Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Basin Creek Rd 6393-1
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.61655, -110.46846
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Basin Creek Rd 6393-1
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,432 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Basin Creek Rd 6393-1NIFC · 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 Basin Creek Rd 6393-1 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail13 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- FFuel21 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- ShShower22 mi
- WWater30 mi
- +Urgent care32 mi
- OOutfitter38 mi
- MMechanic39 mi
- DDump52 mi
- HHardware54 mi
- EVEV fast charger60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 30-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 60-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 — Basin Creek Rd 6393-1
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
5,432 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.61655, -110.46846
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Basin Creek Rd 6393-1 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCheckerboard · ~4.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~21.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMathis Food Farm · ~21.1 mi
- PharmacyCastle Mountain Drug · ~21.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicMountainview Medical Center · ~21.2 mi
EV charging — from Basin Creek Rd 6393-1 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger59.5 mi straight-line SE — Big Timber, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 15 within 100 · 30 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS68.8 mi — Target T1237 (Bozeman, MT), Bozeman
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO70.0 mi — Audi of Bozeman, Bozeman
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)55.5 mi — Silos's Junction - Tesla Destination, Townsend, MT · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 102260 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Basin Creek Rd 6393-1 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSpring Creek · ~2.1 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHunters Cabin · ~4.7 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDaisy Dean Camp · ~5.4 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRichardson Cg · ~13.5 mi SW · USFS
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Other camps near Basin Creek Rd 6393-1
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Basin Creek Rd 6393-2A~0.2 mi
- Basin Creek Rd6393-5~0.3 mi
- Basin Creek Rd 6393-6~0.9 mi
- Off Basin Creek Rd 2007-5~1.0 mi
The unit that manages Basin Creek Rd 6393-1
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Basin Creek Rd 6393-1 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 Daisy Peak at 7,590 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 2,158 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 — Basin Creek Rd 6393-1
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Basin Creek Rd 6393-1
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.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- 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 — Basin Creek Rd 6393-1
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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