Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Big George 003
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.61928, -112.79347
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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 Big George 003
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,941 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Big George 003NIFC · 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 Big George 003 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater10 mi
- @Mail21 mi
- FFuel31 mi
- GGrocery31 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
- HHardware31 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- MMechanic31 mi
- +Urgent care31 mi
- OOutfitter31 mi
- ShShower44 mi
- DDump50 mi
- EVEV fast charger68 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 31 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 68-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 — Big George 003
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
4,941 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
47.61928, -112.79347
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Big George 003 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSun River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townStoner Place · ~7.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesAllen's Manix Store · ~20.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicBenefis Teton Medical Center · ~31.0 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 Big George 003 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger68.5 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 · 29 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS70.4 mi — Great Falls Subaru, Great Falls
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO70.4 mi — Great Falls Subaru, Great Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)31.3 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 Big George 003 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMortimer Gulch Cg · ~1.3 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMortimer Gulch Th · ~1.5 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGibson Boat Launch · ~1.6 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHome Gulch Cg · ~3.2 mi E · USFS
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Other camps near Big George 003
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Big George 004~0.3 mi
- Big George 005~0.4 mi
- Gibson 006~1.1 mi
- Mortimer Gulch Cg~1.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Big George 003
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Big George 003 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 12 miles away. It sits about 1,029 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 — Big George 003
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 Big George 003
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 — Big George 003
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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