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Big Creek Campground

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 48.59981, -114.16211

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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

USGS topographic map of Big Creek Campground

Aerial — USGS / NAIP

Weather outlook

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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,319 ft.

Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp

Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer

Nearest of each

DDump9 mi
WWater10 mi
ShShower10 mi
FFuel11 mi
GGrocery11 mi
OOutfitter11 mi
@Mail11 mi
LLaundry11 mi
+Urgent care15 mi
HHardware15 mi
RxPharmacy16 mi
MMechanic16 mi
PPropane44 mi

≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 11 mi out.

One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗

The site

Access

Drive-up

Land

U.S. Forest Service

Elevation

3,319 ft

State

Coordinates

48.59981, -114.16211

Cost

Fee

Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)

Resupply lookup unavailable — try the map links below.

Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

Vault / pit toiletBig Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
Vault / pit toiletGreat Northern Flats River Access · ~2.6 mi SE · USFS
RestroomWLD North Fork Logging Creek RS Bldg 1830 Vault Toilet · ~6.9 mi N · NPS
RestroomWLD North Fork Logging Creek CG Bldg 1843 Vault Toilet · ~7.0 mi N · NPS

Open this spot elsewhere

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Other camps nearby

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

Moose Lake Campground~10.6 mi
Holbrook-2~12.7 mi
Sonderson Meadow Dispersed Camping~18.0 mi
1615 Rd Gate/Emery Cr.~18.5 mi

The unit that manages this camp

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

Flathead National Forest →

Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is Emery Creek at 4,340 ft, about 15 miles away. It sits about 1,021 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.

Emery Creek snowpack, from NRCS →

How we know this

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.

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

A land record can put you within a few metres 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

Before you go

Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →

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