Choteau is the perfect place for adventurous campers and RVers. Camping, hiking, biking: however you want to spend your days near Choteau, you'll find great campgrounds with The Dyrt. You're sure to find the perfect campground for your Choteau camping trip.
"Campsites next to the water allow for tranquil nights"
"Got rained out at one spot and just started driving. Chateau is a cute little town with a grocery store, laundry mat, and some places to eat.
This camp ground it right out of town. Easy access."
"Picnic table, fire ring, pit toilet, gravel pad. 5-6 sites mostly level. BLM land free"
"We had the site at the end of the road, which is very close to the babbling brook, leading to Mill Falls."
"Small campground with 4 sites (a couple overflow just before the entrance) and just a couple dispersed sites right off the main road if full."
LegendDearborn Fishing access site has one campsite tucked away in the corner of the fishing access area next to the ADA Vault Toilet. Site has a picnic table and metal fire ring. The area has very little room to park so those camping their will likely have the site to them selves. The river access is a step set of stairs dropping down to the river so you not be having fishing boats or canoes using the site to access the river, but you can access the site from the river. A private residence is next to the fishing access site but the placement of the campsite does not make it feel like your in someones yard. The advantage of the one campsite is once you have your vehicle parked your site including the picnic table and fire ring can't be seen by others visiting the area. The site has no water or trash service.
LegendBenchmark campground allows the hiker or horse rider access to two wilderness areas from the adjacent trail head. This 25 site campground is set up for camping with or with out horses. The area has several horse corrals and parking for horse trailers. Some of the campsites are right next to the horse corrals, but many are far from those corrals. Each site features a picnic table and metal fire ring. Sites are well spread apart. Cost is $10 per night, plus $5 more for a second vehicle. Campground has two water pumps and vault toilets. The adjacent trail head is for Straight Creek Trail #212, which will have you in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in a matter of minutes, and if you continue down the trail you will enter the Scapegoat Wilderness.
LegendNilan Reservoir Fishing Access site has six campsites on the south west shore of the reservoir. These sites are small and close together, while you can set up a tent these sites are better suited to RV campers. Sites are in the open near the road. Three set of two sites with a vault toilet located with sites 1 & 2 and another at sites 5 & 6. The fishing access site has a boat launch located by sites 5 & 6 and this is also the location of the fee station. Site five is the best location for a tent as it has a patch of grass. Each site has a picnic table and metal fire ring. This is a trash in-trash out campground. Site is also dry so be sure to bring all the water you will need. Price varies by state residency and if you have a fishing license or not. Price varies from $5 to $18 a night (picture included that shows the break down)
TravelerWonderful, quiet site along a little-used forest road. We had the site at the end of the road, which is very close to the babbling brook, leading to Mill Falls. Plenty of space at this site, although the other three main sites are smaller and closer together. There are two overflow sites nearer to the road entrance that are more private and bigger, but they didn't seem to have fire rings and picnic tables.
We loved this site in July - great shade for hot summer days, the cooling brook nearby, and no mosquitoes!! Facilities included a long-drop (vault) toilet. While there was no potable water available, you can collect washing water from the fast-running stream.
The site is a great location for exploring the trails on the Front Range. The nearby hike to 'Our Lake' is about 1.5hrs (roundtrip) from the trailhead at the end of the road. This was one of our favorite hikes in the area. It's relatively flat for the first 1 hour and then gets steeper, along good switchbacks, for the final 30 mins. Highly recommended!
If you are in this area and looking for a quiet, remote campsite, I highly recommend this one!
LegendWood Lake Campground located at the south end of Wood Lake is an awesome campground tucked in the mountains near the Bob Marshal Wilderness Complex. One of the nicest things about this campground it the new shinny (very shinny) concrete picnic tables. These are the nicest picnic tables I have ever seen in a campground. The 12 campsites sit mostly in a stand of mature fir and lodge pole pine. The sites are roomy, each having the new picnic table and a metal fire ring. The campground has two vault toilets and a hand pump. It was windy during our visit so we picked site 6 at the south end of the campground, the trees blocked most of the wind. A hiking trail head is located in the campground. The campsites were listed at $6 per night, but a notice was up announcing a future change to $10 per night, still a great deal for such a nice campground. Although we visited in the off season (October) It appears that this is a Pack-in/Pack-out campground.
LegendThis campground sits along Ford Creek a few hundred yards below Double Fall, a very nice water fall worth the stop for sure. Be warned if it is wet I would pass by this campground, park up near an area by the road to visit the water fall. When wet things get muddy, and the roads in the campground get bad. We were able to drive down to one site, but had some difficulty getting back up to the main road. The site we stopped at had the picnic table and fire ring about 50 feet apart from each other. We were able to walk down to a second site, but didn't dare drive to it due to the mud. The site has a vault toilet. We believe the listed 3rd and 4th campsites are past the outhouse but didn't want to risk mud bogging in a mini van to check them out. After visiting the water fall we drove six miles down the road to the next campground. Their is no fee for this campground. This is a pack-in, Pack-out site with no water.
LegendBean Lake is a Montana FWP fishing access site. The 200 acre lake lying along the edge of the Rocky Mountain Front near the Scapegoat Wilderness. Their are two access points to the lake with in the FAS, each has an outhouse. Their is a boat ramp to the lake. The primary fish species in the lake are rainbow trout, which are planted each year by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department.
If you plan to fish Bean Lake, the odds are high you’ll have the lake to yourself. Few people ever bother to visit this remote lake.
Montana FWP list the site as having 8 sites, but it just looks like a dispersed camping area. Found only one picnic table and the only fire rings were made from rocks. Camping appears to be free as their are no signs or fee stations. You have to look carefully to find the camping areas due to their being no signs. Once you spot the lake look for the outhouses. You are out in the open at this FAS not a tree to be seen. No water (except for what is in the lake) and no trash bins.
LegendPrewett Creek FAS has a small campground of seven sites. This is a nice campground on the Missouri River, but be warned, this is a busy campground. We float the Missouri River canyon numerous times per year, and every time we find this campground full. This is also a very popular take out point on the Missouri River. The site has limited parking for vehicles with boat trailers. The seven campsites all have picnic tables and metal fire rings. The site has one vault toilet. Site could be better as it does not have trash service or water. The campground does not have a store but their is one on the other side of recreation road that is open in the summer.
LegendMid Canon FAS is a favorite stopping point for lunch while were paddling the Missouri River canyon. We can usually find site #1 empty for our lunch break, which is nice as the vault toilet is right next to the site. Mid Canon FAS along the Missouri River has five roomy spread apart campsites. In addition to the campground the Fishing Access site has a large parking area for those floating/paddling the Missouri. This location seems to get little use as a camp ground as we have never seen it full, and very few boat trailers are ever seen in the parking area. The site only has on vault toilet which is at the end of the campground, making for a long walk from two of the camp sites. Access to the river is from a gravel boat launch at the parking area. Easy access is also available at camp site #1 which is why we like having lunch at site #1. Each site has a metal fire ring and a picnic table. No trash service or water at the camp ground.
Choteau, Montana, offers a variety of tent camping options that allow you to immerse yourself in the stunning natural beauty of the area. Whether you're seeking a peaceful retreat by the water or a base for outdoor adventures, there's something for everyone.
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