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This campground and boat ramp are on the Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River at the PN Bridge, a major river crossing between Big Sandy on the north and Winifred on the south.
Take Montana State Highway 236 south from Big Sandy, Montana. Total distance to site from Big Sandy is 44 miles. Highway is paved for approximately 17 miles with the remainder being improved gravel. The site may also be reached via the PN Road (improved gravel) from Winifred, Montana, approximately 23 miles to the south.
$5.00 per night
Cow Pies everywhere...Picnic area closed until May 15. Decent looking boat ramp, but can't go anywhere west of there until May 15, little loop to east is impossible to walk to without walking in cow pies.
A place of quiet. The occasional car or truck over the PN bridge and the very occasional motor boat on the river is all you may hear except the wind, the birds and the bugs. Admittedly there were no river travelers in groups while I was there to liven up the campground. Slight adventure driving the 25 miles from and to Winfred by gravel road on my big Adventure bike, No sweat I did not go north on the road, a much longer trip to pavement to US Rt 2. It can be hot, near 100 degree days not uncommon in high summer and not much shade but some cottonwoods. Be careful putting a tent under those as you never know when they might drop huge limbs. Hope some more get planted someday. No fresh water available so bring your own. Across the river to the South is the PN Ranch which was just bought up by American Prairie Reserve which will eventually be open to the public and make this place
more a destination. Right now it is nowhere. That's the beauty of it.
In summer of 17 there was wifi internet around the boat landing Visitor center a quarter mile from the campground.
Private landowner gives BLM permission to open and manage the campground May through October.
Don’t try to make it on a muddy day. They lock the gates during winter and it can be a joke trying to turn around. Ramp is in great condition though.
