Agency-listedUSFSFeeOpen todayRoad season: open (MVUM)
Aspen Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.99223, -110.76890
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Can I go now? — Aspen Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
Open today Opened May 1; the record gives no closing date.
U.S. Forest Service record: “May” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Aspen Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 1076 (Aspen Camp), 140 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 1076 (Aspen Camp), 140 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 1076 (Aspen Camp): “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Aspen Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,144 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Aspen CgNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Aspen Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- OOutfitter8 mi
- GGrocery28 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
- LLaundry32 mi
- ShShower32 mi
- +Urgent care41 mi
- HHardware41 mi
- EVEV fast charger43 mi
- DDump49 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 43-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Aspen Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,144 ft
Ground slope
34.6% · steep
State
MT
Coordinates
46.99223, -110.76890
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Aspen Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBelt Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townNeihart · ~4.2 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.0 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesD's Supermarket · ~28.2 mi
EV charging — from Aspen Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger43.1 mi straight-line NW — Great Falls, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 15 within 100 · 29 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS43.1 mi — Great Falls Subaru, Great Falls
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO43.1 mi — Great Falls Subaru, Great Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)41.0 mi — CITY MOTOR CO CITY TOYOTA 1, Great Falls, MT · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 163998 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Aspen Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletAspen Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMemorial Falls Th · ~6.4 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMany Pines Campground · ~7.5 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletKings Hill Cg · ~10.9 mi S · USFS
Coming out here — Aspen Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Belt Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 34.6% — steep. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Aspen Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Aspen Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Belt Creek-002~0.8 mi
- Belt Creek-003B~1.0 mi
- Belt Creek-001~1.2 mi
- Hoover Creek 001B~1.9 mi
The unit that manages Aspen Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Aspen Cg are set by Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Onion Park at 7,420 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 2,276 ft higher than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this — Aspen Cg
Open season
May
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-22: $15 per night for a single unit. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/helena-lewisclark/recreation/aspen-campground. || Water: Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest's own site page for Aspen Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/helena-lewisclark/recreation/aspen-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" June 17, 2026), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is available at this site.". Corroborated by the USFS EDW Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0, queried 2026-08-24), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "Yes, drinking water is available from a hand pump". Page "Seasons of Use": "May" -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. Channels agree; nightshift fire 1660.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Aspen Cg
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Aspen Cg
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dumping grey & black →Reading the aerial →All field notes →