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From Dillon, MT, take Interstate 15 south 2.5 miles to State Rt. 278 (Exit 59). At end of exit ramp, turn right onto Rt. 278 and go 25.2 miles to Polaris, MT (Forest Rt. 73) sign. Turn right onto Rt. 73 and go 13.5 miles to Forest Rt. 484. Bear right onto Rt. 484 and go 4.4 miles to campground sign. Turn right into campground.
This is a 1st come 1st serve campground. We stayed at price creek to be close to crystal park. It was a good campground. Nice spacey camp spots. Host is friendly and doing his job well. Also it's pack it in and pack it out so no garbage container in the campground due to bears. We did not encounter any while we were there.
There is hand pump water wells. Pit Bathrooms in good shape.
Pros: the bathrooms smell decent. Had a fire pit established with grill grate attached & picnic table.
Cons: Forest service camp host is aggressive and checks on you frequently. We were kicked out after leaving coolers/unused cookware out for an hour in broad daylight while we enjoyed the nearby hot spring. (For the record, I understand we broke the rules by misunderstanding and we complied and left within 30 minutes but the camp host was VERY aggressive when informing us and threatened us with police when we asked him to please explain to us further what we did wrong) also he was weird about the firewood, he told us not to use any from the campsite but we told him we brought our own from home 2.5 hours away but when he saw it accused us of using his wood just because it was random sticks and logs, he said “he’d been there long enough he knew it was his and could tell by the ash in the fire pit” guy has a screw loose and was convinced we would attract every bear within 100 miles but we did in fact camp else where with no events or problems with other camp hosts so spare yourself the headache and camp at grasshopper or anywhere else.
Also bring bug spray
This is a great campground! We were here July 2020 for 4 days the cost per night is $8 but they do offer the all access pass discount bringing it to $4 per night. All the outter spots are back in & all the inner loop are pull though. We stayed in a pull through, spot 11 at the very end of the 1st loop. I was a little worried when we left Billings that with it being 1st come 1st serve there wouldn't be any open spots but when we arrived on Monday afternoon there was plenty of open spots. We chose this campground because it is only a few minute drive from Crystal Park. Camp hosts are the 1st spot to the left just inside the entrance, they were very friendly & did come by the 1st night to verify our info I filled out on the payment envelope which I have never had a camp host do before. She chatted with my husband for a few let us know of a bear spotting down the way at another campground. I did see the camp host & her husband drive around the campground every evening which I thought was great! checking spots & making sure there was no trash left. They would wave & ask if everything was going ok if I was out walking my dogs. The only down side was there is alot of mosquitos especially in the evening but it's camping so it's to be expected & i'm one of those people that if there is even 1 mosquito i'll end up with a ton of bites anyway so for us it was what it was. We were glad there were no horse flies or bees. We will be coming back next yr for our yearly trip to Crystal Park. There are no trash cans or dumpsters so plan to haul out your trash.
