U.S. Forest Service · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · Montana

Miner Lake Campground

The campground is located in a lodgepole forest on relatively flat ground along the north side of the 54 acre Miner Lake. This campsite is equipped with a day-use picnic area, toilets, water, a boat launch area, and fishing access. The campground has 18 units. The maximum recommended trailer length for the area is 20 feet.

Booking not publishedFrom $15 per nightTents only

More like this: first-come in Montana · tent only in Montana

4fires
active
Sand Creek · 20 mi away · 35,520 acres
3 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Amenities & rules

EquipmentTents
FeesThere is a $15 per night fee for this campground, with an additional $5 for added vehicles.

Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.

Season & status

SeasonMid June through September
ForestBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
FeesThere is a $15 per night fee for this campground, with an additional $5 for added vehicles.

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Miner Lake Campground10°20°30°40°50°60°January: 0.59 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.53 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.83 inches of precipitationApril: 1.05 inches of precipitationMay: 1.50 inches of precipitationJune: 1.94 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.91 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.90 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.10 inches of precipitationOctober: 0.94 inches of precipitationNovember: 1.01 inches of precipitationDecember: 0.65 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 18.4°F averageFebruary: 19.7°F averageMarch: 27.4°F averageApril: 34.5°F averageMay: 44.0°F averageJune: 51.5°F averageJuly: 59.2°F averageAugust: 57.3°F averageSeptember: 48.9°F averageOctober: 37.8°F averageNovember: 25.2°F averageDecember: 17.2°F average0 in0.5 in1 in1.5 in2 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Jackson, 9 miles from the campground at 6,480 feet, station USC00244447 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 12 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates45.3241° N, 113.5839° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Wildfire
    Sand Creek

    20 mi from the campground · 35,520 acres · 90% contained

  • Prescribed
    Scf Nz Pile Burn Rx

    30 mi from the campground · 223 acres

  • Prescribed
    Rx D4 Hughes Creek

    39 mi from the campground · 200 acres

  • Prescribed
    Rx D4 West Fork Hand Piles South

    39 mi from the campground

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Explore

Worth a stop

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 0.5 mi
    Overland 3
    2.1 mi trail
  • 1.1 mi
    Overland 2
    2.1 mi trail
  • 1.4 mi
    Kelly Lake
    1.8 mi trail
  • 1.5 mi
    Gravelle Creek
    1.9 mi trail
  • 2.8 mi
    CDT Access
    0.2 mi trail
  • 2.9 mi
    Overland 4
    2.2 mi trail

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

Guidebooks for Montana

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  • Best Tent Camping: Montana
    Vicky Soderberg and Ken Soderberg, 2017
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  • Moon Montana, Wyoming and Idaho Camping
    Becky Lomax, 2015
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  • Camping Montana
    Kenneth L. Graham, 2019
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Reference

Questions people ask

How much does it cost to camp at Miner Lake Campground?

There is a $15 per night fee for this campground, with an additional $5 for added vehicles.

Source: Forest Service

Can I bring an RV to Miner Lake Campground?

Miner Lake Campground is listed for tents only.

Source: Forest Service

What if Miner Lake Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are North Van Houten Campground (7.4 mi, first-come), South Van Houten Campground (7.6 mi, first-come), and Reservoir Lake Campground and Picnic Area (15.3 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby