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

Mill Creek Campground

Mill Creek Campground is a small campground not far from Sheridan, MT with 10 designated campsites. This site has a vault toilet and water. The maximum recommended trailer length for the campground is 22 feet. Food and refuse storage requirements are in effect and enforced at this campground.

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Mill Creek Campground
Photo from the area. A-Reck (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Amenities & rules

EquipmentTents
FeesThere is a $12 per night fee for this campground.

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

Season & status

StatusOpen
ForestBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
FeesThere is a $12 per night fee for this campground.

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Mill Creek Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 0.41 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.50 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.74 inches of precipitationApril: 1.11 inches of precipitationMay: 1.79 inches of precipitationJune: 2.30 inches of precipitationJuly: 1.43 inches of precipitationAugust: 1.16 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.21 inches of precipitationOctober: 1.01 inches of precipitationNovember: 0.69 inches of precipitationDecember: 0.66 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 24.8°F averageFebruary: 26.2°F averageMarch: 34.7°F averageApril: 40.9°F averageMay: 49.7°F averageJune: 57.3°F averageJuly: 65.1°F averageAugust: 64.4°F averageSeptember: 55.1°F averageOctober: 43.5°F averageNovember: 31.7°F averageDecember: 22.9°F average0 in0.5 in1 in1.5 in2 in2.5 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Laurin 2Ne, 8 miles from the campground at 5,198 feet, station USC00244896 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 13 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates45.4855° N, 112.0797° W · Directions ↗

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗25.8 mi
RV sales & serviceBretz RV & Marine - Butte, MT ↗37.7 mi
Outdoor gearGrizzly Outfitters ↗40.5 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Explore

  • 0.6 mi
    Cow Canyon
    2 mi trail
  • 0.6 mi
    Bridge Canyon
    4.3 mi trail
  • 1.2 mi
    Peacock Creek
    0.6 mi trail
  • 1.7 mi
    Quartz Creek
    2.1 mi trail
  • 2 mi
    Current Creek
    0.8 mi trail
  • 2.6 mi
    Stonewall
    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 →

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest begins about 6.1 miles away, and it is the closest of these.

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 Mill Creek Campground?

There is a $12 per night fee for this campground.

Source: Forest Service

Is Mill Creek Campground open right now?

Open as of Oct 26, 2026.

Source: Forest Service status

Can I bring an RV to Mill Creek Campground?

Mill Creek Campground is listed for tents only.

Source: Forest Service

What if Mill Creek Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Branham Lakes Campground and Picnic Area (4.9 mi, first-come), Potosi Campground and Picnic Area (10.4 mi, first-come), and Red Mountain (26.1 mi, seasonal).

Source: Campgrounds nearby