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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Montana

Helena National Forest

19 federal campgrounds, 1 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

19Campgrounds

1With first-come sites

$15A night at all 5 priced

13Sites, from 13

4,420–7,780 ftElevation

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 19 of these 19 campgrounds

Where they are

19 of 19 mapped

Drawing the map

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 19

19 campgrounds

Reservable

Aspen Grove Group Use Area (Helena-Lewis and Clark NF, MT)

Helena National Forest · MT

1 site1 pull-through site1 group siterigs to 20 ft4,790 ftdrinking watertoilets

Reservable

Bar Gulch Cabin

Helena National Forest · MT

1 site4,700 fttoilets

Reservable

Cummings Cabin

Helena National Forest · MT

1 siterigs to 15 ft5,030 ftdrinking watertoilets

Reservable

Granite Butte Lookout

Helena National Forest · MT

1 site1 hike-in site1 pull-through site7,600 fttoilets

Reservable

Indian Flats Cabin

Helena National Forest · MT

1 site6,520 fttoilets

Reservable

Indian Meadows Guard Station

Helena National Forest · MT

1 site1 hike-in site5,540 ftdrinking watertoilets

Reservable

Lost Horse Cabin

Helena National Forest · MT

1 site5,250 fttoiletshookups

Reservable

Miller Cabin

Helena National Forest · MT

1 site5,160 ft

Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.

Skidway CampgroundHelena National Forest · MTfrom $15 · 5,800 ftOpen Copper Creek CampgroundHelena National Forest · MTfrom $15 · 5,310 ft Cromwell Dixon CampgroundHelena National Forest · MTfrom $15 · 7,780 ft Moose Creek CampgroundHelena National Forest · MT4,850 ftFirst-come Park Lake CampgroundHelena National Forest · MTfrom $15 · 6,390 ft Vigilante CampgroundHelena National Forest · MTfrom $15 · 4,420 ft

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit

developing

Hoodoo Mountain Wilderness Study Arearollback · 14 mi

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 · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire

Camp Creek fire · 33 mi from the nearest campground here · 9,725 acres · 0% contained

Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 5, 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 (R)MT 2nd · 18 campgrounds · grade F

Ryan Zinke (R)MT 1st · 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

SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly