Vigilante Campground

in Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest

The numbers that decide it

Recreation.gov publishes no site-level detail for this campground, so we cannot say what length of rig it takes. Call the managing office before committing to it in a large vehicle.

Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero.

Vigilante Campground

Vigilante Campground is located approximately 24 miles northeast of Helena in the Big Belt Mountains. To access the campground travel northeast of Helena on Highway #280, across the Missouri River to the small community of York. At York continue driving straight on Road #4 to the campground. This 7 acre campground provides access to the Hanging Valley National Recreation Trail and the scenic Trout Creek Canyon Trail.

Before you go

Fees

$15/night for a single unit. $5/night for an extra vehicle.

Restrictions

Maximum length for trailers is 16ft.

Accessibility

Closed for season, will reopen in 2024 prior to Memorial Day

Make it a night on a better road

Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.