Montana · Camping

Bad Medicine

from $16
fee
Jun–Sep
best months

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Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Three Rivers Ranger District. It doesn't name Bad Medicine, so check the source for the area it covers (2 listed).

As of · Source: USFS · Three Rivers Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

  • At 2,351 ft
  • Three Rivers Ranger DistrictKootenai National Forest

Bad Medicine is a Forest Service campground in the Three Rivers Ranger District of Kootenai National Forest in northwest Montana, about 11.8 miles from the Heron weather station that provides the typical averages for the area. The station sits roughly 110 feet below the campground, so temperatures at the camp run slightly cooler than its figures. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical July and August highs reach about 82°F with lows near 47°F, and those months see the fewest wet days of the year, around six and eight. Winter is cold and snowy, with typical highs in the low 30s and snow on about 12 days a month from December through February. Vault toilets are the only facility listed for the campground, and a fee is charged. Nearby, Ross Creek X-C Ski is a hike about 0.8 miles away, and the Bull River offers canoeing about 2.2 miles off. Dorr Skeels Campground and Ross Creek Nature are both within 3 miles.

Local outfitters

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  • Best time to go · Jun–Sep

    Best time to visit Bad Medicine

    Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

    1. Jan

      33° / 23°

      17 wet · 12 snow

    2. Feb

      37° / 23°

      14 wet · 8 snow

    3. Mar

      47° / 27°

      14 wet · 6 snow

    4. Apr

      57° / 31°

      13 wet · 2 snow

    5. May

      67° / 39°

      13 wet

    6. Jun

      72° / 45°

      12 wet

    7. Jul

      82° / 47°

      8 wet

    8. Aug

      82° / 46°

      6 wet

    9. Sep

      71° / 40°

      9 wet

    10. Oct

      55° / 34°

      13 wet · 1 snow

    11. Nov

      40° / 29°

      16 wet · 6 snow

    12. Dec

      32° / 23°

      18 wet · 12 snow

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Heron 2 Nw, MT, 11.8 mi away at 2,240 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.