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Boulder Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 45.65132, -113.06695
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Boulder Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,428 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Boulder Creek CampgroundNIFC · 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 Boulder Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- OOutfitter11 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- WWater12 mi
- GGrocery16 mi
- MMechanic26 mi
- EVEV fast charger33 mi
- RxPharmacy33 mi
- HHardware34 mi
- DDump35 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- ShShower35 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 11 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 33-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 — Boulder Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,428 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
45.65132, -113.06695
Cost
Fee · Forest Service inventory: fee charged
Nearby & resupply — around Boulder Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMa Barnes country market · ~16.5 mi
EV charging — from Boulder Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger32.9 mi straight-line NE — Butte, MT - Grizzly Trail - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · 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 · 3 within 50 · 25 within 100 · 41 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS33.1 mi — Flying J Town Pump (Butte, MT), Butte
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO83.0 mi — L146 DC1, Helena
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)33.7 mi — ApocWorld, Anaconda, MT · AMPUP · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-12-13 · hours: Contact site for information
- 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 327427 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Boulder Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBoulder Creek Campground · ~0.2 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLodgepole Campground · ~0.8 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFourth Of July Campground · ~0.8 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWillow Campground · ~1.3 mi SW · USFS
Open Boulder Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Boulder Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Boulder Creek Campground~0.2 mi · fee
- Lodge Pole Campground~0.3 mi
- Boulder Creek Trailhead~0.3 mi
- Lodgepole Campground~0.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Boulder Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Boulder Creek Campground are set by Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Boulder Creek Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Boulder Creek Campground
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 — Boulder Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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