Free camping near Bull Lake, MT
Within 25 straight-line miles of Bull Lake, MT there are 215 camps: 202 free, 5 fee, 8 unpriced. The closest is Bad Medicine Campground, 0.6 miles south of town. The closest one our audit calls free is Rd 1118A Site 2, 4.7 miles out. The circle crosses a state line: ID and MT.
Who manages them: 212 on the Forest Service; 3 on an agency our record does not name.
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Medicine Campground | 0.6 | Unpriced | Noggle Creek (stream) | 12 mi to Heron | — |
| Dorr Skeels Campground | 2.7 | Fee | Stanley Creek (stream) | 14 mi to Troy | — |
| Rd 1118A Site 2 | 4.7 | Free | Bull River (river) | 8.2 mi to Heron | — |
| Rd 604 Camp 1 | 5.2 | Free | Spar Lake (water) | 13 mi to Troy | — |
| Rd 1118A Site 1 | 5.3 | Free | Bull River (river) | 7.6 mi to Heron | — |
| Spar Lake Campground | 5.4 | Unpriced | Hiatt Creek (stream) | 13 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #39 | 5.4 | Free | Bull River (river) | 7.6 mi to Heron | — |
| Rd4640 Camp 1 | 5.5 | Free | Whoopee Creek (stream) | 12 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Spar Peak | 5.9 | Free | North Fork Ross Creek (stream) | 10 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Ross Creek - Main | 6.8 | Free | South Fork Ross Creek (stream) | 8.8 mi to Heron | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #609 | 6.9 | Free | — | 11 mi to Noxon | — |
| Little Spar Lake | 7.4 | Free | Little Spar Lake (water) | 9.0 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Spruce Lakes | 7.6 | Free | Spruce Lake (water) | 12 mi to Troy | — |
| Keeler Creek | 8.3 | Free | Keeler Creek (river) | 9.0 mi to Troy | — |
| Rd 407 Site 2 | 8.7 | Free | Bull River (river) | 8.9 mi to Noxon | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #272 | 8.8 | Free | Bull River (river) | 7.8 mi to Noxon | — |
| Rd 2278 Site 3 | 8.8 | Free | — | 8.8 mi to Noxon | — |
| Rd 2278 Site 1 | 8.9 | Free | Bull River (river) | 8.0 mi to Noxon | — |
| Rd 407 Site 5 | 9.3 | Free | — | 9.5 mi to Noxon | — |
| Rd 473 Camp 5 | 9.5 | Free | Cheer Creek (stream) | 9.7 mi to Troy | — |
| Tr1036 Camp 3 | 9.9 | Free | Bull River (river) | 6.2 mi to Heron | — |
| Tr1036 Camp 2 | 9.9 | Free | Bull River (river) | 6.6 mi to Noxon | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #104 | 10.0 | Free | — | 4.0 mi to Heron | — |
| Rd 473 Camp 6 | 10.0 | Free | Halverson Creek (stream) | 10 mi to Troy | — |
| Rd 407 Site 1 | 10 | Free | — | 9.5 mi to Noxon | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #427 | 11 | Free | — | 2.9 mi to Heron | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #322 | 11 | Free | Leigh Creek (stream) | 9.0 mi to Pioneer Junction | — |
| Rd 4784 Site 3 | 11 | Free | Cable Creek (stream) | 13 mi to Pioneer Junction | — |
| Taylor Peak | 11 | Free | Swanson Creek (stream) | 7.2 mi to Troy | — |
| Rd 2745 Site 2 | 12 | Free | — | 4.3 mi to Heron | — |
| Rd 2745 Site 1 | 12 | Free | — | 4.5 mi to Heron | — |
| Big Eddy Campground | 12 | Unpriced | — | 1.6 mi to Heron | — |
| Lower Lightning 10 | 12 | Free | East Fork Creek (stream) | 7.2 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Lower Lightning 08 | 12 | Free | Savage Creek (stream) | 6.8 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Low Lightning 09A | 12 | Free | East Fork Creek (stream) | 7.2 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Rd 473 Camp 8 Summit | 12 | Free | Cliff Creek (stream) | 11 mi to East Hope | — |
| Low Lightning 06 | 12 | Free | Savage Creek (stream) | 6.5 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — ID #520 | 12 | Free | — | 6.1 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Lower Lightning 07 | 12 | Free | — | 6.4 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Low Lightning 04 | 12 | Free | East Fork Creek (stream) | 6.2 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Morris Creek Trailhead | 12 | Free | — | 5.8 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Lower Lightning - 02B | 12 | Free | East Fork Creek (stream) | 6.0 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #638 | 12 | Free | Snowshoe Creek (stream) | 9.6 mi to Pioneer Junction | — |
| Rd 473 Camp 7 | 12 | Free | West Fork Keeler Creek (stream) | 12 mi to East Hope | — |
| Lightning -01 | 12 | Free | East Fork Creek (stream) | 5.8 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #370 | 13 | Free | Bear Creek (stream) | 12 mi to Pioneer Junction | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #319 | 13 | Free | — | 4.8 mi to Noxon | — |
| 278Bearcr5013 | 13 | Free | — | 9.7 mi to Pioneer Junction | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #120 | 13 | Free | — | 4.3 mi to Noxon | — |
| Rd 2741 Site 2 | 13 | Free | Copper Lake (water) | 5.8 mi to Noxon | — |
The other 165 inside the circle are on the live map — open it centred on Bull Lake, MT.
Every distance on this page is a straight line from Bull Lake, MT, not a driving distance — a camp four miles out across a canyon can be an hour of road. Cost is the audited three-state verdict on each camp's own record: free, fee, or unpriced where we could not confirm a price. A blank column is a gap in the record, not a statement that the thing is absent. Camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit, except the ones marked. Seasons, permits and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.