About this place
This campground is on the Ashland Ranger District, about 6 miles southeast of Ashland on US Highway 212. There are 14 camp sites.
Nobody picks up trash. No firewood is sold either, so bring your own.
There is a vault toilet and no drinking water. Stays here are capped at 10 days.
The facts
- Cost
- Free to camp
- Stay limit
- 10 days
- Drinking water
- No, bring your own
- Toilet
- Yes
- Type
- Specific campsite
- When it’s open
- April 1 to December 1
- Managed by
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
Getting there
From Ashland, go about 6 miles southeast on US Highway 212.
Coordinates 45.572500, -106.147778
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Nearest town and supplies
- Ashland, MT Directions
- Lame Deer, MT Directions
Lame Deer 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.
Why the drive to town is usually twice what the map says — what we found measuring every campsite in this guide.
When it’s time to move on
You can camp here for 10 days. After that you have to move on. This is Forest Service land, and each forest sets its own rule for how far you have to go, so check before you travel.
The nearest other free campsite in this guide is Lantis Spring Campground, Montana — 95 miles in a straight line, but a 128 mile drive. Three more sit closer than 25 miles, if the rule here allows them.
This guide covers five states and does not list every free campsite, so there may be something closer that we do not hold. Check this site’s own rule before you rely on it.
Have you been here?
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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.