Sage Creek Cabin
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:39 UTC
- Sites
- 1In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 13 notices
In the agency’s own words
The Sage Creek Cabin is located in the Pryor Mountains on the Custer Gallatin National Forest. The cabin was built in 1892 to serve as a line cabin for horse and cattle operations before transitioning into the administrative office for the Pryor Mountain Ranger District in 1908. Today, the building's character is still reminiscent of the 1920's when the north wing and kitchen area were added to the original squared shaped building. Sage Creek Cabin is an excellent place to spend time relaxing, or an excellent base camp for spending time in the beautiful Pryor Mountains. Keep reading
Recreation
Recreation in the area consists of: • OHV riding • Fishing • Hunting • Hiking • Nature viewing Facilities The Sage Creek Cabin is a rustic cabin that offers limited amenities. There are two sleeping areas that are furnished with two bunkbeds, four twin mattresses in total. A limited kitchen that has no stove/oven, refrigerator, or running water. Two living areas that are furnished with a large dining table and a wood stove, firewood is not provided. The cabin is not fully accessible. There is an ADA ramp that leads into the cabin and provides access to the kitchen, one living area, and one bedroom, however, the rest of the cabin is not ADA accessible. There is an outhouse located 50 feet from the cabin that has no accessible path leading to it. The cabin has electricity. The only source of heat is a wood stove.
Natural Features
The Pryor Mountains are underlain by ancient granites and gneisses that date back 3.0 – 4.0 billion years. The same seas that deposited the sedimentary rocks in the Beartooths covered the ancestral Pryors and deposited the same types of rocks. The Pryors are known for the extraordinary caves that have formed through erosion in the exposed Madison Limestone formation that is ever present in this area. The Sage Creek cabin is situated in a draw, just above Sage Creek, at the foot of Big Pryor Mountain. The area around the cabin is characterized by high desert and lies at the foot of predominantly Doug Fir forests at the higher elevations. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (406) 446-2103.
Nearby Attractions
Nearby attractions in the area consist of: • Big Ice Cave Picnic Area • Sage Creek • Miles of motorized road/trails • The Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range Charges & Cancellations If I book this reservation today, what are my options to change or cancel? Please remember that reservations at these facilities prevent other visitors from using these sites. Planned changes to your stay should be made as far in advance as possible. You can make changes to your reservation ahead of your arrival date in My Reservations. Changes If your new stay dates are completely different from your original stay dates, there is a $10 change fee (per reserved site). There are no additional fees for: Adding or removing nights to your stay. Balances will adjust based on your new stay's nightly rate. Cancellations You can cancel the reservation any time before the date of your scheduled arrival. You will receive a refund for your stay, minus the following fees: $10 cancellation fee Any reservation fees (only if paid when booking) Any previous change fees Late cancellation penalties may also apply: What is “Late”? For individual campsites, a late cancellation applies starting from midnight 1 calendar day before your scheduled check-in. For cabins and group sites, a late cancellation applies starting from midnight 14 calendar days or fewer before your scheduled check-in. Late Fee In addition to the fees listed above, a late cancellation will also subtract your first night's recreation use fee from any refund owed. As of the expected check-in day, cancellations or changes to your stay are not possible through My Reservations. It is at the facility's discretion to support additional Late Cancellations, No Show, or Early Departure updates – on-site personnel may not be able to assist. These changes carry penalties and may forfeit recreation use fees. For additional details, please visit here .
What the agency tells you
Entry to the cabin road gate and the cabin is by combination lock. guests must CHECK their confirmation letter for the combination. The entrance gate to the cabin MUST remain CLOSED to prevent cattle from entering the area.
Four-wheel drive vehicles are recommended. The main road in is often difficult and could possibly be impassible to travel in wet conditions.
The only source of heat is a wood stove. Wood is not provided.
Everything else this campground posts · 10
There is no cooking stove.
There is no refrigerator.
You will need to provide your own dishes, pots, pans, cooking utensils, stove, and cooler.
You will need to provide your own linens for twin mattresses.
There is an accessible ramp to access the cabin, but only half of the cabin is considered accessible. The outhouse does not have an accessible path leading to it.
Be bear aware: store all food and bear attractants inside the cabin or your vehicle.
Clean the cabin before leaving. Cleaning supplies are provided in the cabin.
Take all trash and food with you when you leave.
No water. You must bring your own water. Any water collected from natural sources should be treated to prevent giardia.
No pets inside the cabin.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 cabin
- Hookups
- 1 electric
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Not allowed
Facilities
- Firewood
- Mentioned
- Stay limit
- 32 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Creek
- Birding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Off Road Vehicle Trails
- Wild Horse Viewing
- Wildlife viewing
Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:39 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
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.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 11
What you actually pay
“Changes If your new stay dates are completely different from your original stay dates, there is a $10 change fee (per reserved site). You will receive a refund for your stay, minus the following fees: - $10 cancellation fee - Any reservation fees (only if paid when booking) - Any previous change fees Late cancellati…” · this campground’s own no-show 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 · 5
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Sage Creek Cabin closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 60 miles · 4
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
- Barry's Landing & Trail Creek CampgroundBighorn Canyon National Recreation Area · 18 mi · walk-up · 30 sites
- Medicine Creek CampgroundBighorn Canyon National Recreation Area · 19 mi · walk-up · 5 sites
- Horseshoe Bend CampgroundBighorn Canyon National Recreation Area · 23 mi · walk-up · 68 sites
- Black Canyon CampgroundBighorn Canyon National Recreation Area · 29 mi · walk-up · 17 sites
recreation.gov availability, read 15:39 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites
All 1 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. 1 of the 1 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Sage Creek Cabin | Sage Creek Cabin | cabin electric | $65 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Sage Creek CampgroundCuster National Forest · 0.4 mi
Barry's Landing & Trail Creek Campground18 mi
Medicine Creek CampgroundBighorn Canyon National Recreation Area · 19 mi
Horseshoe Bend Campground23 mi
Dayboard 9 Campground27 mi
Black Canyon Campground29 miFrom Bridger, MT:
- Head south on US-310
- Turn East on S Pryor Mountain Road
- Turn left at the windmills to stay on S Pryor Mountain Road
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Pryor, MT
Typical weather
Typical October night 31°F, day 56°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 14°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
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Sage Creek Cabin 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 →