Fort Peck Project · Montana
Overview First Dredge Recration Area is located just below Fort Peck Dam on the Missouri River in northeastern Montana. Recreation enthusiasts and sportsmen enjoy the beauty of Fort Peck Lake's 1,500 miles of shoreline. A variety of high quality outdoor activities are available, including camping, boating, fishing, hunting, sightseeing and wildlife viewing.
Sites at 1st Dredge Shelters are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 2 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Group, Picnic area |
| Location | Fort Peck, MT |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for 1st Dredge Shelters around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Downstream (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| West End Tent and Trailer Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Kiwanis Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Perch Point 1 & 2 | Cancellation alerts available |
| Administration Lawn | Cancellation alerts available |
| Boomtown Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| Interpretive Center Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| Pines Recreation Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for 1st Dredge Shelters; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.