About Alta Campground
Number of accommodations: 9
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2026 Season availability
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- Potable Water
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Reviews (46)
What Guests Are Saying
Alta Campground is a beautifully maintained and clean campground, praised for its tall pine trees, peaceful atmosphere, and friendly hosts, Karen and Chris. Visitors appreciate the well-marked sites, accessible restrooms, and the overall tranquility, making it an ideal getaway. While it's somewhat remote, the scenic location and excellent facilities make it a highly recommended destination for campers seeking relaxation.
What Guests Are Saying
Alta Campground is a beautifully maintained and clean campground, praised for its tall pine trees, peaceful atmosphere, and friendly hosts, Karen and Chris. Visitors appreciate the well-marked sites, accessible restrooms, and the overall tranquility, making it an ideal getaway. While it's somewhat remote, the scenic location and excellent facilities make it a highly recommended destination for campers seeking relaxation.
Review Summary
Kenneth W
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2024 • Stayed at: 06, Loop: AREA ALTA CAMPGROUND
The best maintained campground we’ve been to. The camp hosts (for the last handful of years) kept amazingly clean outhouses, picked up debris and provided great info on the area. Wonderful experience!
Tammy H
VerifiedAugust 6, 2024 • Stayed at: 12, Loop: AREA ALTA CAMPGROUND
We love Alta and the camp host is amazing
Suzanne M
VerifiedJuly 13, 2024 • Stayed at: 08, Loop: AREA ALTA CAMPGROUND
Very nice, very well kept campground with virgin Ponderosa Pine trees. Pit toilets were cleaned daily, at least, and really nice campground hosts. Many of the sites have long driveways.
Note the campground is located 29 miles off of US93, but the State Highway that leads to it is in pretty good shape. There are some hiking opportunities south of the campground, but two of the trails require a wet foot crossing of the West Fork of the Bitterroot River. Back up towards US 93, there are several USFS roads that lead to trailheads for the high country. If you want to get away from it all, this is YOUR place.
Sharon O
VerifiedJuly 11, 2024 • Stayed at: 09, Loop: AREA ALTA CAMPGROUND
This campground is one of the best in Montana. It is exceptionally clean especially the bathrooms!! The campground hosts Gordon and Karen, are friendly and do a wonderful job of keeping everything in tip top condition. I will continue to come back here in the future.
Kathryn L
VerifiedAugust 17, 2023 • Stayed at: 10, Loop: AREA ALTA CAMPGROUND
This is the third time we've stayed at this campground and it was great, as always. Hosts Chris and Karen are kind, efficient and knowledgeable. Sites are clean and raked. The two vault toilets are clean and smell fresh. Sites are spaced well apart. We made
reservations this time so we could get our favorite site.
Margie C
VerifiedAugust 14, 2023 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: AREA ALTA CAMPGROUND
This campground is super clean and well maintained. There were pet waste disposal bags at every site. All sites were spaced apart from each other and the vault bathrooms were very clean. This campground is only 15 minuites south of the boat launch areas for Painted Rocks Lake. Hughes Creek was a short walk from our site. Very enjoyable 5 days! Thanks camp hosts for your attention to detail!
Nicole M
VerifiedAugust 6, 2023 • Stayed at: 08, Loop: AREA ALTA CAMPGROUND
Sites were very clean. Pit vaults were very clean. Love the dog poop pick up bags all around! Nice and quiet.
Alan R
VerifiedJuly 8, 2023 • Stayed at: 15, Loop: AREA ALTA CAMPGROUND
Campground was very well maintained & hosts went above and beyond. We really liked the provided pet waste bags.
Ryan P
VerifiedJune 28, 2023 • Stayed at: 07, Loop: AREA ALTA CAMPGROUND
Clean camp, great hosts.
Need to tell people certain spots have no tent spots
larry b
VerifiedJune 14, 2023 • Stayed at: 10, Loop: AREA ALTA CAMPGROUND
Beautiful camp sites. Very Clean. Bathrooms exceptional. Campground hosts great.
Location Alta Campground
Address:
West Fork Ranger Station
Darby, MT, 59829
United States
From Darby, travel south on Highway 93 for about four miles. Turn right onto Road # 473 and continue southwest, past Painted Rocks Lake, for about 30 miles to the campground on the right.
Alta Campground is accessible via Highway 93, which is approximately four miles north of the campground. Travelers can access the campground by taking Road # 473 from Highway 93.
Latitude & Longitude: 45.6239 / -114.302
Elevation: 1508 feet
Policies & Rules
General
- Call (406) 821-3269 for information on road conditions or fire restrictions
- Click here for more information on the Bitterroot National Forest
- Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
- Bears frequent the area - A Food Storage Order is in effect on all National Forest System lands within the Montana portion of the Bitterroot National Forest from March 1 - December 1 annually. For more information visit https://nfs.fs2c.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r01/bitterroot/publication/alerts/BRF_FSO_Handout_final.pdf
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
