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Spire Rock is a small Forest Service campground about 15 miles southeast of Gallatin Gateway.
Other good bets are Moose Creek Flat, five miles north of Big Sky on Highway 191; Swan Creek, just north of Moose Creek Flat; and Greek Creek, just north of Swan Creek.
On Highway 191 about eight miles south of Big Sky, Red Cliff is a riverside Forest Service campground about 50 yards off the highway.
These campgrounds are part of the Bozeman Ranger District of the Gallatin National Forest (3710 Fallon St., Bozeman, 406/522-2520, www.fs.fed.us/r1/gallatin, mid-May–mid-Sept., $11) and can be reserved online (www.recreation.gov).
© W.C. McRae & Judy Jewell from Moon Montana, 7th Edition
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