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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Montana

Helena National Forest

Here, 5% take walk-ups.

22Campgrounds
1Take walk-ups
$15A night at all 5 priced
16Sites, from 16
4,420–7,780 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 22 of these 22 campgrounds

Where they are

22 of 22 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

22 campgrounds
Aspen Grove Group Use Area (Helena-Lewis and Clark NF, MT)ReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $501 pull-through site1 group site1 siterigs to 20 ft4,790 ftdrinking watertoiletsBar Gulch CabinReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $251 site4,700 fttoiletsCummings CabinReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $451 siterigs to 15 ft5,030 ftdrinking watertoiletsEagle Guard StationReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $251 site5,810 fttoiletsGranite Butte LookoutReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $451 hike-in site1 pull-through site1 site7,600 fttoiletsIndian Flats CabinReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $301 site6,520 fttoiletsIndian Meadows Guard StationReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $651 hike-in site1 site5,540 ftdrinking watertoiletsKading CabinReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $301 site6,070 ftdrinking watertoiletsLost Horse CabinReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $601 site5,250 fttoiletsMiller CabinReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $451 site5,160 ftMoose Creek CabinReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $501 site4,860 fttoiletsNevada Creek CabinReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $451 site5,350 ftdrinking watertoiletsQuigley Group UseReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $501 group site1 site6,280 fttoiletsRillway CabinReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $301 site4,670 fttoiletsStrawberry CabinReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $301 pull-through site1 site6,110 fttoiletsThompson Guard StationReservableHelena National Forest · MTSites from $501 site6,340 fttoiletsPark Lake CampgroundHelena National Forest · MTfrom $156,390 ftSkidway CampgroundOpenHelena National Forest · MTfrom $155,800 ftCopper Creek CampgroundHelena National Forest · MTfrom $155,310 ftCromwell Dixon CampgroundHelena National Forest · MTfrom $157,780 ftMoose Creek CampgroundFirst-comeHelena National Forest · MT4,850 ftVigilante CampgroundHelena National Forest · MTfrom $154,420 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
watch
Roadless
Bear - Marshall - Scapegoat - Swan51,360 acres · 0 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Middleman Mountain / Hedges Mountain32,306 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Nevada Mountain50,135 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Jerico Mountain8,445 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Irish Gulch7,321 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Grassy Mountain6,740 acres · 2 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 4, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Mineral Hill fire · 16 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 22, 2026

Who answers for this land

Helena 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 · 20 campgrounds · grade F
Ryan Zinke, official portrait
Ryan Zinke (R)MT 1st · 2 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
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly