Paul Z
VerifiedDecember 20, 2019 Stayed at: 56, Loop: D
Beautiful View right on the lake. Camped here 3 nights. Great place to explore the area!
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435 reviews
Hellgate Campground offers beautiful, well-maintained sites with clean facilities and friendly camp hosts, making for a pleasant camping experience. Many visitors appreciate the close proximity to the water and cleanliness of the campground. Some guests suggested improvements for online booking and noted occasional disturbances from other campers, but overall, the location and amenities receive high praise.
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December 20, 2019 Stayed at: 56, Loop: D
Beautiful View right on the lake. Camped here 3 nights. Great place to explore the area!
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December 20, 2019 Stayed at: 56, Loop: D
Beautiful View right on the lake. Camped here 3 nights. Great place to explore the area!
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December 19, 2019 Stayed at: 46, Loop: C
The area is beautiful but our site was covered in ants. If you stood in 1 place for a few seconds you'd have ants crawling all over your foot. I would go back but definitely not book the same site.
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December 19, 2019 Stayed at: 46, Loop: C
The area is beautiful but our site was covered in ants. If you stood in 1 place for a few seconds you'd have ants crawling all over your foot. I would go back but definitely not book the same site.
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December 17, 2019 Stayed at: 64, Loop: D
I made reservations on line, when we showed up with 2 vehicles 6 kids, camper, jet ski - there was someone double booked in our space. We were told our reservation was for the following night by the only camp host overseeing the whole thing. When we got back we double checked our paperwork and our paperwork was correct with what we had booked. This exact same thing happened to us on the 3 attempts we made to come to the campground last year. it was a big joke. Campground was in disarray. No rules were being followed, camp host could hardly be found. It was not safe to be in the campground anymore, their was 4-wheelers, motorbikes racing through the loops and nothing was being done about it. We are now trying to find other places to go. This camp ground was at its best, when u had Jerry Freeman and his wife Bev were camp host. Who ever is running or in charge of the camp ground now has totally recked the place. We had went to this campground for the past 17 years, and are now no longer considering going because it is an unsafe place to bring a family. If the BLM really cares about this place, they would try to get Jerry and his wife back to help run things.
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December 17, 2019 Stayed at: 64, Loop: D
I made reservations on line, when we showed up with 2 vehicles 6 kids, camper, jet ski - there was someone double booked in our space. We were told our reservation was for the following night by the only camp host overseeing the whole thing. When we got back we double checked our paperwork and our paperwork was correct with what we had booked. This exact same thing happened to us on the 3 attempts we made to come to the campground last year. it was a big joke. Campground was in disarray. No rules were being followed, camp host could hardly be found. It was not safe to be in the campground anymore, their was 4-wheelers, motorbikes racing through the loops and nothing was being done about it. We are now trying to find other places to go. This camp ground was at its best, when u had Jerry Freeman and his wife Bev were camp host. Who ever is running or in charge of the camp ground now has totally recked the place. We had went to this campground for the past 17 years, and are now no longer considering going because it is an unsafe place to bring a family. If the BLM really cares about this place, they would try to get Jerry and his wife back to help run things.
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7700 Canyon Ferry Road, Helena, MT 59601 United States
Elevation: 1,170 ft
From Helena, MT: Head east along Co Rd 430/Canyon Ferry Rd from Helena, MT, continue for 38 mi to the Hellgate Campground and Group Use Shelter Area sign and turn right. Continue straight until you reach the campground.
From Townsend, MT: Head...
From Helena, MT: Head east along Co Rd 430/Canyon Ferry Rd from Helena, MT, continue for 38 mi to the Hellgate Campground and Group Use Shelter Area sign and turn right. Continue straight until you reach the campground.
From Townsend, MT: Head north on Hwy 284 for 21 mi and turn left at the Hellgate Campground and Group Use Shelter Areasign. Continue straight until you reach the campground.
Hellgate Campground is accessible via Hwy 284, which is approximately 21 miles from Townsend, MT. The campground is also reachable from Co Rd 430/Canyon Ferry Rd, which connects to Helena, MT.
Last updated: October 23, 2026