Alta Campground, Darby, MT

Alta Campground is located in the West Fork Ranger District of the Bitterroot National Forest (2 hrs 7 min south of Missoula, MT) with an elevation of 4,947 feet. There are a total of 14 campsites. The campground is normally open from the end of May to mid September. 9 sites can accommodate RVs and trailers up to 40 feet. All sites are currently reservable. There is a fee of $15.00 per night.

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@DawnU71A08039B · Camped on Aug 25, 2024 at Campsite #7

The camp hosts (Karen and Gordon) keep the camp so beautiful! Most hardworking hosts ever! Plenty of firewood available and beautiful setting along the river with lots of mature trees. No cell service, but an emergency phone is available at the entrance. Great quiet getaway!

@RobertA1820332 · Camped on Aug 23, 2024 at Campsite #13

The campground hosts made our camping experience the best, providing everything from manicured campsites to clean peppermint scented restrooms. Plus, the added benefit of sense detectors outside and inside the restrooms, which was a great convenience on those dark campground nights.The hosts were friendly and kind and would welcome a variety of questions. I would recommend the Alta campground to anyone seeking peace and quiet in a beautiful setting!

@KennethW379361 · Camped on Aug 20, 2024 at Campsite #6

The best maintained campground weve been to. The camp hosts (for the last handful of years) kept amazingly clean outhouses, picked up debris and provided great info on the area. Wonderful experience!

@SuzanneM124257 · Camped on Jul 2, 2024 at Campsite #8

Very nice, very well kept campground with virgin Ponderosa Pine trees. Pit toilets were cleaned daily, at least, and really nice campground hosts. Many of the sites have long driveways.Note the campground is located 29 miles off of US93, but the State Highway that leads to it is in pretty good shape. There are some hiking opportunities south of the campground, but two of the trails require a wet foot crossing of the West Fork of the Bitterroot River. Back up towards US 93, there are several USFS roads that lead to trailheads for the high country. If you want to get away from it all, this is YOUR place.

@SharonO4952514 · Camped on Jun 13, 2024 at Campsite #9

This campground is one of the best in Montana. It is exceptionally clean especially the bathrooms!! The campground hosts Gordon and Karen, are friendly and do a wonderful job of keeping everything in tip top condition. I will continue to come back here in the future.

@TammyH7586506 · Camped on Jun 7, 2024 at Campsite #12

We love Alta and the camp host is amazing

@KathrynL852711 · Camped on Aug 7, 2023 at Campsite #10

This is the third time we've stayed at this campground and it was great, as always. Hosts Chris and Karen are kind, efficient and knowledgeable. Sites are clean and raked. The two vault toilets are clean and smell fresh. Sites are spaced well apart. We madereservations this time so we could get our favorite site.

@MargieC9572422 · Camped on Jul 30, 2023 at Campsite #13

This campground is super clean and well maintained. There were pet waste disposal bags at every site. All sites were spaced apart from each other and the vault bathrooms were very clean. This campground is only 15 minuites south of the boat launch areas for Painted Rocks Lake. Hughes Creek was a short walk from our site. Very enjoyable 5 days! Thanks camp hosts for your attention to detail!

@NicoleM3686634 · Camped on Jul 28, 2023 at Campsite #8

Sites were very clean. Pit vaults were very clean. Love the dog poop pick up bags all around! Nice and quiet.

@AlanR3D14F31D4 · Camped on Jun 30, 2023 at Campsite #15

Campground was very well maintained & hosts went above and beyond. We really liked the provided pet waste bags.

@RyanPF4C91A97B · Camped on Jun 18, 2023 at Campsite #7

Clean camp, great hosts. Need to tell people certain spots have no tent spots

@LarryB8653126 · Camped on Jun 5, 2023 at Campsite #10

Beautiful camp sites. Very Clean. Bathrooms exceptional. Campground hosts great.

@KathrynL852711 · Camped on Aug 15, 2022 at Campsite #6

We stayed at Alta twice in August of 2022, in sites #6 and #10. This is an amazingly beautiful campground with sites well spaced and clean vaulted toilets. Site #6 has a path behind it to the river (West Fork of Bitterroot) and there is a day use area just past #10 for river access. The hosts, Chris and Karen, are great- friendly and knowledgeable about the area and they keep the campground clean and raked. Alta is right on Hwy 473, but the highway noise is minimal and easily drowned out by the river. We highly recommend Alta- but it does fill up on weekends.

@ShannaS5638670 · Camped on Jul 30, 2022 at Campsite #15

Such a beautiful area! Great spacing between sites, warm camp hosts, and clean bathrooms. My only complaint was the lack of bear boxes on site.

@DianneP8218534 · Camped on Jul 18, 2022 at Campsite #8

Loved this campground. Beautiful and quiet. Well maintained by hosts who are very friendly.

@LydiaR6911945 · Camped on Jul 1, 2022 at Campsite #2

Great camp hosts and really clean bathrooms!

@JonathanM29727 · Camped on Jun 26, 2022 at Campsite #12

campground is in a fantastic location, and was very well kept. The campground hosts were excellent.

@RobertA1820332 · Camped on Jun 21, 2022 at Campsite #10

Excellent campground and host.

@BettyK4368728 · Camped on Aug 15, 2021 at Campsite #6

It was very quiet as it was towards the end of the season. Each spot is raked and each has doggie pick up bags-which I think was above and beyond, but understandable. And as with all the other responses, the vault toilets were well cleaned and minty fresh. thank you for such great camp hosts. They really do a great job.

@BettyK538 · Camped on Aug 15, 2021 at Campsite #6

@JamesR723 · Camped on Aug 8, 2021 at Campsite #7

Clean, clean clean. Nice spacing of sites. Ample water spickets.

@JamesR5751753 · Camped on Aug 8, 2021 at Campsite #7

Clean, clean clean. Nice spacing of sites. Ample water spickets.

@JeffreyM593003 · Camped on Aug 3, 2021 at Campsite #13

The campground host's Gordon and Karen(I believe) were very nice and helpful. All the sites were clean and ready for the next set of campers. Everything was clean and in working order. Will love to stay here again.

@JeffreyM950 · Camped on Aug 3, 2021 at Campsite #13

@NicoleM3686634 · Camped on Jul 30, 2021 at Campsite #9

The hosts of the campground are very awesome! Their maintenance of each site, the restrooms, the garbage and the water spigots is top notch. All the small touches they’ve added are greatly appreciated. They are also incredibly nice and full of useful information. We will be back next year for sure!

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