Cave Point Group Use Area

Cave Point Group Use Shelter is at the very north end of Canyon Ferry Reservoir, 30 miles east of Helena, Montana, along Highway 284, with year-round access to a wide range of recreation. The Canyon Ferry area has a rich mining history. Cave Point is named for one of the first settlements in the area, Cavetown, and visitors to the shelter can envision the original horse-drawn ferry crossing that transported miners across the mighty Missouri River to work the mining camps. The shelter is a small 30 by 36 foot structure with six picnic tables and an accessible vault toilet, and can accommodate up to 50 people. Access is shared with a road through Kim's Marina. Canyon Ferry Reservoir offers year-round recreation. Water activities run from swimming and fishing to sailing and motor-boating; canoeists and kayakers explore the many quiet backwater bays; jet skiers, windsurfers and water skiers skim the summer waves, while winter draws ice fishermen, ice boaters and skaters. The shelter sits between the Big Belt and Elkhorn mountain ranges.