National Park Service · Glacier National Park · MT

St. Mary Campground

3Heads up1 park alert · 2 fires, nearest 16 mi
Wildfire
Route 8 fire · 16 mi away · updated Oct 15, 2026
Wildfire
Sinclair fire · 43 mi away · updated Oct 15, 2026
Park Closure
Going-to-the-Sun Road Partial Closure Going-to-the-Sun Road is now open on the east side from St. Mary to Logan Pass. It remains closed between Avalanche and Logan Pass.
Alerts: National Park Service alerts API · Oct 17, 2026
Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:57 UTC
Right now
Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:57 UTC
A night
$20When it reopens, per site
Sites
157In the agency’s record
Season
Year-roundOpen year-round
40 ftLongest rig
4,520 ftElevation
601 ftWater · Saint Mary River
21.8 miNW of North Browning, MT
11%Tree cover
Open year-roundToday

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 13 notices

In the agency’s own words

St. Mary Campground is the largest campground on the east side of Glacier National Park, and is conveniently located approximately a half-mile from the St. Mary Visitor Center. The visitor center offers interpretive programs, shuttle service and Red Bus tours leaving from the center. The campground sits near the entrance of the popular scenic byway, the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Beginning August 17th through September 11th, St. Mary Campground will transition to a day-of reservation window, reservations for these dates may not be made in advance but must be made on the day of anticipated camping. Generators are allowed only in Loops B & C. Generators are prohibited in Loop A. For information on nearby campgrounds, including on US Forest Service land or the Blackfeet Nation, take a look at Glacier National Park's website . Keep reading

Recreation

St. Mary Campground is located on the east side of the park, which boasts some of the best trails available for day hiking. Trailheads start at a higher elevation than those on the west side, so less ascent is required to reach scenic vistas.

Facilities

Potable water is accessible in the campground, and restroom facilities provide flush toilets and sinks with running water. A couple of miles down the road and outside the park, visitors will find all the comforts of home, including restaurants, gift shops, camp stores, gas and groceries.

Natural Features

Though shade is sparse, the aspen trees that grace St. Mary Campground flutter in spring and summer breezes and provide colorful splashes of yellow late in the season. Views of Singleshot, East Flattop and Red Eagle Mountains provide a dramatic backdrop to the landscape. St. Mary Lake which, although too cold and occasionally too rough to swim in, provides refreshing scenery on warm days.

Nearby Attractions

One must-see attraction is the sister park across the U.S.-Canadian border, Waterton Lakes National Park . As the other half of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Waterton Lakes offers fantastic hiking, scenic boat cruises and several scenic drives all centered around the Townsite of Waterton. Immediately east of Glacier National Park lies the picturesque Blackfeet Indian Reservation , spanning 1.5 million acres. Visit the Museum of the Plains Indian, in Browning, Montana, for a fascinating introduction to the rich cultural heritage of the largest Indian tribe in Montana. For information on nearby campgrounds, including on US Forest Service land or the Blackfeet Nation, take a look at Glacier National Park's website .

What the agency tells you

Rule

Generators: generators are allowed only in Loops B & C. Generators are prohibited in Loop A.

Rule

After Hours Arrival. Campers arriving after hours with valid reservation may proceed to their campsite. Camp reservation tags will be on designated site posts.

Rule

Wildlife and Food Storage. Grizzly and black bears frequent the area; food storage regulations strictly enforced; when not in immediate use, all food, beverages, coolers, cooking utensils, pet food, or other attractants must be kept in a closed, hard-sided vehicle or secured in bear proof storage lockers near campground restrooms

Everything else this campground posts · 10
Rule

Vehicle length limits. Vehicles or vehicle combinations longer than 21 feet (6.4 m) or wider than 8 feet (2.4 m) including mirrors are prohibited between the Rising Sun picnic area and Avalanche Campground on Going-to-the-Sun Road.

Rule

Entrance Fees. The park entrance fee is $35 per vehicle, $30 for a morotcycle or $20 for a hiker or bicyclist. The fee is valid for seven days and may be paid upon arrival or purchased in advance. The park also honors interagency annual and lifetime passes such as the senior or access.

Rule

Pass Discounts on Camping. Campers making a reservation using an Interagency Senior Pass or Interagency Access Pass for a 50% camping discount will be required to present the pass upon arrival at the campground. The owner of the pass must be camping in the site to be entitled to the discount. Annual entrance passes and Glacier Annual Entrance passes are not eligible for a discount on camping fees. These passes are for entrance fees only.

Rule

Maximum Stay. The maximum length of stay in the campground is 14 days.

Rule

Maximum Number of Tents. Campsites allow a maximum of 2 tents per site.

Rule

Camping Rules and Regulations. It is the camper's responsibility to be aware of all Glacier National Park Campground Rules and Regulations

Rule

Hammocks. Hammocks must be hung over non vegetated areas using one inch straps or wider. Vegetation may not be trampled to access hammocks.

Rule

Renting an RV or trailer? Per 36 CFR 5.3, commercial business may not take place inside Glacier National Park. This includes RVs and trailers being delivered within Glacier's boundaries. Renters of these must drive them in themselves.

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.

Rule

Directional Site Parking: All campground loops are one way traffic. Vehicles occupying sites must be facing the one way direction.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Tents and rigs

Sites
157 · 14 tent-only, 1 group
Hookups
None
Longest rig
40 ft
Accessible sites
2
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
55 of 77 sites
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Flush Toilets - seasonal
Drinking water
Yes
Dump station
Yes
recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Store
Nearby
Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake
Fishing
Hiking
Ranger programs
Night sky · 181st darkest of 501 in MT
Bortle 2
Fall color · reported 13 days ago, 19 km away
Peak color
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026
Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (19 km) · Oct 4, 2026

Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:57 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.

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record
A night, when it reopens$20plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itNational Park ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
What’s open near here
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.

We’ll write once, when the agency reopens it.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Every line of the receipt · 11

What you actually pay

The sign priceNational Park Service
A night, when it reopens$20
Standard Nonelectric$20
Group area, a night$40
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Sep 12, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

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 · 4
Why this page can’t say why

recreation.gov lists every site at St. Mary Campground closed this Friday and Saturday night. The National Park 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.

Closure: National Park Service status record · Oct 17, 2026

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 150 miles · 4

The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 17, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 15:57 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

157 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 137 mapped sites
60 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Least roomLoop C C111 37 ftLoop C C112 37 ftLoop B B97 42 ft

All 157 sites

142 of 157 sites located
Standard122Tent only14Group1Type not stated5
SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 125 of the 157 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.

Loop AA01standard nonelectric24 ft76 ft367 ft$20
Loop AA02 Overflowtype not stated25 ft368 ft
Loop AA03standard nonelectric25 ft70 ft314 ft$20
Loop AA04standard nonelectric24 ft70 ft336 ft$20
Loop AA05standard nonelectric30 ft60 ft248 ft$20
Loop AA06standard nonelectric27 ft60 ft276 ft$20
Loop AA07standard nonelectric35 ft71 ft209 ft$20
Loop AA08standard nonelectric32 ft52 ft237 ft$20
Loop AA09standard nonelectric28 ft52 ft197 ft$20
Loop AA10standard nonelectric35 ft72 ft183 ft$20
Loop AA11standard nonelectric25 ft72 ft236 ft$20
Loop AA12standard nonelectric24 ft44 ft202 ft$20
Loop AA13standard nonelectric27 ft44 ft246 ft$20
Loop AA14standard nonelectric27 ft44 ft235 ft$20
Loop AA15standard nonelectric21 ft44 ft276 ft$20
Loop AA16 Wilderness Permits - Do Not Usetype not stated24 ft268 ft
Loop AA17standard nonelectric35 ft102 ft308 ft$20
Loop AA18 Wilderness Permits - Do Not Usetype not stated253 ft
Loop AA19standard nonelectric27 ft102 ft323 ftWild Creek$20
Loop AA23standard nonelectric40 ft61 ft135 ftWild Creek$20
Loop AA25standard nonelectric25 ft61 ft149 ftWild Creek$20
Loop AA29 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft70 ft151 ftWild Creek
Loop AA30standard nonelectric35 ft79 ft227 ftWild Creek$20
Loop AA31 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft70 ft216 ftWild Creek
Loop AA32standard nonelectric32 ft79 ft302 ftWild Creek$20
Loop AA33standard nonelectric24 ft50 ft381 ftWild Creek$20
Loop AA34standard nonelectric30 ft50 ft390 ftWild Creek$20
Loop AA35standard nonelectric20 ft68 ft448 ftWild Creek$20
Loop AA36standard nonelectric27 ft79 ft402 ft$20
Loop AA37standard nonelectric27 ft68 ft373 ft$20
Loop AA38standard nonelectric25 ft70 ft426 ft$20
Loop AA39 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft68 ft358 ft
Loop AA40standard nonelectric25 ft71 ft434 ft$20
Loop AA41 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft72 ft365 ft
Loop AA42standard nonelectric27 ft71 ft442 ft$20
Loop AA43standard nonelectric30 ft65 ft405 ft$20
Loop AA44standard nonelectric27 ft65 ft452 ft$20
Loop AA45standard nonelectric25 ft65 ft477 ft$20
Loop AA46standard nonelectric27 ft65 ft416 ft$20
Loop AA47standard nonelectric30 ft70 ft491 ft$20
Loop AA48standard nonelectric30 ft65 ft423 ft$20
Loop AWilderness Permits A18a - Do Not Usetype not stated
Loop AWilderness Permits A18b - Do Not Usetype not stated
Loop AWilderness Permits A18c - Do Not Usetype not stated
Loop AWilderness Permits A18d - Do Not Usetype not stated
Loop BB100standard nonelectric35 ft55 ft736 ft$20
Loop BB51standard nonelectric25 ft50 ft599 ft$20
Loop BB52 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft50 ft645 ft
Loop BB53 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft51 ft654 ft
Loop BB54standard nonelectric27 ft56 ft615 ft$20
Loop BB55standard nonelectric27 ft56 ft667 ft$20
Loop BB56standard nonelectric27 ft93 ft619 ft$20
Loop BB57standard nonelectric30 ft73 ft608 ft$20
Loop BB58 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft73 ft680 ft
Loop BB59 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft53 ft684 ft
Loop BB60standard nonelectric27 ft78 ft593 ft$20
Loop BB61 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft53 ft669 ft
Loop BB62standard nonelectric32 ft67 ft580 ft$20
Loop BB63 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft67 ft647 ft
Loop BB64standard nonelectric25 ft62 ft625 ft$20
Loop BB65standard nonelectric25 ft62 ft568 ft$20
Loop BB66standard nonelectric30 ft79 ft598 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB67standard nonelectric27 ft92 ft464 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB68standard nonelectric30 ft48 ft370 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB69standard nonelectric35 ft48 ft372 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB70standard nonelectric27 ft52 ft279 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB71standard nonelectric32 ft52 ft299 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB72standard nonelectric30 ft54 ft243 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB73standard nonelectric25 ft54 ft196 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB74standard nonelectric27 ft75 ft178 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB75standard nonelectric40 ft68 ft248 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB76standard nonelectric22 ft91 ft245 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB77standard nonelectric27 ft69 ft342 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB78standard nonelectric27 ft65 ft335 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB79 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft65 ft400 ftWild Creek
Loop BB80 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft49 ft469 ftWild Creek
Loop BB81standard nonelectric25 ft49 ft517 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB82standard nonelectric22 ft62 ft607 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB83standard nonelectric27 ft62 ft590 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB84standard nonelectric30 ft81 ft685 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB85standard nonelectric24 ft59 ft770 ft$20
Loop BB86standard nonelectric22 ft59 ft761 ftWild Creek$20
Loop BB87 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft62 ft825 ftWild Creek
Loop BB88standard nonelectric30 ft55 ft793 ft$20
Loop BB89 (TENTS ONLY)tent only nonelectric21 ft55 ft846 ft
Loop BB90standard nonelectric25 ft51 ft847 ft$20
Loop BB91standard nonelectric22 ft51 ft801 ft$20
Loop BB92standard nonelectric27 ft82 ft863 ft$20
Loop BB93standard nonelectric22 ft53 ft855 ft$20
Loop BB94standard nonelectric27 ft53 ft802 ft$20
Loop BB95standard nonelectric25 ft48 ft835 ft$20
Loop BB96standard nonelectric24 ft48 ft790 ft$20
Loop BB97standard nonelectric27 ft42 ft762 ft$20
Loop BB98standard nonelectric32 ft42 ft802 ft$20
Loop BB99standard nonelectric35 ft55 ft770 ft$20
Loop CC101standard nonelectric32 ft50 ft993 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC102standard nonelectric27 ft50 ft963 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC103standard nonelectric27 ft51 ft852 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC104standard nonelectric30 ft51 ft855 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC105standard nonelectric27 ft53 ft794 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC106standard nonelectric30 ft53 ft769 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC107standard nonelectric35 ft53 ft703 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC108standard nonelectric32 ft53 ft669 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC109standard nonelectric27 ft67 ft599 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC110standard nonelectric30 ft48 ft564 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC111standard nonelectric27 ft37 ft516 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC112standard nonelectric32 ft37 ft516 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC113standard nonelectric32 ft42 ft436 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC114standard nonelectric27 ft42 ft441 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC115standard nonelectric27 ft47 ft359 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC116standard nonelectric25 ft47 ft373 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC117standard nonelectric30 ft43 ft293 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC118standard nonelectric32 ft56 ft264 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC119standard nonelectric32 ft43 ft314 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC120standard nonelectric25 ft42 ft269 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC121standard nonelectric32 ft42 ft306 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC122standard nonelectric30 ft61 ft353 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC123standard nonelectric35 ft61 ft369 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC124standard nonelectric25 ft47 ft393 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC125standard nonelectric22 ft47 ft440 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC126standard nonelectric30 ft50 ft434 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC127standard nonelectric25 ft50 ft481 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC128standard nonelectric30 ft70 ft457 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC130standard nonelectric30 ft60 ft424 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC131standard nonelectric30 ft60 ft370 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC132standard nonelectric27 ft45 ft355 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC133standard nonelectric27 ft45 ft378 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC134standard nonelectric32 ft77 ft346 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC135standard nonelectric27 ft$20
Loop CC136standard nonelectric32 ft$20
Loop CC137standard nonelectric22 ft85 ft300 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC138type not stated40 ft
Loop CC139group standard nonelectric25 ft85 ft351 ftWild Creek$40
Loop CC140type not stated32 ft417 ftWild Creek
Loop CC141standard nonelectric40 ft77 ft447 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC142standard nonelectric40 ft47 ft505 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC143standard nonelectric25 ft47 ft526 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC144standard nonelectric36 ft68 ft557 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC145standard nonelectric30 ft70 ft628 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC146standard nonelectric36 ftyes65 ft640 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC147standard nonelectric32 ft65 ft682 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC148standard nonelectric36 ftyes64 ft719 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC149standard nonelectric40 ft64 ft743 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC150standard nonelectric30 ft86 ft823 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC151standard nonelectric27 ft86 ft922 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC152standard nonelectric30 ft91 ft891 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC153standard nonelectric22 ft86 ft977 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CC154type not stated27 ft962 ftWild Creek
Loop CC155standard nonelectric30 ft107 ft1,067 ftWild Creek$20
Loop CHiker/Bicyclist C130b Do Not Usetype not stated35 ft
Loop CHiker/Bicyclist C130c Do Not Usetype not stated35 ft
Loop CHiker/Bicyclist C130d Do Not Usetype not stated35 ft
ST. MARY CAMPGROUNDAdmin 2type not stated35 ft
ST. MARY CAMPGROUNDAdmin 3type not stated35 ft
ST. MARY CAMPGROUNDAdmin 4type not stated35 ft
ST. MARY CAMPGROUNDAdmin 5type not stated35 ft
ST. MARY CAMPGROUNDHiker/Bicyclist C130a SHAREDtype not stated35 ft

25 of 157 listed

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate48.75083, -113.44694
The phone406-732-7708
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

Located a half-mile west of the St. Mary entrance near St. Mary, Montana. Access is from U.S. Highway 89 approximately 33 miles (51 km) northwest of Browning, Montana or over Logan Pass when open. Vehicle restrictions are in effect.

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight44°Mostly Cloudy
Saturday59°Sunny1% rain
Saturday Night34°Partly Cloudy3% rain
Sunday53°Sunny

NWS forecast for St. Mary, MT

Typical weather

Typical October night 32°F, day 49°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical February night 15°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

80°32°10°

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 Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: ST. MARY 1 SSW, MT (USW00004130), 0.9 miles away and 35 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Ryan Zinke, official portrait

St. Mary 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 →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: recreation.gov lists every site here closed on Friday and Saturday night (read 15:57 UTC). National Park Service has published no closure notice we hold, so the reason isn’t on this page. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one, and the reservations the record still carries predate the closure. That reading is ours, off the agency’s own booking record.
Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (19 km) · Oct 4, 2026
Cell signal: the Park Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: St. Mary, MT, 0.5 mi WNW (a census designated place). Straight line.