About this place
The ground here is flat and open, good for camping and for a picnic. The trails leading off it are well kept. It is simple.
Nobody supplies water and nobody collects trash. If plain tent camping is what you want, this is a good spot.
There is a day-use picnic area and a vault toilet.
The facts
- Cost
- Free to camp
- Stay limit
- 16 days in any 30
- Drinking water
- No, bring your own
- Toilet
- Yes
- Type
- Open area. Nothing is marked out
- When it’s open
- July 1 to November 30
- Managed by
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Rules and restrictions
You can camp here for 16 days.
Any hay or grain you bring has to be certified weed free. That means somebody has checked it for weed seeds, so you are not planting something new here without meaning to.
Food has to be stored under the 2022 Beaverhead-Deerlodge food storage order. In practice that means food, trash and anything else with a smell goes inside a hard-sided vehicle or hangs well clear of the ground.
Getting there
Coordinates 45.037500, -111.835556
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What is near here
A few more of our own spots are within reach of this one, along with some better-known places.
- Black Butte Directions
- Ruby Mountain SRMA Directions
- Hilgard Peak Directions
- Lee Metcalf Wilderness Directions
- Henry's Lake Wilderness Study Area Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Virginia City, MT Directions
- Ennis, MT Directions
Ennis is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Forest Service’s own records, read in August 2026.