Quartz Flat Campground (MT)
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- Right now
- OpenInside the published season, our reading; a database flag says not open
- A night
- $15From, per site
- Sites
- 7976 on recreation.gov
- Season
- May 21Opens May 21. No closing date published.
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices
In the agency’s own words
Quartz Flat Campground is located just off of Interstate 90, 45 minutes west of Missoula, Montana and 15 minutes east of Superior, Montana. The paved campground has three loops and 78 sites total. There is water, dump stations, vault and flush toilets, trash, picnic tables, fire rings, a short interpretative trail, and Camp Hosts. The campground sits above the Clark Fork River in the shade of pines trees. Be aware the campground receives alot of noise from Interstate 90 and passing trains. Keep reading
Recreation
The campground is in close proximity to launch sites along the Clark Fork River, including the Alberton Gorge. The campground can accomodate large groups recreating on the river or in the National Forest. It is within walking distance from the Clark Fork River and it has a self-guided nature trail. The Quartz Flat Campground is one of three campgrounds located along Interstate 90 between Idaho and Missoula, Montana.
Facilities
Quartz Flat Campground has three paved loops. Each loop has vault toilets, potable water, a Camp Host, and trash services. Loop C and Loop G have dump stations and flush toilets. Non-campers must pay $10.00 to use the dump stations. Each site has a parking space, picnic table, and fire ring. There are 78 sites in total and 6 pull-through sites in Loop A for vehicles larger than 35 feet in length. Reserveable sites in Loop A and G are all the even numbered sites. Loop C reserveable sites a 1 through 12. All remaining site are first-come first-served.
Natural Features
The campground resides in the valley bottom surrounded by pine trees and the Clark Fork River to the north. The campground is flat and easily accessible from Interstate 90.
Nearby Attractions
Missoula is 50 miles to the east. Superior is 10 miles to the west. St. Regis is 25 miles to the west. Route of the Hiawatha Trail is 53 miles to the west. Lookout Ski Area / Idaho is 58 miles to the west. Alberton Gorge is 11 miles to the east. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (406) 822-4233.
What the agency tells you
Learn more about the Lolo National Forest at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/lolo
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.
The maximum stay limit is 16 days per reservation.
Everything else this campground posts · 2
Access to the campground is through the Quartz Flat Rest Stop.
There is an access tunnel under Interstate 90 to access both sides of the campground. The maximun height restriction in the center of the tunnel is 14 feet.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 79
- Hookups
- None
- Paved pads
- 78 of 79
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets · Vault Toilets
- “…There is water, dump stations, vault and flush toilets, trash, picnic tables, fire rings, a short… / …has three paved loops. Each loop has vault toilets, potable water, a Camp Host, and trash services.…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…loops. Each loop has vault toilets, potable water, a Camp Host, and trash services. Loop C and Loop G…”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
- Biking
- Birding
- Guided Interpretive Walks
- Hiking
- Stargazing
- Wildlife viewing
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 76 of the 79 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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 · 21
What you actually pay
“$5.00 for extra vehicles not in tow.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
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 · 6
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
79 sites
All 79 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. 79 of the 79 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| A | 1 | rv nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 10 | rv nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 11 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 12 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 13 | rv nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 14 | rv nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 15 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 16 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 17 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 18 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 19 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 2 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 20 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 21 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 22 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 23 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 24 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 25 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 26 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 27 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 28 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 3 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 4 | rv nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 5 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 6 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 7 | rv nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 8 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| A | 9 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 1 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 10 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 11 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 12 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 13 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 14 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 15 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 16 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 17 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 18 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 19 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 2 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 20 | type not stated | $15 |
| C | 21 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 22 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 3 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 4 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 5 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 6 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 7 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 8 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| C | 9 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 1 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 10 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 11 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 12 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 13 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 14 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 15 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 16 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 17 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 18 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 19 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 2 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 20 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 21 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 22 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 23 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 24 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 25 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 26 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 27 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 28 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 3 | type not stated | $15 |
| G | 4 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 5 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 6 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 7 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 8 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| G | 9 | standard nonelectric | $15 |
| S&P | S&P Standard | type not stated | $15 |
25 of 79 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
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Sloway Campground (MT)Lolo National Forest · 16 miKreis Pond CampgroundLolo National Forest · 16 miLocated at the Quartz Flat Rest Area on Interstate 90 the campground is 50 minutes west of Missoula, Montana and 15 minutes east of Superior, Montana. Exit at the State Rest Stop and travel through the site and turn right into the campground entrance.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Riverbend, MT
Typical weather
Typical May night 40°F, day 71°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 40°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
Quartz Flat 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 →