U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Idaho and Montana

Bitterroot National Forest

26 campgrounds here, 8 of them walk-up and 3 free.

26Campgrounds
8Take walk-ups
3Free to camp
$12–$15A night, across 5
66Sites, from 11
3,080–7,530 ftElevation
2States

Where they are

26 of 26 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 9, 2026

The campgrounds · 26

26 campgrounds
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 9, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Roadless
Needle Creek1,110 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Swift Creek613 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Tolan Creek (x1070)7,090 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Stony Mountain44,057 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Selway-Bitterroot114,953 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
North Big Hole3,483 acres · 6 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: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Nature Grove fire · 0.9 mi from the nearest campground here · 1,422 acres · 0% contained
Wildfire
Black Bear fire · 1.5 mi from the nearest campground here · 2,126 acres · 30% contained
Wildfire
Scimitar fire · 2.9 mi from the nearest campground here · 334 acres · 0% contained
Wildfire
North Fork Lost Horse fire · 7.7 mi from the nearest campground here · 118 acres · 70% contained
Wildfire
Cooper fire · 8.2 mi from the nearest campground here · 310 acres · 0% contained
Wildfire
Moose fire · 9.8 mi from the nearest campground here · 6,005 acres · 15% contained

Who answers for this land

Bitterroot National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Ryan Zinke, official portrait
Ryan Zinke (R)MT 1st · 23 campgrounds · grade F
Russ Fulcher, official portrait
Russ Fulcher (R)ID 1st · 3 campgrounds · grade F
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly