Rock Creek Horse Camp
Rock Creek Horse Camp is located within the Lake Como Recreation Area. It features 11 tent and small trailer campsites, handicap accessible vault toilets, gravel surfaced roads, garbage service, and stock facilities, such as hitch rails, stock ramp, and feed bunks. A few trails leave from the horse camp. The trailhead is equipped with an accessible horse mounting platform. Campground can accommodate RV's or trailers to 40 feet.
More like this: first-come in Montana · tent only in Montana
Amenities & rules
| Equipment | Tents |
| Fees | $12 per night per campsite. Fee includes exempt pass for day use to be obtained from the camp host. Pass must be displayed in vehicle while accessing other parts of the recreation area. |
Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.
Season & status
| Season | May |
| Forest | Bitterroot National Forest |
| Fees | $12 per night per campsite. Fee includes exempt pass for day use to be obtained from the camp host. Pass must be displayed in vehicle while accessing other parts of the recreation area. |
| Rules | Camping limited to 16 consecutive days. Quiet hours: 10:00pm to 6:00am. Pets must be leashed. No pets or glass allowed on the beach or in the swim area. |
Weather by month
Getting there
| Coordinates | 46.0637° N, 114.2311° W · Directions ↗ |
Fire nearby
- PrescribedRx D2 Little Jumper 7
3 mi from the campground · 28 acres
- PrescribedRx D2 Fern Creek 1.3C
6 mi from the campground · 269 acres
- PrescribedRx D2 Tbh 11
9 mi from the campground · 77 acres
- PrescribedRx D4 Piquett Creek
15 mi from the campground · 2,210 acres
Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.
Supplies & services
| RV sales & service | Hamilton RV Sales Of Montana ↗ | 14.8 mi |
Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.
Explore
Worth a stop
- 14.4 miTwin Lakes Trailhead ↗Trailhead
Trails nearby
- under 0.1 miRock Creek ↗14.8 mi trail
- 0.8 miComo Lake ↗3 mi trail
- 0.9 miShannon Gulch1.7 mi trail
- 1 miWaddell ↗2.9 mi trail
- 2.2 miBunkhouse0.3 mi trail
- 2.3 miLittle Rock Creek ↗4.6 mi trail
Trailheads within three miles
- 0.4 miRock Creek Trailhead ↗Bitterroot National Forest
- 0.8 miLake Como National Recreation Trailhead ↗Bitterroot National Forest · Season May
- 2.3 miLittle Rock Creek Trailhead ↗Bitterroot National Forest
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
This campground sits inside Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, which overlaps Bitterroot National Forest.
- inSelway-Bitterroot Wilderness ↗Wilderness · Forest Service · 1,347,644 acres
- inBitterroot National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 1,664,512 acres
- 10.3 miNez Perce-Clearwater National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 4,072,795 acres
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.
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Reference
Questions people ask
How much does it cost to camp at Rock Creek Horse Camp?
$12 per night per campsite. Fee includes exempt pass for day use to be obtained from the camp host. Pass must be displayed in vehicle while accessing other parts of the recreation area.
Source: Forest Service
Can I bring an RV to Rock Creek Horse Camp?
Rock Creek Horse Camp is listed for tents only.
Source: Forest Service
What if Rock Creek Horse Camp is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are Three Sisters Group Site (0.1 mi), Lake Como Campground (0.4 mi, first-come), and Three Frogs Campground (0.9 mi, first-come).
Source: Campgrounds nearby