Spring Hill Campground
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $15From, per site
- Sites
- 109 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices
In the agency’s own words
Nestled in the Lodgepole pine forests of southwestern Montana, Spring Hill Campground is eight miles from Georgetown Lake, a popular destination for fishing, boating and water sports. Spring Hill is located in the Pintler Ranger District of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, the largest national forest in Montana. Surrounding mountains add to the majestic scenery and provide ample outdoor recreation opportunities during the summer season. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app, and the Scan and Pay feature. If this option is available, you will need to first download the free Recreation.gov mobile app https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or no cellular service. Keep reading
Recreation
Canoeing and boating are popular activities at Georgetown Lake. Hikers, horseback riders and mountain bikers will find no shortage of trails within a few miles of the campground. Warm Springs Creek is well-known among Montana anglers as a source of rainbow, cutthroat, brook and brown trout. Georgetown Lake is a prime destination for fishing and fly fishing with kokanee salmon, rainbow and brook trout being the most sought-after species. It is illegal to target Bull Trout, if caught they must be released immediately with minimal handling. Participants must have Montana licenses to hunt or fish.
Facilities
The campground is conveniently located 5 miles from Georgetown Lake. There are 15 campsites available for tent and RV camping, as well as a pleasant picnic area. 9 sites are reservable and 6 sites are first-come, first-served. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app, and the Scan and Pay feature. If this option is available, you will need to first download the free Recreation.gov mobile app https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or no cellular service.
Natural Features
Warm Springs Creek runs nearby the campground alongside Warm Springs Road. Nearby Georgetown Lake, a large mountain lake of more than 3,000 acres at an elevation of over 6,000 feet, draws the most attention from visitors. The area immediately surrounding the campground is abundantly populated with Lodgepole pines and is home to local wildlife, including moose, elk, white-tailed deer and even bighorn sheep. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (406) 859-3211.
Nearby Attractions
The historic town of Anaconda is only a short drive away.
Charges & Cancellations
Must cancel 4 days in advance
What the agency tells you
9 sites are reservable and 6 sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please Note: Double occupancy will be charged for more than (1) camping unit in the site. Additional camping units are trailers, RVs, and other mobile sleeping quarters. Extra vehicle charge $5 per day (first 2 vehicles are free). See host or self serve fee station - cash or check only at the campground.
Bears are prevalent in the area. To reduce the likelihood of a human-to-bear conflict, Food Storage Order rules are enforced. All food, beverages, trash, and scented items must be properly stored when not attended. Proper storage methods include a bear hang, an enclosed hard sided vehicle, storage locker, or an IGBC certified bear resistant container – IGBC coolers must be locked. Bear resistant storage lockers are available at the campground. Learn more about bear safety and forest-wide Food Storage Order
Everything else this campground posts · 9
Quiet hours are 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Camping stay limit is 16 days.
Site must be occupied the first night. The campsite cannot be left unattended for more than 24 hours without permission.
Check in time is 2:00 PM. Check out time is 11:00 AM.
Dogs allowed - must be on leash at all times within the campground.
No dump station on site; closest facility is in Anaconda.
Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (11:00 AM) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests
Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed.
Click Here for more information about Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 10
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Shade
- Every site
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Picnicking
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 445th darkest of 501 in MT
- Bortle 3
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 9 of the 10 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 · 13
What you actually pay
“Extra vehicle charge $5 per day (first 2 vehicles are free).” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
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.
“Must cancel 4 days in advance” · 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 · 7
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
11 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 9 mapped sitesAll 11 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. 10 of the 11 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| AREA SPRING HILL CAMPGROUND | 001 | standard nonelectric | 199 ft | 844 ft | $15 | |
| AREA SPRING HILL CAMPGROUND | 003 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 941 ft | $15 | |
| AREA SPRING HILL CAMPGROUND | 004 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 930 ft | $15 | |
| AREA SPRING HILL CAMPGROUND | 005 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 951 ft | $15 | |
| AREA SPRING HILL CAMPGROUND | 006 | standard nonelectric | 43 ft | 1,204 ft | $15 | |
| AREA SPRING HILL CAMPGROUND | 007 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 1,247 ft | $15 | |
| AREA SPRING HILL CAMPGROUND | 008 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 1,279 ft | $15 | |
| AREA SPRING HILL CAMPGROUND | 009 | standard nonelectric | 113 ft | 1,281 ft | $15 | |
| AREA SPRING HILL CAMPGROUND | 010 | standard nonelectric | 213 ft | 1,135 ft | $15 | |
| AREA SPRING HILL CAMPGROUND | Host | host pad | 50 ft | 829 ft | $15 | |
| S&P | Standard S&P | type not stated | 40 ft | $15 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It names it a host pad. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Cable Mountain CampgroundDeerlodge National Forest · 5.3 mi
Lodgepole Campground (on Georgetown Lake, Montana)Deerlodge National Forest · 5.9 mi
Philipsburg Bay CampgroundDeerlodge National Forest · 6.5 mi
Piney Campground and Boat LaunchDeerlodge National Forest · 6.8 mi
Flint Creek CampgroundDeerlodge National Forest · 7.9 mi
Racetrack CabinDeerlodge National Forest · 11 miTravel approximately 11 miles west of Anaconda along State Highway 1 to the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT
Typical weather
Typical October night 31°F, day 57°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 15°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
Spring Hill Campground 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 →