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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Montana and South Dakota

Custer National Forest

Here, one in two take walk-ups.

29Campgrounds
15Take walk-ups
$18–$20A night, across 8
178Sites, from 12
3,160–7,540 ftElevation
2States
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 29 of these 29 campgrounds

Where they are

29 of 29 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

29 campgrounds
Woodbine CampgroundReservableCuster National Forest · MTfrom $2023 with a bear box37 with a tent pad43 sitesrigs to 90 ft5,200 fthookupsdrinking watertoiletsBasin Montana CampgroundReservableCuster National Forest · MTfrom $207 with a bear box29 with a tent pad29 sitesrigs to 45 ft6,900 ftdrinking watertoiletsCascadeReservableCuster National Forest · MTfrom $185 with a bear box28 with a tent pad29 sitesrigs to 40 ft7,540 ftdrinking watertoiletsParksideReservableCuster National Forest · MTfrom $2016 with a bear box10 with a tent pad28 sitesrigs to 50 ft7,200 ftdrinking watertoiletsGreenough LakeReservableCuster National Forest · MTfrom $207 with a bear box1 with a tent pad18 sitesrigs to 60 ft7,200 ftdrinking watertoiletsLimber PineReservableCuster National Forest · MTfrom $206 with a bear box3 hike-in sites12 sitesrigs to 60 ft7,180 ftdrinking watertoiletsSheridanReservableCuster National Forest · MTfrom $184 with a bear box7 with a tent pad9 sitesrigs to 33 ft6,280 ftdrinking watertoiletsRattin CampgroundReservableCuster National Forest · MTfrom $185 with a bear box2 with a tent pad6 sitesrigs to 30 ft7,380 ftdrinking watertoiletsDiamond Butte LookoutReservableCuster National Forest · MTSites from $451 site4,260 fttoiletsMeyers Creek CabinReservableCuster National Forest · MTSites from $901 site7,310 ftdrinking waterSage Creek CabinReservableCuster National Forest · MTSites from $651 site5,590 ftWhitetail CabinReservableCuster National Forest · MTSites from $651 site4,050 fttoiletsSage Creek CampgroundFirst-comeCuster National Forest · MT5,530 fttoiletsCow Creek Campground And Picnic AreaFirst-comeOpenCuster National Forest · MT3,970 ftHoliday Spring CampgroundFirst-comeOpenCuster National Forest · MT4,040 ftLantis Spring CampgroundFirst-comeOpenCuster National Forest · MT3,930 ftEast Rosebud CampgroundFirst-comeCuster National Forest · MT6,320 ftEkalaka Park CampgroundFirst-comeCuster National Forest · MT3,890 ftEmerald Lake CampgroundFirst-comeCuster National Forest · MT6,360 ftInitial Creek CampgroundFirst-comeCuster National Forest · MT6,200 ftJimmy Joe CampgroundFirst-comeCuster National Forest · MT5,570 fttoiletsM-K CampgroundFirst-comeCuster National Forest · MT7,420 fttoiletsPalisades CampgroundFirst-comeCuster National Forest · MT6,340 fttoiletsParkside Campground and Group CampsitesCuster National Forest · MT7,130 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Roadless
Rock Creek100 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Proposed Line Creek Prna389 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Burnt Mountain10,698 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
West Of Woodbine1,905 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Red Lodge Creek Hellroaring17,210 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Line Creek Plateau24,825 acres · 3 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.

Roadless areas: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026
Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 16, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Gap fire · 7.5 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Wildfire
Gap Road 1 fire · 13 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 23, 2026

Who answers for this land

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

Troy Downing, official portrait
Troy Downing (R)MT 2nd · 28 campgrounds · grade F
Dusty Johnson, official portrait
Dusty Johnson (R)SD at-large · 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