U.S. Forest Service · Dakota Prairie Grasslands · North Dakota

Summit Campground

There are two walk-in tent sites with picnic tables and fire grates. There are also two picnic areas with shelters and pull through camping units for RV's and other vehicles. The campground has a handicap accessible vault toilet. A 100-yd hiking trail leading west from the campground provides visitors with a scenic view of the underlying valley. Summit trailhead is in the north end of the campground on the west side of the road. The campground has sufficient parking space that can also be used as a meeting point for Summit Trail.

Booking not published5 sitesTents only

More like this: first-come in North Dakota · tent only in North Dakota

Amenities & rules

EquipmentTents

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

Season & status

ForestDakota Prairie Grasslands

Dakota Prairie Grasslands recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Summit Campground10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 0.48 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.40 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.58 inches of precipitationApril: 1.16 inches of precipitationMay: 2.71 inches of precipitationJune: 3.06 inches of precipitationJuly: 2.57 inches of precipitationAugust: 1.82 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.62 inches of precipitationOctober: 1.29 inches of precipitationNovember: 0.58 inches of precipitationDecember: 0.57 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 13.0°F averageFebruary: 18.1°F averageMarch: 30.1°F averageApril: 42.7°F averageMay: 53.7°F averageJune: 63.4°F averageJuly: 70.1°F averageAugust: 69.0°F averageSeptember: 58.7°F averageOctober: 43.9°F averageNovember: 29.3°F averageDecember: 17.3°F average0 in1 in2 in3 in4 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Watford City 14S, 4 miles from the campground at 2,027 feet, station USC00329246 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 17 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates47.5400° N, 103.2415° W · Directions ↗

Supplies & services

Outdoor gearSportsman's Warehouse ↗46.8 mi

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

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.

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Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • under 0.1 mi
    Summit
    0.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 0.1 mi
    Summit Viewpoint
    0.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3.4 mi
    CCC
    0.3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3.5 mi
    Homers Camp
    0.07 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3.6 mi
    Long X ↗
    5.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3.6 mi
    Maah Daah Hey ↗
    144.3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike · national_recreation_or_other

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 Dakota Prairie Grasslands.

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.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

Reference

Questions people ask

How many sites does Summit Campground have?

5 sites.

Source: Forest Service

Can I bring an RV to Summit Campground?

Summit Campground is listed for tents only.

Source: Forest Service

What if Summit Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are CCC Campground (3.6 mi, partly first-come), Juniper Campground Group Site (5.7 mi), and Magpie Campground (19.3 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby