Best Tent Camping near Nye, MT
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Best Tent Sites Near Nye, Montana (34)
1. East Boulder Campground
9 Reviews•33 Photos•169 SavesMcleod, MontanaThis campground does not use a reservation system, it is managed on a first-come, first-served basis. Be aware the campground may fill up on weekends & holidays during the summer months and you should arrive in the early afternoon to ensure there is a space available for the night. Accessible - yes (toilet as well)
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- Fires
- ADA Access
- Tents
- Picnic Table
- Toilets
2. Initial Creek Campground
1 Review•5 Photos•30 SavesNye, MontanaThis free campground is located on the West Fork Stillwater Road and is near the West Fork Stillwater Trail (#90). The campground is maintained from Memorial Day to Labor Day, but is opened the rest of the year without services. There is a 16 day stay limit for all Beartooth Ranger District campgrounds.For a road map of the area, which shows campground locations, please see our Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM)Camp sites: 6Host: NoMax Trailer Length: 20 ftAccessible Facilities: noneTrash Pickup:NoFirewood:NoReservationsNo Reservations. This campground does not use a reservation system, it is managed on a first-come, first-served basis. Be aware the campground may fill up on weekends & holidays during the summer months and you should arrive in the early afternoon to ensure there is a space available for the night. There is a 16 day stay limit. Some sites in campground have bear resistant food storage lockers. Individual camp sites vary in size, but the max trailer length is 20ft. Initial Creek Campground remains open year-round. However, in the off-season, the roads to the campground are not plowed and the campground is not maintained. There is no water and no services. Please pack out all of your trash.Directions from district office:Drive north on US Hwy 212 for 2.1 miles. Turn left (west) onto MT-78 and drive 30 miles. Turn left (west) onto MT-419 towards Fishtail. Drive through Nye and for a total of 25.9 miles. Immediately after the Stillwater Mine, turn right (west) onto the West Fork Stillwater Rd (FR 2846). Drive 7.8 miles to the trailhead.*The West Fork Stillwater Rd is a rough road. High clearance vehicles are advised.Information:Beartooth Ranger District Office6811 US Hwy 212Red Lodge, MT 59068(406) 446-2103
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4. M-K Campground
8 Reviews•49 Photos•128 SavesRed Lodge, MontanaM-K is a free campground located 2.6 miles up the Main Fork Rock Creek Road #2421, not far from the Beartooth Highway. Mount Maurice Trail (#6) Corral Creek Trail (#9), Beartrack Trail (#8), Lake Fork Trail (#2), Parkside National Recreation Trail (#103), Hellroaring Plateau Trail (#11), Glacier Lake Trail (#3), Sheridan Campground, Rattin Campground, Parkside Campground, Limber Pine Campground and Greenough Lake Campground are also located in the Man Fork Rock Creek drainage.Camp sites: 10Max Trailer Length: 20ftHost: NoAccessible Facilities: Vault ToiletsTrash Pickup: NoFirewood: No. Don't move firewood to other areas or bring in outside firewood. Prevent the spread of tree-killing insects by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it there.Reservations:No Reservations: This campground does not use a reservation system, it is managed on a first-come, first-served basis. Be aware the campground may fill up on weekends & holidays during the summer months and you should arrive in the early afternoon to ensure there is a space available for the night. There is a 16 day stay limit. Some sites have bear resistant food storage lockers.M-K Campground remains open year-round. In the off-season there are no services, the campground is not maintained, and roads are not plowed. If you visit outside the peak fee season, please bring your own water, toilet paper (outhouse will remain open), and please pack out your trash.Directions from district office:Drive south on US Hwy 212 towards Cooke City for 10.9 miles. Turn right onto the Main Fork Rock Creek Rd (FR #2421). Drive 0.9 miles past Parkside, Greenough and Limberpine Campgrounds. Turn leftjust have to Limberpine Campground to continue on the Main Fork Rock Creek Rd. Drive 2.6 miles to the campground.*Please be advised the Main Fork Rd. is bumpy and rocky, especially beyond M-K campground. High clearance vehicles are recommended.Information:Beartooth Ranger District6811 Hwy 212Red Lodge, MT 59068(406) 446-2103
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- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Toilets
- Alcohol
5. Swinging Bridge Fishing Access Site - TEMPORARILY CLOSED
4 Reviews•13 Photos•25 SavesFishtail, MontanaClosed until further notice:
Emergency Site Closure This fishing access site is closed due to flood damage leaving the site without a safe access road. These public safety risks caused by extremely high water levels, endangered and failing infrastructure, flooded and impassible access roads, and limited availability of search and rescue resources. Closures will be strictly enforced. Signs are posted at the highway and road entrance. 06/16/2022 - Until further notice- Pets
- Fires
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- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Picnic Table
- Toilets
7. Loch Leven
9 Reviews•32 Photos•77 SavesPray, Montana- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- ADA Access
- Tents
- Standard (Tent/RV)
8. Pelican Fishing Access Site
1 Review•3 SavesGreycliff, Montana- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- Tents
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Dispersed
9. Lady of the Lake Trail on Lulu Pass
1 Review•5 Photos•140 SavesCooke City, Montana- Pets
- Fires
- Tents
- Group
- Dispersed
- Alcohol
10. Custer-Gallatin National Forest Dispersed Camping
11 Reviews•38 Photos•426 SavesGardiner, Montana- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Tents
- Dispersed
- Firewood Available
- Alcohol
Recent Tent Reviews near Nye, Montana
468 Reviews of 34 Nye Campgrounds
Tara W.
Traveler
Mallard's Rest - TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Great fishing, nice campsites, dog friendly
We stayed for one night and camped in a tent. The river access was nice, as were the campsites. However, there were not many marked tent sites and there was dog poop everywhere. Other than that, it was very nice! They have 2 vault toilets.
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Mark F.
Scout
Livingston/Paradise Valley KOA Holiday
Just what we needed
Came in late in the rain…they had cabins available for not much more than a tent site. That was a blessing for us since we have been tent camping. Staff is very helpful and friendly!
- LLinnea W.Traveler
Pine Creek Campground
Must Go To
Tent camped here. Definitely bring bear spray as this is a remote campground in the woods.
Had great availability last minute. $34 for the night. Sites 1-13 are pretty grassy and good for the tent! Site 14 was tent friendly, but it was harder to find a flat surface with no tree roots. A 2 person tent was used at site 14 and we made it work. If you have a bigger tent I would definitely go for sites 1-13 first. Each campsite had a bear locker to put food in!
TravelingTaylors T.Traveler
Mountain Range Rv Park
Small Yet Convienent
Very clean RV/tent campground just outside of Billings with full hookups and a lovely area for tent camping. Laundry facilities, showers. We have stayed here a few times while visiting our daughter and the owners have been very kind to us. There is noise from the interstate, train, cows, etc but if you travel you should be used to that. Great stop on the way to Yellowstone, Red Lodge or another fun places nearby.
- Dexter I.
Legend
Shoshone National Forest Crazy Creek Campground
Great camping near Yellowstone - last tent allowed campground before YNP
Crazy Creek Campground is a nice wooded campground near the North East entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Crazy Creek is also the last developed campground as you head to the park that allows for tent camping, from here to the entrance the campgrounds allow only hard sided camping units due to bear activity.
Crazy Creek campground is a 16 unit campground. Each site has plenty of trees which was great as it allowed my to use my hammock. Each site has a picnic table and metal fire ring and plenty of room for your tent. Campground has a vault toilet. No water is available. Campground is not ADA accessible. Bear storage lockers are available as food must be stored in your car or one of the lockers. Dumpster is available for your trash. Sites are just $10 a night, but they fill up fast. A great feature of this campground is the Crazy Creek trail. A trail from the campground takes you across the highway to the trail, a very short hike brings you to Crazy Creek falls.
Mitchell W.
Guide
Otter Creek Fishing Access Site
Just hanging around
Currently rooftop tent camping all over Montana had stopped here for the night ran into a guy and was told this was the Last river that does not have dams and that the locals are fighting to keep it that way
Charley K.
Ranger
Perry's RV and Campgrounds
Camping near the river
Nice RV Park with lots of trees and a pretty river running next to the park. Tent camping is ok and there are some small cabins.
Jess S.Traveler
Spring Creek Campground & Trout Ranch
Quiet & clean
Tent camped for 1 night. Campground was quiet and had very clean bathrooms/showers. Would definitely stay here again but pay the extra $10 for dry camp as it was pretty muddy
Justin S.GuideLivingston/Paradise Valley KOA Holiday
Great location for the parks.
Great little KOA. Awesome views of the Absaroka range. Book early. Tent sites were great. Nice dog park, small though.
Alan B.Legend
Red Lodge KOA
Good location for a KOA
Is a good spot to set up if you're looking to explore Red Lodge or the Beartooth Mountains. Nothing fancy but has more amenities than most tent sites
- Valentina H.Traveler
Perry's RV and Campgrounds
Would come back
The tent sites didn’t have electricity but that was fine for us. The price was good & the owner was nice. We just spent a night here heading to Yellowstone
Linda C.Traveler
Cliff Swallow
Nice spot by the river
About 7 miles west of Absarokee, 2.5 of them gravel. Sign said tent camping only but I stayed one night in my Sprinter van with no problem. Did not use vault toilet so cannot speak to its condition. Some algae near the shore of river but waded out deeper for refreshing dip.
Steven D.Scout
Big Timber-Greycliff KOA
Enjoyed the cabin
We upgraded from a tent site to a cabin because there was a storm coming through as we were driving. We enjoyed the cabin quite a bit, and we'll do it again. We love the campground, but the traffic noise and occasional trains were quite irritating
- Misty B.Traveler
Livingston/Paradise Valley KOA Holiday
Great for an overnight stay
We stayed her for 1 night on a road trip in one of the tent sites and it was perfect. There were several options to put our tent on our site including an area covered by trees and secluded from the rest of the park. It was right on the Yellowstone River. The staff was VERY friendly!
Joe B.TravelerBig Timber-Greycliff KOA
Great place to camp!
This was our families first stay at a KOA. We really enjoyed our time. We tent camped. We had electric and water at our site, and we were just a short walk to an inflatable trampoline, a heated pool, the camp store, showers, restrooms, and laundry facilities. The staff were very helpful with anything we needed. Great campground to stay at!
Steve & Ashley G.Legend
Pebble Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park - CLOSED IN 2024
Great Small Campground
We entered Yellowstone through the Northeast from Silver Gate Montana to avoid traffic and locate a smaller campground. Pebble Creek was great for tent camping. There are about 30 sites at this location which is best suited for tent campers or those traveling with a small camper or van. The have the toilets and fire pits. They don’t take reservations at this site. You need to be here early to get a site. The wildlife is the area is amazing. We saw plenty of bears and bison everywhere. Yellowstone did not disappoint. The summer crowds were overwhelming in some of the more popular area. I would like to come in the off-season and do some more hikes.
Michael J.LegendPebble Creek Campground — Yellowstone National Park - CLOSED IN 2024
Something different
Pebble Creek is a cool little campground that because of it's location in Yellowstone National Park, it offers a much different experience compared to most of the other campgrounds in the park, ie, it's more like just being in the mountains, and it's also off the beaten (heavily beaten) tourist path.
There are bears in the area though, so be careful, especially in tents (sometimes they won't even allow tent camping here)
- Jeff K.Guide
Swinging Bridge Fishing Access Site - TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Small but nice
Only a few tent sites, none very big. Camping is more along the irrigation ditch but you could wade to the Stillwater River to fish. Would not recommend for trailers or campers, even a small teardrop would be tough to maneuver. Really feels like you're camping in the backyard of the ranch you drive thru to reach the site. Fire pits were nice.
Sara S.Legend
Tower Fall Campground — Yellowstone National Park
central location
Yellowstone is a place we will visit again, and again. It’s beautiful. One each of our trips we try to check out different campgrounds. The convenience to getting to other parts of the park is nice. The sites were not large, but seemed big enough for having extra space if tent camping. Just walking around in the campground you could hear the river, which was calming. Usually we avoid campgrounds in the middle of the park, but this might be the exception!
Michael H.Scout
Livingston RV Park & Campground
Decent campground
It's $20 bucks a night for tent camping, and has a bathroom with showers. The bathroom stalls are funny. If you sit on the toilet seat, your knees hit the stall door. The shower floors are not nice, but it's still a shower. There is Wi-Fi as well. The guy who runs the campground is very chill. We didn't have to reserve a spot, which was really nice. Overall I liked it. It's only an hour away from the north end of Yellowstone. I would go back.
- Carly R.Guide
Itch-Kep-Pe Park
Easy decent camp spot
Arrive at around 11pm on a Saturday night. The good spots were taken but still plenty of room for our 4Runner + RTT. We used as a single night stop over driving up to Glacier. Some of the grass is well kept and mowed and other spots unmanaged. A lot of tent sites toward the back in a quieter dark area. Overall for a free site it was really nice. There were definitely some very sweet spots right on the Yellowstone river.
kevin P.GuideMallard's Rest - TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Very nice MT Fishing Access CG on the Yellowstone
Beautiful CG spot for fishing access. Drift Boat ramp and 6 to 8 designated camp sites. Plus overflow. 2 or 3 tent sites. Reviews about noise, no water and dog poop are justified but hey its a fish camp. People are great. Dogs are friendly. Will always be crowded on weekends. AT&T 5 bars even picked up 30 digital access TV channels Update June 2022. CG closed due to Yellowstone river flooding. Check with MT Fish, wildlife and parks for updates
James D.Guide
Basin Campground
Fun camping, kayaking and fishing!
My wife and I were able to stay here for 3 nights. The grounds feature vault toilets, campfire rings, food storage lockers, and even a hand pump for water. There is someone who sells firewood at the camp which makes things easy on everyone. The tent site was level and large. There are some good hiking trails but they are open to mountain bikers so heads up! They may get pretty muddy. The kayaking was peaceful. I didn't catch much fishing but that's my fault not the campsites! We were on the Wild Bill Lake.
Abby M.LegendOtter Creek Fishing Access Site
Quiet spot!
I stayed for one night and it was great. There’s 4 pull in spots with fire rings and then 3/4 tent sites with rings. Some people parked in the field to camp so I guess that works too. No amenities other than a vault toilet which was clean & stocked. It’s right along the Yellowstone river and so beautiful! Surrounded my mountains and peace and quiet. Arrived Friday late afternoon and they were half full. By the morning time, 4 other campers arrived. Everyone was kind and respectful. Definitely would stay again!
Lillie D.ScoutSpring Creek Campground & Trout Ranch
What a Good Day!
This is a beautiful place! If you get a spot next to the river they the sound of the water is phenomenal! They also stock the ponds with trout so that for dinner you can eat fish. They also clean the fish for you. The cabins that they have are clean and cozy. The tent camping sites are the best though. The showers and bathrooms are clean and have the best decor! They even have a laundry room for you to wash clothes. Right down the road to Big Timber is a small drug store with the best shakes that brings a perfect end to the day.
Tonya Y.GuideBasin Campground
Beautiful, Clean, Quiet and Natural Environment
We came into this campground on a Wednesday and picked the best of three open sites. There were a lot of reserved sites, but they were mostly coming in on Friday.
The site was beautiful and very close to the river (the sound was great). The vault toilets were very clean. The water was available through a easy to use hand pump. The camp hosts had firewood for $5.00 per bundle.
We were tent camping and the site had a large pad, a place for my hammock, a nice wooden picnic table, and a GREAT fire ring. The sites were all very far apart from each other.
- NN I.Legend
East Boulder Campground
Country Time
Site: 2
RESERVATIONS NO
FCFS
FEES: NONE
Open all year
No water Picnic table, fire ring, pit toilet
This campground is located right off East Boulder Road. It could be tent sites or very small RV, van, trailer. One site is right along side the creek which is the best site. The second site has a path to the creek. The toilet is located between the two sites. Needed fly spray for the toilet. Toilet didn't smell the flies were just so BAD. The site next to the creek is totally open, great for solar. The other site is wooded and shady. With so many of the sites in Montana you will have amazing mountain views.
Directions: 19 miles S of Big Timber on US 298, then 6 miles East on East Boulder Road County R 205.
Guide to Nye
Nye, Montana, offers a fantastic escape for tent campers looking to immerse themselves in nature. With a variety of campgrounds nearby, outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy stunning landscapes and a range of activities.
Tent campers should check out East Boulder Campground
- The East Boulder Campground features two spacious and private sites, perfect for a peaceful retreat by the river.
- Enjoy the beautiful scenery and the sound of the river at night, making it an ideal spot for relaxation and stargazing.
- This campground allows fires, so you can cozy up around a fire ring after a day of exploring.
Tent campers like these nearby activities
- Fishing enthusiasts will appreciate the proximity to the Pelican Fishing Access Site, where you can cast a line along the Yellowstone River.
- For those seeking a more secluded experience, the Initial Creek Campground offers access to hiking trails and the soothing sounds of the West Fork of the Stillwater River.
- Explore the scenic trails around the West Boulder Trailhead and Campground, which is perfect for horseback riding and hiking.
Tips for tent camping near Nye
- Arrive early at the East Boulder Campground to secure one of the limited sites, especially on weekends when they fill up quickly.
- Be prepared for a primitive camping experience at the Initial Creek Campground, as it lacks amenities like drinking water and electric hookups.
- Keep in mind that the Firemans Point FAS does not allow overnight camping, so plan your visit accordingly if you're looking to stay the night.
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