Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest campsites, sold out? Here's how spots come back.

How booking at Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest works

Reservations for Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest are made through Recreation.gov. In peak season, the most popular campgrounds are typically claimed within minutes of each release — which is why the park reads as "sold out" for most of the year.

Sold out is not final, though. People book far ahead and plans change, so cancellations return to the official calendar throughout the season — with no announcement, at any hour. A cancelled site is bookable by whoever sees it first.

Booking facts

Managed by	USDA Forest Service
Book through	Recreation.gov
Campgrounds	48
Official listing	Recreation.gov

Campgrounds in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

Set a watch on the whole park, or go straight to the campground you want — each one has its own availability and cancellation pattern:

Philipsburg Bay Campground	45 sites
Wade Lake (MT)	29 sites
Price Creek Campground (MT)	22 sites
Grasshopper Campground (MT)	21 sites
Lodgepole Campground (on Georgetown Lake, Montana)	21 sites
Piney Campground And Boat Launch	19 sites
Madison River (MT)	11 sites
Spring Hill Campground	11 sites
Cliff Point (MT)	7 sites
Cable Mountain Campground (MT)	4 sites
Copper Creek Campground (MT)	4 sites
East Fork Campground (MT)	4 sites
Flint Creek Campground (MT)	4 sites
Racetrack Campground (MT)	4 sites
Spillway Campground (MT)	4 sites
Stony Creek Campground (MT)	4 sites
Antone Cabin	1 sites
Bear Creek Bunkhouse (Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT)	1 sites
Bear Creek Cabin (Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT)	1 sites
Bear Creek Campground - MT	1 sites
Birch Creek Cabin	1 sites
Black Butte Cabin	1 sites
Bloody Dick Cabin	1 sites
Canyon Creek Cabin	1 sites
Doney Cabin	1 sites
Douglas Creek Cabin	1 sites
Fleecer Station	1 sites
Freedom Point Picnic Area	1 sites
Gordon Reese Cabin	1 sites
Hells Canyon Guard Station	1 sites
High Rye Cabin	1 sites
Hilltop Campground (MT)	1 sites
Hogan Cabin	1 sites
Horse Prairie Cabin	1 sites
Lupine Shelter	1 sites
May Creek Cabin	1 sites
Moose Lake Cabin	1 sites
Notch Cabin	1 sites
Racetrack Cabin	1 sites
Riverview Campground	1 sites
Sheepshead Picnic Area	1 sites
Stony Cabin	1 sites
Twin Lakes Cabin (Mt)	1 sites
Vigilante Cabin	1 sites
Wall Creek Cabin	1 sites
West Fork Cabin (S Of Ennis)	1 sites
West Fork Madison Campground	1 sites
West Fork Of Rock Creek Cabin (MT)	1 sites

How itOpened watches Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar for Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest around the clock. The second a site that matches your dates and equipment opens up, you get a text with a direct link to that exact site. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell anything — monitoring is all we do, and it's what your fee pays for. Openings are first-come, so a text beats an email every time.

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Availability facts come from the official directory listing for Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.