Jo Bonner Campground

Jo Bonner Campground is located at the northeastern end of Canyon Ferry Reservoir, 30 miles east of Helena, Montana, and offers year-round access to a wide range of recreational opportunities. It is named for Josephine Agnes Martin Bonner (1907-1965) by Montana's Governor John Bonner (1902-1970). Today it is a small, quaint campground with easy access. Jo Bonner has 17 designated campsites, each with a picnic table and a fire ring. During the recreation season, facilities include two vault toilets, potable water, a trash dumpster, and a campground host. There is a gravel boat launch with a courtesy dock located just outside the campground. 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 ice skaters. The campground sits between the Big Belt and Elkhorn mountain ranges, halfway between Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park, near the capital city of Helena.