James Kipp Recreation Area

  • Mailing Address
  • PO Box 1389
  • Fort Benton, MT 59442
  • Contact Information
  • Phone: 406-622-4000
  • Fax: 406-622-4040

James Kipp Recreation Area offers interpretive signage, 19 single units and 15 multi/group camp sites, drinking water, public telephone, a floaters tent camp site, boat ramp, fish cleaning table, 8 restroom sites, and an RV dump station. There is a host on site during the summer season. All facilities are handicapped accessible.

This is a fee site. Overnight camping with a vehicle is $12.00 per vehicle per night. Floaters have their own camp site near the boat ramp and camping with a table and warming unit is $12.00 per site per night. The 14 day camping limit is in effect.

Wooded river bottom setting in a historic and scenic area of the river. The roads are graveled and there are trailer pads. Camp sites are on a first come first serve basis. Trash receptacles are available.

Area Activities

  • canoeing
  • fishing
  • rv camping
  • camping
  • fly fishing
  • swimming
  • tent camping
  • wildlife viewing
  • lewis and clark
  • group camping
  • hiking
  • picnicking
  • rafting
  • river fishing
  • backcountry camping
  • bird watching
  • boating

Services And Amenities

  • handicapped accessible
  • parking
  • pay telephone
  • rv dump station
  • toilets
  • trail
  • water
  • boat launch
  • established fire pits
  • maps
  • trash removal
  • campsite
  • campground host
  • picnic tables

Driving Directions

This recreation area is located where US Highway 191 crosses the Missouri river approximately 70 miles south of Malta and 64 miles north east of Lewistown where US Highway 191 intersects the Missouri River at Fred Robinson Bridge.

Season / Hours Of Operation

  • Season
  • 4/1 - 12/1

Contact Russell Country at 1-800-527-5348

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