U.S. Forest Service · Custer Gallatin National Forest · Montana

Ekalaka Park Campground

Campground with 7 sites and two day use picnic sites near Ekalaka on the Ekalaka Hills Unit, Sioux Ranger District. Accessible Facilities: Toilet. Trash Pickup: No. Firewood: No. No Reservations: This campground does not use a reservation system, it is managed on a first-come, first-served basis. There is a 16 day stay limit.

First-come, first-served

Season & status

Forest	Custer Gallatin National Forest
Booking	There is a 16 day stay limit.
Fees	No fees

Custer Gallatin National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →

The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Ekalaka, 6 miles from the campground at 3,432 feet, station USC00242689 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 18 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 48 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Travel 3 miles southeast of Ekalaka, MT on Montana Highway 323. Turn right onto Forest Road 3813 (Stagville Road). Approximately 5 miles into road, there will be a 4-way intersection, continue straight through intersection. Ekalaka Park will be at the end of the road approximately 1 mile.

Coordinates

45.7986° N, 104.5161° W · Directions ↗

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule 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

Other campgrounds nearby

FS · MT

Lantis Spring Campground

First-come20 mi

FS · MT

Wickham Gulch Campground

First-come26.2 mi

FS · SD

Picnic Spring Campground

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

First National Bank of Ekalaka and Rickard Hardware Store BuildingBuilding · Ekalaka · 6.5 mi

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

Do I need a reservation at Ekalaka Park Campground?

No. Ekalaka Park Campground is first-come, first-served. There is a 16 day stay limit. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

How much does it cost to camp at Ekalaka Park Campground?

No fees

Source: Forest Service

What if Ekalaka Park Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Lantis Spring Campground (20 mi, first-come), Wickham Gulch Campground (26.2 mi, first-come), and Picnic Spring Campground (49.9 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby