Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Beaver Cr Road -01
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.53205, -112.75791
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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 Beaver Cr Road -01
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Beaver Cr Road -01NIFC · 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 Beaver Cr Road -01 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater6 mi
- @Mail17 mi
- HHardware33 mi
- FFuel33 mi
- GGrocery33 mi
- RxPharmacy33 mi
- MMechanic33 mi
- LLaundry33 mi
- +Urgent care33 mi
- OOutfitter33 mi
- ShShower42 mi
- DDump46 mi
- EVEV fast charger66 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 33 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 66-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 — Beaver Cr Road -01
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
State
MT
Coordinates
47.53205, -112.75791
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Beaver Cr Road -01 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waterWater · ~6.5 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Beaver Cr Road -01 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger66.4 mi straight-line E — 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 · none within 50 · 22 within 100 · 32 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS68.4 mi — Great Falls Subaru, Great Falls
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO68.4 mi — Great Falls Subaru, Great Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)33.1 mi — Old Trail Museum Parking Lot, Choteau, MT · CHARGELAB · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 Beaver Cr Road -01 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGibson Boat Launch · ~5.1 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMortimer Gulch Th · ~5.2 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMortimer Gulch Cg · ~5.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHome Gulch Cg · ~6.0 mi N · USFS
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Other camps near Beaver Cr Road -01
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Road 233-01~0.3 mi
- Middle Fk. Beaver Cr~0.5 mi
- Levit Cr Road -006~0.6 mi
- Levit Cr Road -004~0.6 mi
The unit that manages Beaver Cr Road -01
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Beaver Cr Road -01 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 Wood Creek at 5,970 ft, about 6 miles away. 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 — Beaver Cr Road -01
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 Beaver Cr Road -01
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 — Beaver Cr Road -01
What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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