Beaverhead Campground

I arrived at 10 pm and there were several RVs, always makes me feel safe when I’m car camping in my little sedan. Fairly quiet - some road noise from the freeway but didn’t bother me any. Woke up to a beautiful view ! There are picnic tables and fire rings. Vault toilets - not water or hookups . Had full service with ATT. One of the best freebies I’ve stayed at. Very clean, road was easy to find and drive down.

This place is amazing and the view is spectactular! Most campsites have a pavilion, picnic table, and fire ring…however…instead of being occupied by RV’s, boat campers, or tents, three sites are occupied by one or two people just sitting at each pavilion with picnic table and fire ring. Meanwhile, we see several large RV’s driving around looking for a spot and are coming up empty. Not really sure how that could be resolved other than to place a campsite number sign at each spot.

This is a great location just off I-15. Even though it's next to the interstate, the highway noise was not bad. There are quite a few sites that big rigs will fit in. It did get busy while we were there. We did notice some RV's pulling in after dark having a hard time getting a site. There is a dump station at the RV park across the lake and if you talk to the park host you should be able to get fresh water too. This is also the site of Lewis and Clark's Camp Fortunate. Of course, it's under water now! But there's some good historical info at an info center across the lake by the RV park.

We've loved our stay here! The campground is right off I-15 and is easily accessible by any size rig. We've seen a few tandem tows while we've been here.

There are a few developed sites, but generally lots of space and parking. The lake was clean (but cold!) while we were here. Not a lot of boat traffic, though it definitely picked up over the weekend.

There are vault toilets and hand-pump water pumps available. The water we pumped was yellow. We didn't try drinking it.

The campground was generally very quiet (the Interstate didn't bother us at all). Quiet hours are 10pm to 8am.

There's a non-boondocking campground about 1 mile over the dam where you can dump for $10. They don't have potable water at the dump, but for an extra $5 the host there let us fill our water at an empty campsite. I wouldn't count on being able to get water there, though. About 11 miles north in Dillon there is a Cenex gas station that has a dump, potable water (if you bring your own hose), and propane.

If you're considering staying for more than an overnight, I might recommend going to one of the many other boondocking locations around the reservoir. Don't get me wrong -- Beaverhead is beautiful and I'd definitely come back here, but we drove around all the camping locations around the lake and the other ones (like Homecoming Beach and Horse Prairie) were very beautiful. I felt like we'd be able to get our nearly 41'-5r into Homecoming Beach or Horse Prairie pretty easily.

Regardless of which site you stay at around the lake, you should definitely plan to drive all the way around the lake. It is a beautiful drive that gives you a lot of different views and vistas!

Stayed 1 night dry camping. Site was sloped gravel, but we were able to get level.

Nice shade pavilion and fire ring. Some folks swam at the boat launch.

There’s a campground host, but he just drove around the loops once. Didn’t interact.
Close to Dillon for groceries/fuel.

Good cell service on Verizon & ATT. There is traffic noise from I-15, but when fans were on, not as noticeable.

Will come back when we can stay longer.