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National Park Service · National Recreation Area · Montana

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

Here, all of the campgrounds take walk-ups.

1Campgrounds
1Take walk-ups
5Sites
3,660 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 1 of these 1 campgrounds

Where they are

1 of 1 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

1 campground
Medicine Creek CampgroundFirst-comeOpenBighorn Canyon National Recreation Area · MT5 sites3,660 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Lost Water Canyon Rna561 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Lost Water Canyon9,251 acres · 8 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
Gap Road 1 fire · 27 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Wildfire
No Water fire · 35 mi from the nearest campground here · 1 acres
Wildfire
Border fire · 42 mi from the nearest campground here · 100 acres
Wildfire
Randall fire · 45 mi from the nearest campground here · 100 acres
Park Closure
No Water Available at Ok-A-Beh Marina - Flushing Restrooms Closed Due to a water shortage, flushable toilets are currently unavailable at the Ok-A-Beh Marina. Vault toilets are available at the upper parking lot and a floating restroom is available on the courtesy dock.
Alerts: National Park Service alerts API · Oct 23, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 23, 2026

Who answers for this land

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Troy Downing, official portrait
Troy Downing (R)MT 2nd · 1 campground · 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
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly