U.S. Forest Service · Bitterroot National Forest · Montana

Three Frogs Campground

Three Frogs Campground is a newly reconstructed campground and features 16 small trailer campsites and 4 walk-in tent sites. The campground offers accessible vault toilets, picnic tables, fire rings, water and garbage service, and gravel surfaced roads. Some campsites are also equipped with tent pads. Can accommodate trailers to 30' lengths.

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Three Frogs Campground
Photo from the area. Magicpiano (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Season & status

SeasonMay
ForestBitterroot National Forest
Fees$15 per night per campsite and $25 per night for double campsites. Fee includes 1 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.
RulesCamping limited to 16 consecutive days. Quiet hours 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Pets must be leashed. No pets or glass allowed on the beach or in the swim area.

Bitterroot National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Three Frogs Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 1.08 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.87 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.85 inches of precipitationApril: 1.04 inches of precipitationMay: 1.60 inches of precipitationJune: 2.09 inches of precipitationJuly: 1.14 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.90 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.23 inches of precipitationOctober: 1.50 inches of precipitationNovember: 1.55 inches of precipitationDecember: 1.26 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 26.5°F averageFebruary: 29.5°F averageMarch: 37.1°F averageApril: 42.5°F averageMay: 51.5°F averageJune: 58.0°F averageJuly: 65.7°F averageAugust: 64.1°F averageSeptember: 56.4°F averageOctober: 44.8°F averageNovember: 33.2°F averageDecember: 25.7°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 Darby, 4 miles from the campground at 3,880 feet, station USC00242221 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 15 inches a year.

Getting there

From Darby, MT travel north for 4 miles on Highway 93. Turn west (left) onto Lake Como Rd. Follow for 3 miles turn north (right) to remain on Lake Como RD, follow for 0.7 miles and turn left and then an immediate right towards beach area. Continue 0.5 miles until road becomes the upper campground loop.

Coordinates46.0664° N, 114.2489° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Rx D4 Piquett Creek

    15 mi from the campground · 2,210 acres

  • Prescribed
    Rx D3 Cameron Gaps

    20 mi from the campground · 1,100 acres

  • Prescribed
    Scf Nz Pile Burn Rx

    35 mi from the campground · 34 acres

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

Supplies & services

RV sales & serviceHamilton RV Sales Of Montana ↗14.9 mi

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Worth a stop

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 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, which overlaps Bitterroot National Forest.

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 →

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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    Kenneth L. Graham, 2019
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Three Frogs Campground?

No. Three Frogs Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

How much does it cost to camp at Three Frogs Campground?

$15 per night per campsite and $25 per night for double campsites. Fee includes 1 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

What if Three Frogs Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Lake Como Campground (0.6 mi, first-come), Three Sisters Group Site (0.8 mi), and Rock Creek Horse Camp (0.9 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby