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Indian Trees Campground is a quiet place to stay 3/4 miles off of Highway 93 in the mountains of southwest Montana. It provides access to a number of enjoyable recreational activities, as well as the vast scenery of the rugged Bitterroot National Forest. The area boasts wild game, high quality water and wild and scenic rivers.
Visitors enjoy a variety of recreational opportunities, including hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. A number of trails can be accessed near the campground, including the Nez Perce National Historic Trail and the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. The Nez Perce NHT is a 3.1-mile trail begins near the turnoff to the campground and follows a portion of the original Nez Perce route. Explorers in the early 1800s also used the route, and wagon ruts are still visible along parts of the trail. The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail is also nearby. Fishing is available in nearby Camp Creek. Anglers will find mostly cutthroat trout but other species are available. A variety of wildlife, including big game like mule and white-tailed deer, elk and moose, makes its home in the area.
The campground offers 15 single-family campsites, available for tent and RV camping. Most sites can accommodate up to 10 people and two vehicles, however, one site can accommodate up to 15 people. Site #6 is accessible, while Site #2 is designated for use by bicyclists. Each site is equipped with a table and campfire ring with grill. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. A campground host is on-site. Utility hookups are not available.
The campground is conveniently located near Highway 93, at an elevation of about 5,100 feet. It is named for the numerous scarred ponderosa pine trees in the area. Native American populations that once lived in or frequented the area stripped the trees of bark to expose and extract the tree's sweet cambium layer for food. The trees remain historically significant and provide shade to the campground.
Popular Lost Trail Hot Springs is located less than a half-mile from the campground. Unlike the majority of natural hot springs, Lost Trail lacks sulfur, making it odorless and very comfortable for swimming.
A general store and lodging is located in Sula Store, about 5 miles north.
From Sula, travel 6 miles south on Highway 93, then 1 mile southwest on Forest Road 729. Road to campground is gravel, but the campground and parking spurs are paved.
Clean, quiet, nice sites, all with big tables and fire pits. The Camp Hosts are fantastic and keep the place very clean. We highly recommend it, and will definitely be back time and again!!
Super friendly camphost. Amazing little history of this area. Babbling creek was great noise to fall asleep to...water spigots. Love that they provide a bucket to drown your campfire. The campsites are pretty well spaced out. We stayed at site #14 and really enjoyed it. Bathrooms were super clean for a pit toilet! Very accessible from the highway. Brief gravel road easy traveling. If you have time, visit lost trail hot springs while youre in town! Quaint, old little private hot spring. Recommend!
The camp hosts are very knowledgeable and kind. These bathrooms are amongst the CLEANEST I have ever seen in a campground! Nice spot to visit.
Loved it! Bears and all. Great sites of variable size and shape. Very nice hosts with a wealth of local knowledge.
The site is a smaller campground which made it nice and quite. We could see other campsites but didn’t feel like they were right in top of each other. Our side was near a small creek that we could hear which we loved. The site was nice and clean. The bathrooms were also nice and clean and for being what they are the smell wasn’t horrible which was nice. No sinks, they do have a water faucet outside each bathroom so you can fill buckets to put out your camp fires. We were hoping to use our hammock but our spot didn’t have trees that were close enough. Overall we were happy with it.
