About Strawberry Cabin
Explore a magnificent recreation and wildlife resource at the doorstep of Montana's Capital City. From prairie to alpine, mayflies to mountain goats, and scenic driving to expert climbing routes -- the Elkhorns you will discover a diverse landscape! Built in 1941, Strawberry Cabin lies at the top of Strawberry Butte (6,100 feet) in the heart of the Elkhorn Mountains. The combination of lookout and log cabin are typical of this period. The cabin is an excellent example of a C-46 one room cabin plan, which was designed by William Fox. This cabin style is one of the standard building plans used for housing personnel working at intermediate stations and at lookouts. The C-46 design offers distinctive characteristics of ventral saddle notches and log ends finished in "chopper cut" style, which symbolizes rustic Forest Service log architecture of the second half of the 1930 and early 1940s.…
- Managed by: Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, FS
- Where: 3 mi south of Montana City, MT · 46.47556, -111.91528
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jun–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Apr.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Creek | Horse | 2.6 mi | 4.6 mi |
| Casey Meadows | Horse | 3.0 mi | 10.4 mi |
| Mcclellan Creek | Horse | 3.0 mi | 8.2 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
Verizon 5G · AT&T 5G · T-Mobile 5G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is bright, with a little glow low on the horizon.
Class 3 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Stargazing nearby: Montana Learning Center Observatory (Observatory), 10 mi.
Dump station: 17.3 mi
Water fill-up: 18.6 mi
Propane: 8.4 mi
Camps nearby
- Alahambra RV park 3.6 mi
- MTBcity 11.8 mi
- Park Lake Campground 12.2 mi
- Eagle Guard Station 13.2 mi
- Crittenden Campground 13.4 mi
- Helena Campground and RV Park 13.6 mi