White Earth Campground
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $10–$20Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 3736 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices
In the agency’s own words
White Earth Group Use Shelter is located at White Earth Campground, just east of the town of Winston, Montana, on Canyon Ferry Reservoir. In 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition passed through this region. On July 22, 1805, Sacagawea recognizes the country and assures the men that the three forks of the Missouri were of no great distance. This news gave the expedition hope in the anticipation of soon reaching the headwaters of the Missouri River. Keep reading
Recreation
Canyon Ferry Reservoir offers a wide range of year-round recreational opportunities. Water related activities include everything from swimming and fishing to sailing and motor-boating. Canoeists and kayakers explore the many quiet backwater bays. Jet skiers, windsurfers and water skiers skim the summer waves, while winter draws ice fishermen and ice skaters.
Facilities
White Earth Group Use Shelter is 30' X 44' shelter with electrical power. The shelter has 8 picnic tables, 5 campsites and an accessible vault toilet. White Earth Campground has 36 designated campsites, a boat ramp, and a parking area for boat trailers. During the peak summer months services include vault toilets, potable water, trash, recycling containers and campground hosts.
Natural Features
White Earth Campground sits along the banks of Canyon Ferry Reservoir in the open valley between the Big Belt and Elkhorn mountain ranges.
Nearby Attractions
White Earth Group Use Shelter is located halfway between Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park. The city of Helena, MT, the state's capital, is 25 miles away. For up-to-date events visit www.helenamt.com/ Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (406) 475-3920.
What the agency tells you
All campsites are to be considered single unit sites unless marked as a double site. Single campsites are limited to one camping / sleeping unit per campsite. An exception will be made for parents with young children; Parents may have one additional tent for children under the age of 18.
Personal property used to reserve campsites, including RVs and tents will be removed in accordance with 43 CFR Part 423.23.
RVs, vehicles and trailers must be parked on the gravel/pavement and within designated areas of the campsite or established parking area provided.
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Pets must be physically constrained by a leash under 6' in length or a structure. Do not leave pets left unattended. It is your responsibility to clean up after your own pet.
Quiet hours are from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Be considerate of other campers. Activities and noise should be kept to a level that does not disturb other campers. Generators are not allowed during quiet hours. The use of loud, profane, or abusive language or music is prohibited.
No electrical source for camp trailers or RVs is available at shelters.
Price of shelter includes five designated campsites.
No show reservations are subject to cancellation after the third night.
Campsites must be occupied each night
Check in - 5pm. Check out - 4pm.
While at Canyon Ferry Reservoir: CLEAN, DRAIN, DRY boats and any other recreational equipment that comes in contact with water. Never dump unwanted bait, worms, fish parts or other organisms into the water. For more information visit https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/ STOP THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES. REMOVE plants, seeds, animals and mud from boots, gear, pets, and vehicle. CLEAN your gear before entering and leaving the recreation site. STAY on designated roads and trails and use local firewood. For more information visit https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 37 · 1 group, 1 cabin
- Hookups
- 1 electric
- Paved pads
- 1 of 37
- Accessible sites
- 3
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets · Pit Toilets
- ACCESSIBLE VAULT TOILETS on 1 of 37 campsite records / PIT TOILETS on 1 of 37 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE PIT TOILETS on 1 of 37 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- ACCESSIBLE DRINKING WATER on 1 of 37 campsite records, WATER SPIGOT on 1 of 37 campsite records
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, River
- Boating
- Fishing
- Kayaking
- Motor Boat
- Water sports
- Wildlife viewing
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 36 of the 37 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.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $10–$20 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 · 5
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
37 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 36 mapped sitesAll 37 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. 36 of the 37 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| 001 | standard nonelectric | 65 ft | 281 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 002 | standard nonelectric | 65 ft | 323 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 003 | standard nonelectric | 68 ft | 351 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 004 | standard nonelectric | 81 ft | 310 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 005 | type not stated | yes | 107 ft | ||
| 006 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 164 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 007 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 177 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 008 | standard nonelectric | 43 ft | 185 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 009 | standard nonelectric | 65 ft | 196 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 010 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 110 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 011 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 101 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 012 | standard nonelectric | 58 ft | 115 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 013 | standard nonelectric | 58 ft | 162 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 014 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | 189 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 015 | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 159 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 016 | standard nonelectric | 62 ft | 136 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 017 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 110 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 018 | standard nonelectric | yes | 65 ft | 111 ft | $10–$20 |
| 019 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 63 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 020 | standard nonelectric | 71 ft | 90 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 021 | standard nonelectric | 49 ft | 19 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 022 | standard nonelectric | 49 ft | 11 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 023 | standard nonelectric | 71 ft | 98 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 024 | standard nonelectric | 46 ft | 53 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 025 | standard nonelectric | 46 ft | 86 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 026 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 99 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 027 | standard nonelectric | 82 ft | 171 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 028 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 87 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 029 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 84 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 030 | standard nonelectric | 64 ft | 155 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 031 | standard nonelectric | 64 ft | 137 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 032 | standard nonelectric | 143 ft | 135 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 033 | standard nonelectric | 116 ft | 277 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 034 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | 213 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 035 | standard nonelectric | 99 ft | 296 ft | $10–$20 | |
| 036 | standard nonelectric | 100 ft | 285 ft | $10–$20 | |
| White Earth Group Use Campsites | group shelter electric | yes | 91 ft | 109 ft | $90 |
25 of 37 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Hellgate Campground7.1 mi
Jo Bonner Campground9.7 mi
Cave Point Group Use Area10 mi
Chinamen's Campground11 mi
Court Sheriff Campground11 miHeading north along MT highway 12/287 from Townsend. Drive north to the town of Winston, MT, and turn right onto Beaver Creek Road and follow the road 5.5 miles 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 Winston, MT
Typical weather
Typical October night 32°F, day 59°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
White Earth Campground 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 →