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

Custer National Forest

26 federal campgrounds, 14 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

26Campgrounds
14With first-come sites
175Sites, from 10
3,160–7,540 ftElevation
2States
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 26 of these 26 campgrounds

Where they are

26 of 26 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 26

26 campgrounds
Reservable
Woodbine Campground
Custer National Forest · MT
44 sites23 with a bear box37 with a tent padrigs to 90 ft5,200 ftdrinking watertoiletshookups
Reservable
Basin Montana Campground
Custer National Forest · MT
30 sites7 with a bear box30 with a tent padrigs to 45 ft6,900 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Cascade
Custer National Forest · MT
30 sites5 with a bear box29 with a tent padrigs to 40 ft7,540 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Parkside
Custer National Forest · MT
28 sites16 with a bear box10 with a tent padrigs to 50 ft7,200 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Greenough Lake
Custer National Forest · MT
18 sites7 with a bear box1 with a tent padrigs to 60 ft7,200 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Limber Pine
Custer National Forest · MT
13 sites7 with a bear box3 hike-in sitesrigs to 60 ft7,180 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Sheridan
Custer National Forest · MT
9 sites4 with a bear box7 with a tent padrigs to 33 ft6,280 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Diamond Butte Lookout
Custer National Forest · MT
1 site4,260 fttoilets
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.
Cow Creek Campground And Picnic AreaCuster National Forest · MT3,970 ftFirst-comeOpenHoliday Spring CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT4,040 ftFirst-comeOpenLantis Spring CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT3,930 ftFirst-comeOpenEast Rosebud CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT6,320 ftFirst-comeEkalaka Park CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT3,890 ftFirst-comeEmerald Lake CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT6,360 ftFirst-comeInitial Creek CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT6,200 ftFirst-comeM-K CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT7,420 ftFirst-comePalisades CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT6,340 ftFirst-comeParkside Campground and Group CampsitesCuster National Forest · MT7,130 ftPicnic Spring CampgroundCuster National Forest · SD3,260 ftFirst-comePine Grove CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT5,890 ftFirst-comeRattin CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT6,380 ftRed Shale CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT3,160 ftFirst-comeSage Creek CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT5,530 ftFirst-comeWickham Gulch CampgroundCuster National Forest · MT3,440 ftFirst-come
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 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 · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Robinson Springs fire · 8.0 mi from the nearest campground here · 50 acres
Wildfire
Tie Creek fire · 17 mi from the nearest campground here · 167 acres · 80% contained
Wildfire
East Fork Creek fire · 19 mi from the nearest campground here · 248 acres
Wildfire
59 Spring Creek fire · 30 mi from the nearest campground here · 10 acres
Wildfire
Espy fire · 47 mi from the nearest campground here · 40 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 8, 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 (R)MT 2nd · 25 campgrounds · grade F
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
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