Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · Montana
Overview Black Butte Cabin is a snug log cabin that sits high in the Gravelly Mountains. Originally part of the old Madison National Forest, the cabin was built in 1919 as an intermediate summer station for inspections of sheep allotments. It sleeps four people and has a beautiful view of Lion Mountain and the headwaters of Standard Creek.
Sites at Black Butte Cabin 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 | 1 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Cabin |
| Location | Ennis, 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 Black Butte Cabin 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.
| Philipsburg Bay Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Wade Lake (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Price Creek Campground (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Grasshopper Campground (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lodgepole Campground (on Georgetown Lake, Montana) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Piney Campground And Boat Launch | Cancellation alerts available |
| Madison River (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Spring Hill Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cliff Point (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cable Mountain Campground (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Copper Creek Campground (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| East Fork Campground (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Flint Creek Campground (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Racetrack Campground (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Spillway Campground (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Stony Creek Campground (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Antone Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bear Creek Bunkhouse (Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bear Creek Cabin (Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bear Creek Campground - MT | Cancellation alerts available |
| Birch Creek Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bloody Dick Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Canyon Creek Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Doney Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Douglas Creek Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Fleecer Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Freedom Point Picnic Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Gordon Reese Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hells Canyon Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| High Rye Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hilltop Campground (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hogan Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Horse Prairie Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lupine Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| May Creek Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Moose Lake Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Notch Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Racetrack Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Riverview Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sheepshead Picnic Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Stony Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Twin Lakes Cabin (Mt) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Vigilante Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Wall Creek Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| West Fork Cabin (S Of Ennis) | Cancellation alerts available |
| West Fork Madison Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| West Fork Of Rock Creek Cabin (MT) | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Black Butte Cabin; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.