Destinations

  • Accessible Recreation Opportunities

    A photo of a campsite with a campsite marker with an accessibility wheelchair symbol.

    We offer a range of experiences of trails and recreation sites including campgrounds with accessible site amenities as well as areas that offer universally accessible restrooms, overlooks and fishing piers.
    USDA Forest Service photo. 

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  • Campgrounds Near Yellowstone National Park

    A photo of campsite with a picnic table, and a recreational vehicle.

    Looking for a campground in the Greater Yellowstone Area, without the crowds? Find Gallatin National Forest Campgrounds within 35 miles of Yellowstone National Park and offer great camping in rustic settings.
    USDA Forest Service photo. 

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  • Earthquake Lake Visitors Center

    A visitor center overlooking a body of water.

    In 1967, the Forest Service’s Earthquake Lake Visitor Center opened its doors for the first season of operation. Today, the center provides interpretive services for more than 50,000 visitors annually. The natural attractions and the easily-seen effects of the strongest earthquake in the Rocky mountains has made this area one of the outstanding scenic and geological study areas in the west.

  • National Register of Historic Places

    A Collage of pictures, Poker Jim Fire Lookout, Shenango Work Center, Meyers Creek Work Center.

    The Meyers Creek Work Center complex was listed April 14, 2023 on the National Register of Historic Places. 

    Shenango and Poker Jim formalized on National Register September 1, 2022. 

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  • The OTO Ranch

    A photo of a wood lodge building with lights shining through the windows.

    Completed in fall of 1920, the Lodge opened. As the first dude ranch in the state of Montana, the OTO ranch was one of 26 in Montana and Wyoming at the formation of the "Dude Ranch Association” in 1926.
    USDA Forest Service photo. 
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  • Wilderness Areas

    A photo of a high elevation mountain with exposed rock and a body of water in front of it with light clouds in the sky.

    There are two wilderness areas on the Custer-Gallatin National Forest. The Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness and the Lee Metcalf Wilderness.