Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree

Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.03045, -110.78104
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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 Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1
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Weather outlook — at Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,926 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1NIFC · 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 Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 3 miWDump · 50 miDFuel · 7 miFBelt Valley Grocery · Grocery · 26 miGCastle Mountain Drug · Pharmacy · 34 miRxAce Hardware · Hardware · 39 miHNAPA Auto Parts · Mechanic · 28 miMLaundry · 34 miLShower · 34 miShGreat Falls Surgery Center · Urgent care · 39 mi+Couger Canyon Lodge · Outfitter · 5 miOMonarch Post Office · Mail · 5 mi@Great Falls Subaru · EV fast charger · 41 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • WWater3 mi
  • OOutfitter5 mi
  • @Mail5 mi
  • FFuel7 mi
  • GGrocery26 mi
  • MMechanic28 mi
  • RxPharmacy34 mi
  • LLaundry34 mi
  • ShShower34 mi
  • +Urgent care39 mi
  • HHardware39 mi
  • EVEV fast charger41 mi
  • DDump50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 7 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 41-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 — Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
4,926 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
47.03045, -110.78104
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureBelt Creek (river) · nearby
  • Nearest townMonarch · ~5.4 mi
  • Drinking waterDrinking water · ~2.7 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~7.0 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • GroceriesBelt Valley Grocery · ~25.6 mi

EV charging — from Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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If this one is full, gated or washed out.

The unit that manages Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1 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 Onion Park at 7,420 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 2,494 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 — Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1

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 Camp Rotary Rd 1049-1

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.

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