Philipsburg Bay Campground

I called the Forest Service before going the weekend before Memorial Day - they said they had just opened the campground. When we got there, it was empty, quiet, and peaceful. A lot of nice looking sites waiting for the crowd to come. For our weekend there, I saw 3 other campers in the entire place. Caught 2 nice rainbows of the end of the boat put-in and enjoyed watching the Bald Eagles. They perched in the trees just a few hundred feet from our campsite. The Forest Service guy, Tim, was extremely helpful and wanted to make sure we were having a 5-Star experience there. He gave us a few good tips about the area. Tim seems to love his job so much - they should give him a Badge to wear. Highly recommend. At least when there aren't any other campers around!!

P-Burg Bay is a great FS campground. There are quite a few trees which adds to the level of privacy. The lake is right there, and you can see it from some sites. The FCFS site list is not accurate on recration.gov - there are quite a few sites that are not reservable, so you can likely get one depending on the day and time of your arrival. The lake isn't great for fishing or swimming from shore, but people seem to have good luck trolling.

This site is being miss-managed. There will not be native vegetation in a couple of years if the driving of ATVs continues off the roads. (Even the campground hosts are doing this)

Each campsite has it's own parking, picnic table, fire pit and tent pad. There are 3 loops A B and C. If you don't have an access pass the camping costs $15.00 a day with the pass half price. There is also bathrooms trash cans which are 🐻 proof. Yes I said bears. So far no sign of any. A water spicket is also on the grounds as well. The water is pretty good. There is also a boat launch on site. So if you don't mind the few wild critters you do see this is the place to camp. It is between Anaconda and Phillipsburg off of highway 1.

8-10 Sep 2023. Great campground. Loved camping among the trees. Lake was beautiful. We had a very nice time. Bonus being having AT&T signal. We highly recommend.