Price Creek Campground (MT)
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 15:29 UTC
- A night
- $8From, per site
- Sites
- 22All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Nestled along the Pioneer Mountain Scenic Byway of southwest Montana, Price Creek 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 46 miles southeast and Butte 65 miles northeast. Wise River is a small rural community 28 miles to the north that has a post office and small convenience store and gas station. Keep reading
There are 21 individual “first come first serve” sites and one extra-large reservable group site that can accommodate up to six trailers. The reservable group site is laid out in a large loop with a fire pit located in the middle and multiple picnic tables. Vault toilets and drinkable water from hand pumps are provided throughout the campground. Price Creek Campground is accessible late May through December 2nd dependent of weather conditions and can accommodate trailers up to 30’. Price Creek Campground is a paved road campground. There is no cell phone coverage at this site.
Recreation
Hiking ATV/UT trails Photography High mountain lakes/fishing Crystal Park Facilities Accessible vault toilets Hand pumps (water available thru mid-Sept) Picnic tables and fire rings at each site ( one large fire pit located in the middle of group site ) Bear resistant bin available for food storage to comply with food storage order No garbage service...pack it in pack it out Natural Features Price Creek Campground sits at 7,873 feet in elevation and is surrounded by Lodgepole pines providing lots of shade and natural beauty. A large variety of wildlife, including deer, elk, moose and even an occasional black bear can be seen passing through the area.
Nearby Attractions
From Price Creek 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 1.5 miles drive north of Price Creek, 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 down 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
- 22 · 1 group
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…the middle and multiple picnic tables. Vault toilets and drinkable water from hand pumps are provided…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…Vault toilets and drinkable water from hand pumps are provided throughout the campground. Price Creek…”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Hot springs, Lake, River, Creek
- Cell signal · Cell signal · Forest Service says
- None
1 of 1 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:29 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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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 15:29 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
22 sites
All 22 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. 22 of the 22 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Price Creek | 1 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 10 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 11 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 12 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 13 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 14 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 15 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 16 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 17 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 18 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 19 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 2 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 20 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 21 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 22 | group standard nonelectric | $25 |
| Price Creek | 3 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 4 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 5 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 6 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 7 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 8 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
| Price Creek | 9 | standard nonelectric | $8 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Grasshopper Campground (MT)Beaverhead National Forest · 2.8 mi
Mono Creek CampgroundBeaverhead National Forest · 3.8 mi
Little Joe CampgroundBeaverhead National Forest · 5.4 mi
Dinner Station Campground and Picnic AreaBeaverhead National Forest · 9.4 miWillow CampgroundBeaverhead National Forest · 11 mi
Lodgepole CampgroundBeaverhead National Forest · 11 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 16 miles. Turn right onto FS road 2406 for 1/4 mile to the campground.
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 (HWY 73) and proceed approximately 28 miles and the campground will be on your left (FS road 2406).
The weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Maverick Mountain, MT
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
Price Creek 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
“…Campground is a paved road campground. There is no cell phone coverage at this site. Recreation Hiking ATV/UT trails Photography…”