only nonelectric | |||
| Little Log Gulch | 64 | tent only nonelectric | |||
| Little Log Gulch | 65 | tent only nonelectric | |||
| Little Log Gulch | 66 | tent only nonelectric | |||
| Little Log Gulch | 67 | tent only nonelectric | |||
| Little Log Gulch | 68 | tent only nonelectric | |||
| Little Log Gulch | 69 | tent only nonelectric | |||
| Little Log Gulch | 70 | tent only nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 01 | standard nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 02 | rv nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 03 | rv nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 04 | rv nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 05 | rv nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 06 | rv nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 07 | rv nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 08 | rv nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 09 | rv nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 10 | rv nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 11 | rv nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 12 | rv nonelectric | |||
| Sardine Row | 13 | rv nonelectric |
The agency files 4 more records here that aren’t sites for the night. It files them as day use. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.
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Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Holter Lake CampgroundButte Field Office · 3.2 mi
Holter Dam CampgroundButte Field Office · 4.0 miBeartooth LandingButte Field Office · 5.3 mi
White Sandy CampgroundButte Field Office · 16 mi
Indian Flats CabinHelena National Forest · 16 miFrom Great Falls, Montana, take Interstate-15 South towards Helena. Take exit 234 to Craig. Turn left heading to Craig and cross the Missouri River. Come to a "T" and then take a right on Craig Frontage Road. Travel approximately 5 miles. Before crossing the Missouri River/steel bridge, turn left onto Beartooth Road. Go past Holter Lake Campground and continue 4.5 miles to Log Gulch Campground.
From Helena, Montana, take Interstate-15 north towards Great Falls. Take exit 226 to Wolf Creek. Turn right towards Recreation Road and cross the railroad track. Turn left onto Recreation Road. After crossing the Missouri River/steel bridge, turn right onto Beartooth Road. Go past Holter Lake Campground and continue 4.5 miles to Log Gulch Campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Wolf Creek, MT
Typical weather
Typical October night 36°F, day 59°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 20°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
Log Gulch Campground is in Montana’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Troy Downing (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →