Trout Creek Campground (MT)
3Heads up3 fires, nearest 29 mi
- Right now
- OpenInside the published season, our reading; a database flag says not open
- A night
- $15From, per site
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
- Season
- May 1Opens May 1. No closing date published.
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices
In the agency’s own words
Trout Creek Campground is located off Interstate 90, just 60 minutes west of Missoula, Montana and 10 minutes southeast of Superior, Montnana. The campground is graveled with 12 sites and has a large picnic area. There is no water available or a Camp Host. There are vault toilets, trash services, picnic tables, and fire rings. The campground sits by the Trout Creek stream and is shaded and quiet. Keep reading
Recreation
This campground is in close proximity to Heart Lake, HooDoo Lake and the trail system off the state line.
Facilities
Trout Creek Campground is graveled and has vault toilets and trash services. Each site has a parking space, picnic table, and fire ring. There are 12 sites in total which are back in only and can accommodate RV's 27' to 35' in length depending on the site.
Natural Features
The campground resides in the valley bottom and Trout Creek runs next to it. The campground is flat and easily accessible from Interstate 90. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (406) 822-4233.
Nearby Attractions
Missoula is 60 miles to the east. Superior is 7 miles to the west. St Regis is 20 miles to the west. Route of the Hiawatha Trail is 50 miles to the west. Lookout Ski Area/Idaho is 54 miles to the west. Alberton Gorge is 21 miles to the east.
What the agency tells you
Trout Creek Campground has 12 sites total.
The maximum stay limit is 16 days per reservation.
The campground is graveled with 3 vault toilets located within the campground. Each site has a parking area, picnic table, and fire ring. Trash service is available, no water or host at this time.
Everything else this campground posts · 2
Learn more about the Lolo National Forest at: http://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
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- VAULT TOILETS on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…12 sites and has a large picnic area. There is no water available or a Camp Host. There are vault toilets,…”
- Stay limit
- 32 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek
- Backpacking
- Berry Picking
- Biking
- Birding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Mushroom Picking
- Picnicking
- Scenic drives
- Stargazing
- Wildlife viewing
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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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
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.
| Trout Creek | Standard | standard nonelectric | $15 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions
Where it is
Thompson Peak Lookout TowerLolo National Forest · 4.6 mi
Quartz Flat Campground (MT)Lolo National Forest · 5.5 mi
Sloway Campground (MT)Lolo National Forest · 11 mi
Cascade CampgroundLolo National Forest · 13 miClearwater Crossing CampgroundLolo National Forest · 15 miLittle Joe Campground - Lolo NFLolo National Forest · 17 miFrom Superior, Mt head East 7 miles on Diamond Match Rd. Campground is on your left.
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
Trout 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 →