FS · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Thompson Guard Station
No lengths published for any site here
- Longest for your rig
- —
- Booking
- Reservable
- Hookups
- none
- Entry
- Back-in only
- ADA sites
- —
- Elevation
- 6,324 ft
Book on Recreation.gov →the official reservation system; we take no cut
Getting there
What the agency says about the road in. For a long rig this is often the binding constraint — a site that fits is no use behind four miles of shelf road — and none of it appears in the campsite data.
- Unpaved approach
Go straight onto the gravel road for 6.5 miles.
quoted from the driving directions
Every bookable site
Length never published — 1 site
Within 60 miles
| Map marker# | Campground | Distance | Sites | Longest for your rig | Hookups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miller Cabin | 11 mi NW | 1 | — | none |
| 2 | Rillway Cabin | 12 mi S | 1 | — | none |
| 3 | White Earth Campground | 18 mi W | 36 | — | none · pull-through |
| 4 | Hellgate Campground | 22 mi W | 72 | 20 ft | electric · pull-through |
| 5 | Bar Gulch Cabin | 24 mi NW | 1 | — | none |
| 6 | Jo Bonner Campground | 25 mi NW | 17 | 100 ft | none |
Everything else on record
- Bookable sites
- 1
- Max occupancy per site
- 8
- Reservable sites
- 1
- Coordinates
- 46.5042, -111.2083
- Nearest place
- TOWNSEND
- Phone
- 406-266-3425
- Elevation
- 6,324 ft
Sources
- Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from
https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/234566· retrieved 2026-08-11 · public-domain - USGS Elevation Point Query Service · fetched from
https://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json· retrieved 2026-08-11 · public-domain