U.S. Forest Service · Montana

Jellison Place 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

ForestHelena-Lewis and Clark National Forest

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Jellison Place Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 0.46 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.49 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.62 inches of precipitationApril: 1.39 inches of precipitationMay: 2.85 inches of precipitationJune: 3.32 inches of precipitationJuly: 1.86 inches of precipitationAugust: 1.42 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.28 inches of precipitationOctober: 0.94 inches of precipitationNovember: 0.78 inches of precipitationDecember: 0.58 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 24.7°F averageFebruary: 24.7°F averageMarch: 33.0°F averageApril: 40.9°F averageMay: 48.9°F averageJune: 57.0°F averageJuly: 66.1°F averageAugust: 65.1°F averageSeptember: 55.9°F averageOctober: 43.2°F averageNovember: 31.5°F averageDecember: 24.1°F average0 in1 in2 in3 in4 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Harlowton 11Nw, 8 miles from the campground at 4,954 feet, station USC00243947 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 16 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates46.6657° N, 110.0552° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Kings Hill Cabin Piles Rx

    33 mi from the campground · 1 acres

  • Prescribed
    Coyote Divide Piles Rx

    39 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Monarch Unit 141 Piles Rx

    47 mi from the campground · 2 acres

  • Wildfire
    Bluff Fire

    49 mi from the campground · 96 acres

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

Supplies & services

Outdoor gearCouger Canyon Lodge ↗47.5 mi

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

Limited data for this unit

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

  • 0.6 mi
    Belt Ridge Jeep
    2.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 4 more
  • 0.8 mi
    Belt Ridge ATV Connector
    0.7 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
  • 0.9 mi
    Jellison Kiddie Loop
    1.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
  • 1 mi
    Jellison Haymaker Jeep ↗
    4.7 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 4 more
  • 1.1 mi
    Summit Jeep ↗
    7.3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 4 more
  • 1.2 mi
    Belt Ridge Spur
    0.06 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 4 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

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Helena-Lewis and Clark 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.

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 Jellison Place Campground?

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

Source: Forest Service

What if Jellison Place Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Daisy Dean Camp (14.5 mi, first-come), Hay Canyon Campground (14.8 mi, first-come), and Spring Creek Campground (20.3 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby