Double Falls Campground
Campground. 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.
More like this: first-come in Montana
Season & status
| Status | Closed for the season. Forest Service sites close for the season; check the official page for the reopening date. |
| Forest | Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest |
Weather by month
Getting there
| Coordinates | 47.4071° N, 112.7219° W · Directions ↗ |
Fire nearby
- PrescribedGlade Creek Piles Rx
9 mi from the campground · 1 acres
- PrescribedHogum Creek Road Piles Rx
32 mi from the campground · 5 acres
- PrescribedRx D6 Horseshoe West Unit 23
36 mi from the campground
- PrescribedRx D6 Horseshoe West Unit 37
37 mi from the campground
Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.
Supplies & services
| Outdoor gear | Prewett Creek Inn and Fly Shop ↗ | 45.1 mi |
Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.
No site-by-site records, no amenities, 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
- 6.7 miLittle Willow Trailhead ↗Trailhead
- 8 miRon Janikula Trailhead ↗Trailhead
Trails nearby
- under 0.1 miPetty-Ford Creek3.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
- 0.8 miCrown Mountain2.9 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
- 1 miNorth Fork Ford Creek2.6 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
- 1.2 miNorth Fork Ford Spur1.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
- 1.5 miFord Basin ↗4.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
- 1.7 miPetty Crown ↗7.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
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 Scapegoat Wilderness, which overlaps Lolo National Forest.
- inScapegoat Wilderness ↗Wilderness · Forest Service · 259,756 acres
- inLolo National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 2,625,457 acres
- 4.8 miBob Marshall Wilderness ↗Wilderness · Forest Service · 1,062,694 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
Do I need a reservation at Double Falls Campground?
No. Double Falls Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.
Source: Forest Service
Is Double Falls Campground open right now?
Closed for the season as of Oct 16, 2026.
Source: Forest Service status
What if Double Falls Campground is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are Wood Lake Campground (3.6 mi), Van Deriet Campground (8.2 mi, first-come), and Benchmark Campground (9.2 mi).
Source: Campgrounds nearby