U.S. Forest Service · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · Montana

Mill Falls Campground

4 campsites near the South Fork of the Teton River. Some fishing for brook, rainbow, and cutthroat, though all populations are low. Go 1 mile west to the end of the road to the South Fork trailhead, and hike in the short distance to pristine Our Lake, near the border of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Our Lake is a fantastic place to see mountain goats year round, as well as the ever-entertaining pika and yellow-bellied marmot. Never approach or feed wildlife. Bears may frequent the area; keep all food out of sight in approved containers and remove all food from area after eating. Mandatory food storage is required.

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Amenities & rules

EquipmentTents

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

Season & status

StatusClosed for the season. Forest Service sites close for the season; check the official page for the reopening date.
ForestHelena-Lewis and Clark National Forest

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Mill Falls Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 0.67 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.92 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.82 inches of precipitationApril: 1.63 inches of precipitationMay: 2.93 inches of precipitationJune: 3.13 inches of precipitationJuly: 1.14 inches of precipitationAugust: 1.33 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.31 inches of precipitationOctober: 1.12 inches of precipitationNovember: 0.78 inches of precipitationDecember: 0.77 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 24.0°F averageFebruary: 24.1°F averageMarch: 30.5°F averageApril: 37.6°F averageMay: 45.9°F averageJune: 53.3°F averageJuly: 61.6°F averageAugust: 60.4°F averageSeptember: 51.9°F averageOctober: 41.2°F averageNovember: 31.2°F averageDecember: 23.9°F average0 in1 in2 in3 in4 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Gibson Dam, 18 miles from the campground at 4,590 feet, station USC00243489 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 17 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates47.8589° N, 112.7728° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Sl Valley Bottom Rx

    48 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Sl Cold Jim Rx

    50 mi from the campground

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

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no fee schedule, no directions or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

Explore

Worth a stop

  • 0.1 mi
    Willis Trail
    2.4 mi trail · hiking
  • 0.5 mi
    South Fork Teton ↗
    11.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 0.8 mi
    Lonesome Ridge
    2.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
  • 0.8 mi
    Headquarters Creek ↗
    12.3 mi trail · hiking, horse
  • 1.1 mi
    Green Gulch ↗
    6.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 1.2 mi
    Our Lake
    3.1 mi trail · hiking

Trailheads within three miles

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 Bob Marshall Wilderness.

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

Is Mill Falls Campground open right now?

Closed for the season as of Oct 26, 2026.

Source: Forest Service status

How many sites does Mill Falls Campground have?

4 sites.

Source: Forest Service

Can I bring an RV to Mill Falls Campground?

Mill Falls Campground is listed for tents only.

Source: Forest Service

What if Mill Falls Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Green Gulch Dispersed Camp (0.7 mi, first-come), Cave Mountain Campground (3.1 mi, first-come), and Elko Campground (4.5 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby