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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Montana

Beaverhead National Forest

27 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted, and 2 free to camp.

27Campgrounds
2Free to camp
$12–$15A night, across 2
102Sites, from 17
5,910–8,450 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 27 of these 27 campgrounds

Where they are

27 of 27 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 27

27 campgrounds
Reservable
Wade Lake (MT)
Beaverhead National Forest · MT
29 sites2 hike-in sites2 pull-through sitesrigs to 30 ft6,640 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Price Creek Campground (MT)
Beaverhead National Forest · MT
22 sites1 group site7,870 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Grasshopper Campground (MT)
Beaverhead National Forest · MT
21 sites1 group site7,150 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Madison River (MT)
Beaverhead National Forest · MT
11 sitesrigs to 30 ft6,140 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Cliff Point (MT)
Beaverhead National Forest · MT
7 sitesrigs to 16 ft6,600 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Bear Creek Bunkhouse (Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT)
Beaverhead National Forest · MT
1 site6,230 ft
Reservable
Bear Creek Cabin (Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT)
Beaverhead National Forest · MT
1 site6,240 fttoilets
Reservable
Birch Creek Cabin
Beaverhead National Forest · MT
1 site6,410 fttoilets
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.
Cottonwood CampgroundBeaverhead National Forest · MTfrom $12 · 6,700 ftElk Lake Dispersed Camping and Picnic AreaBeaverhead National Forest · MT6,760 ftPintler CampgroundBeaverhead National Forest · MTFree · 6,370 ftPotosi Campground and Picnic AreaBeaverhead National Forest · MT6,650 ft · drinking waterSouth Van Houten CampgroundBeaverhead National Forest · MTFree · 7,030 ftWade Lake Campground and Picnic AreasBeaverhead National Forest · MT6,640 ft · drinking water
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Vigilante15,893 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Potosi5,194 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
North Big Hole52,227 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Garfield Mountain41,891 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Saginaw Creek7,776 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Lone Butte13,725 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Skull fire · 7.4 mi from the nearest campground here · 67 acres · 0% contained
Wildfire
Bobcat Lakes fire · 9.3 mi from the nearest campground here · 10,895 acres · 61% contained
Wildfire
Sand Creek fire · 12 mi from the nearest campground here · 35,509 acres · 36% contained
Wildfire
Moose fire · 20 mi from the nearest campground here · 6,005 acres · 15% contained
Wildfire
Roe 2 fire · 25 mi from the nearest campground here · 978 acres · 100% contained
Wildfire
Nature Grove fire · 31 mi from the nearest campground here · 1,422 acres · 0% contained
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 7, 2026

Who answers for this land

Beaverhead National Forest’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Ryan Zinke (R)MT 1st · 27 campgrounds · grade F
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly