About this campground
Located about 50 miles south of Red Lodge and Billings, MT, in the Pryor Mountains, this remote interpretive site has a short walk (0.2 miles) down a steep path to a wooden platform. You can view the always present ice floor in the first room of the cave. Interested on how the cave was formed and why there is ice? Click here. The Big Ice Cave Picnic Ground has 5 picnic sites for day-use only. For a detailed road map, which shows recreation sites and campgrounds, please see our Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM and legend).
Activities
- PICNICKING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Sage Creek CabinCuster Gallatin National Forest8 mi
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- Dayboard 9 CampgroundBighorn Canyon National Recreation Area21 mi
- Black Canyon CampgroundBighorn Canyon National Recreation Area22 mi
- Afterbay CampgroundBighorn Canyon National Recreation Area25 mi
- Sundance Lodge Rec. AreaBureau of Land Management37 mi
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Big Ice Cave Picnic Area and Interpretive Site doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby Montana campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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