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Bureau of Land Management · Wild and Scenic River · Montana

Madison River

3 campgrounds here, 1 of them walk-up.

3Campgrounds
1Take walk-ups
$8–$20A night, across 2
18Sites, from 1
4,480–5,640 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 3 of these 3 campgrounds

Where they are

3 of 3 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 9, 2026

The campgrounds · 3

3 campgrounds
Reservable
Red Mountain (MT)
Madison River · MT
from $2018 sitesrigs to 80 ft4,480 ftdrinking watertoilets
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here’s the satellite view.
Palisades CampgroundMadison River · MTfrom $8 · 5,640 ftFirst-comeRuby Creek CampgroundMadison River · MT5,540 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 9, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Big Horn Mountain50,846 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Cherry Lakes19,945 acres · 10 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: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Who answers for this land

Madison River’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Ryan Zinke, official portrait
Ryan Zinke (R)MT 1st · 3 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