USDA Forest Service · Montana
Copper Creek Campground
USDA Forest Service · Montana, United States
- Cost
- Overnight Use: Single Site: $15 per night Additional Vehicle: $5 per night
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 5,312 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- COPPER CR CPGD (NFSR 4131) · native material · moderate degree of user comfort
- Nearest town
- Lincoln, MT
About
US Forest Service campground. This campground is located northeast of Lincoln. Snowbank Lake is located across the road from the campground. The campground is only a short two mile drive from the Indian Meadows Trailhead and access into the Scapegoat Wilderness. Not reservable through Recreation.gov, so plan on first-come, first-served; check with the ranger district for current conditions and fees.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 18° | -35° | 40° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 29° | 14° | -24° | 47° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 40° | 23° | -5° | 52° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 43° | 29° | 2° | 66° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 53° | 36° | 22° | 74° | 9 of 11 |
| June | 66° | 44° | 34° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 79° | 55° | 40° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 77° | 55° | 42° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 66° | 46° | 32° | 82° | 1 of 11 |
| October | 51° | 35° | 17° | 70° | 6 of 10 |
| November | 39° | 27° | -7° | 59° | 9 of 10 |
| December | 31° | 18° | -8° | 44° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Indian Meadows Guard Station · USDA Forest Service · 1 mi · 1 sites
- Aspen Grove Group Use Area (Helena-Lewis and Clark NF, MT) · USDA Forest Service · 8 mi · 1 sites
- Cummings Cabin · USDA Forest Service · 9 mi · 1 sites
- Big Nelson Cg Complex · USDA Forest Service · 14 mi
- Falls Creek 998 (trailhead And Campgroun · USDA Forest Service · 15 mi
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