Parkside in MT -- Campground & RV Camping
Parkside in MT
CampgroundUSFS
12 mi from Red Lodge
Official campground & reservations ↗
Road Access
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 14%.
Rig fit
- Maximum published vehicle length: 50 ft.
- Longest published RV site: 50 ft.
- Longest published trailer site: 50 ft.
- Longest published fifth-wheel site: 50 ft.
- Longest published camper-van site: 50 ft.
- 1 pull-through sites.
- Driveway grade: moderate.
Campground details
Setting
Parkside Campground sits along Rock Creek in the shadow of the Beartooth Range, set within a forest of aspen and pine trees. The campground offers single-family and two group sites equipped with picnic tables and campfire rings, supported by drinking water and accessible vault toilets. Greenough Lake is less than a mile away for canoeing and rainbow trout fishing. Nearby access points include the Parkside National Recreation Trail for hiking and mountain biking, as well as the Hellroaring and Lake Fork trailheads leading into the Beartooth Wilderness.
Getting there: From U.S. Highway 212, turn off at Rock Creek Road (Forest Road 2421). Go 0.3 miles to the campground entrance on the right.
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 28-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
- Black Pyramid Mountain stands 1,373 ft above the map pin, 0.8 miles northeast.
- Rock Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
- 13 on the water, with most of them shaded.
Climate averages
October normals 32–51°F, 2.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 89 of 100.