Pete Creek Campground

Star4.28
18 reviews
Pete Creek Campground

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13 campsites

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Year-round

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Pets

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Campsite Fees
Standard Site Fee$0.00
Hookup Site Fee$0.00
Premium Site Fee$0.00
Hike and Bike Site Fee$0.00
Group Site Fee$0.00
Food Storage Locker Fee$0.00
Total Campsite Fees$0.00

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What Campers Say

4.28

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Based on 18 reviews

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"Reviewers consistently describe Pete Creek Campground as a small, peaceful, and very clean USFS campground near the town of Yaak. The campground host is repeatedly praised, especially for keeping the vault toilets exceptionally clean and for being friendly and knowledgeable. Overall impressions are strongly positive, with only minor complaints about bugs, cleaning product odors, and limited river views/access from sites."

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About Pete Creek Campground

Tucked away in the remote northwest corner near Troy, Pete Creek Campground offers an intimate riverside escape with just 13 sites along the scenic Yaak Highway 508. This cozy campground delivers the essentials—gravel roads, picnic tables, fire rings, potable water, and vault toilets—while providing direct access to the pristine waters of the Yaak River.
Small developed campground with 13 sites (one host site); sites have tables and fire rings and parking spurs are gravel.
Natural Features and SceneryThe Yaak River flows as the centerpiece of this campground, offering visitors a front-row seat to one of Montana's most secluded waterways. Nestled along Highway 508, the campground sits in a peaceful riverside corridor where the gentle sounds of moving water create a natural soundtrack for your stay. While the landscape maintains its wild, undeveloped character, the river itself provides endless opportunities for fishing, wading, and wildlife watching in this corner of the Kootenai National Forest region.
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Campsite details

Sites Size13 sites (including one host site); gravel parking spurs and roads; sites include tables and fire rings.
Total Campsites13 campsites

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Site layoutCampground roads and parking spurs are gravel. Sites are equipped with tables and fire rings.

Amenities available

Potable water
Fire rings
Picnic tables
Vault toilets

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Provides direct access to the Yaak River.
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Campground rules

  • Pets are not allowed

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Dec 11
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Slight rain
Precipitation: 2%
Humidity: 85%
Wind: 5.9 mph
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Proximity to water featuresProvides access to the Yaak River.
HostThere is one host site at the campground; no further host contact details are provided.

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Pete Creek Campground
Driving directionsLocated northwest of Troy on Yaak Hwy 508.
Located on Yaak Hwy 508 (Yaak Highway) northwest of Troy

Reviews from booking and map sources

4.3
18 reviews
Satisfactory
Satisfactory
Pete Creek Campground is satisfactory, placing it in the bottom 60% of campgrounds based on reviews
Reviewers consistently describe Pete Creek Campground as a small, peaceful, and very clean USFS campground near the town of Yaak. The campground host is repeatedly praised, especially for keeping the vault toilets exceptionally clean and for being friendly and knowledgeable. Overall impressions are strongly positive, with only minor complaints about bugs, cleaning product odors, and limited river views/access from sites.
Review Summaries
Based on 18 reviews

What Campers Love

Campers love the spotless vault toilets, often described as some of the cleanest they've seen, maintained daily by a long‑time, very friendly and knowledgeable host. They appreciate the quiet,...
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Based on 18 reviews

Common Concerns

Several reviewers mention mosquitoes as a problem, especially earlier in the season or after rain. One reviewer disliked the overuse of strong cleaning products (Lysol/Pine-Sol) in the outhouses,...
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Based on 18 reviews

Pro Tips & Recommendations

A reviewer recommends visiting later in the summer to avoid heavy mosquitoes. Another suggests using Irish Spring soap chunks in and under vehicle engines to deter wood rats, which are known to crawl...
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Camper Quotes

"Clean clean clean restrooms because they were mopped and resupplied every morning. Other than that it was a great experience!" "We stayed for two nights. This is a lovely place, nice trees with...
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Site-Specific Reviews

One reviewer clarifies that the campground has 13 sites (not 8), and specifically praises the second site on the right (likely Site 3) for its private path to the pit toilet and Pete Creek. Another...
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