Missouri Headwaters State Park Campground

I made the mistake of picking one of the 2 spots at the end of the camp loop. Sites 16 and 17 site right on the swamp and are infested with mosquitos. You can see standing stagnate water bog on both sides of site 16 where we stayed.

I tried 3 different bug repellants, burned multiple mosquito coils, started a fire and had the large 20ft Thermacell lantern running for hours. They never cleared out and ended up with so many mosquito bites. We ended up hunkering down inside our van with the bug screens on. We did come on a dry hot July day.

The state park, campgrounds and trails are so beautiful its hard to fault the campground on the mosquitos. We are going to request to move sites away from the swamp area. Walking around the campground, the mosquitos are less at other sites but still around. I think our typical protection might work better over there but was ineffective at site 16. 

My partner likes to run and the paved trail is really nice and is far enough off the road for a great morning run. I find it super quiet here and the 5G UC T-Mobile signal is plenty to work and stream content.

The mosquitos were so bad we immediately left and found another place to stay for the night. Awful.

It was a fine spot to stop for the night. Nothing too spectacular about it. It’s pretty close to the freeway, so I think it serves as a convenient stop to a lot of people passing through. Skeeters were bad, site was small and there wasn’t much privacy to be had. I can’t comment on the actual headwaters as we were off first thing in the morning.

Reservable spots online. Some sites are a bit small for larger tents. Live music weekends. Loads of misquotes. Little free library and firewood for sale on site.

The campsite was in a beautiful location with some nature walks down to the river and with a paved bike path— Some reviews mentioned that this campsite is right on the river, it’s not. It is right on marshlands, which makes sense for everyone complaining about mosquitoes in previous reviews. We went in September, so no bugs and we had some great nature experiences. It’s still very pretty.

Ultimately, I don’t think that it was worth the price for not having any amenities.

There is one shared pit toilet for all(well maintained), one drinking water station beside the toilet, no dump station and our site had no electricity, water or sewage. No laundry obviously—no person to check in with.

We paid $40+ for one night which felt steep considering what we got in return. We wanted to Boondock, but had a hard time finding a location close by, so we ended up here.

No Wi-Fi obviously and AT&T and Verizon cell phone service were pretty spotty.

On our way to Montana we stopped here for a first come first serve spot for the night. They had one outhouse bathroom and although it says they have a water fill up station we couldn’t find one. Probably the most amount of mosquitoes I’ve ever seen at a campsite due to the marshy environment around the sites but, still beautiful. Make sure you have lots of bug spray or clothes that cover your arms and legs. Campsite includes a picnic table and fire pit. No bear boxes and no bears. The camp host was extremely nice and had firewood for sale.

Camp ground is clean and well kept. Even the pit toilets smell good! I’d have given it 4 stars but the mosquitoes were terrible. Also very little shade. I’d stay here again in cooler not blood sucking terror season!

Nice, clean, very well kept campground.

It was June 4th 2022 and was camping a couple hours South of Missouri Headwaters campground and I wanted to make a reservation to camp but the contact phone number to the campground that Dyrt gave was a non existent number and the assigned email address was to Montana University. I wasn’t about to drive 2 hours North to be turned away due to the campground being full. I was able to find the correct contact information through another camping app. Get it together Dyrt!

Nice little spot with a river for fishing

Great location to explore the surrounding area. We ventured out to Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park and enjoyed the Classic cave tour, took advantage of the bike trails within the Headwaters State Park, and drove to Helena for a full days visit. Our back-in site offered great privacy and the camp host was very attentive and kept the sites clean. Good Verizon cell signal.

It was very hot and no breeze. Not even close to the river at all. Camping sites were not well marked & yet the ranger stated we were 1 foot on the grass.. ( WHAT GRASS?) and made us move 1 foot. The picnic table was so old and worn out, it was bowed & not usable at all. I would only recommend this place as a quick stop off of I-90 to sleep, if that.

This campsite is located in a beautiful remote area of Montana, only a short hike away from the beginning of the Missouri River. Large site. The only problem was there were many mosquitoes.

Great history filled location. Beautiful location, easy access to I-90.

Pretty nice place. Campsites barely fit a tent but some sites for campers. Lots of hiking trails and super clean bathrooms. $24 for out of staters for the night

Very clean and quiet. Great access to the river. Great river access 1/4 mile up the road also. They sell firewood and ice are the ranger station.

Near the town of Three Forks, to which there are both short/scenic bike trails and an 18-miler. 6 of the 17 tent sites are 1st-come, 1st-serve. With a ton of historical displays, friendly park rangers, an open-air, welcoming vibe and a sprawling variety of other things to explore, staying here will put a smile on your face.  There's decent distance between some of the sites, but some of them aren't very large.

Experience Camping near where Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the Corps of Discovery camped at the headwaters of the Missouri river in 1805. Missouri Headwaters State Park campground is a 17 site campground located just a short distance from the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin Rivers. If you are a history buff or just want to learn about the Corps of Discovery journey then this is a must stay. Historical signs about the the Corps of Discovers stay at the headwaters of the Missouri and their journey are located through out the park. If you have never spent a night in a tipi you can do it here, just be sure to reserve it ahead of time. You can see how Lewis and Clark traveled up the Missouri by checking out the dug out canoe that can be found at the entrance of the campground. All the campsites have picnic tables sitting on concrete pads, and metal fire rings. Trash pins, water and vault toilets are also available. All the campsites are nice and flat. Most of the site are of good size with nice grassy areas to set up your tent, a few are a little small and cramped. All sites can be reserved. Many short hiking trails are in the park, be sure to take the short hike up to a vista to get the entire view of the headwaters area. If you like to fish you are in luck, you have four rivers to choose from, all with great fishing opportunities.

Really nice campground with sites being spread apart and not too close to each other. When the sun sets in June and July the mosquitos will come out. They are quite nasty but an hour after sunset they are gone, having a campfire going helps too. A bundle of firewood is 6 bucks and will be delivered to your site. Vault toilets are very clean and smell fresh.

I just spent one night at this campsite but it was very nice. The camp hosts were helpful and friendly. It is well-maintained and clean. Seen the headwaters of the Missouri River in the evening were absolutely spectacular.

Dry camping tent or rv Clean level sites Pit toilets water near by...

my husband and I on our way to Glacier found this great place to camp. They have serveral campsites, electric and non electric plus handicap sites. A neat feature as well is they have one teepee that my husband and I stayed in for the night. To add to this the bathrooms though rustic smelled amazing!

Right on the river, obviously.. SOOO incredibly beautiful of a spot. A couple of people were there when I visited and were swimming in the river and camping on it's banks.