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Cascade Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.30545, -114.82474
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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 Cascade Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,536 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cascade 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 Cascade Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- DDump16 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- +Urgent care36 mi
- ShShower40 mi
- WWater42 mi
- OOutfitter46 mi
- AAir-up49 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 42-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 mi out.
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 — Cascade Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,536 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
47.30545, -114.82474
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Cascade Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCascade Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townQuinns · ~1.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~15.9 mi
- GroceriesTown Pump · ~10.6 mi
- PharmacyMineral Pharmacy · ~8.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicMineral Community Hospital · ~8.6 mi
- HardwareStuds Building and Home · ~10.7 mi
EV charging — from Cascade Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.4 mi straight-line S — Superior, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 26 within 100 · 86 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS12.8 mi — St. Regis, MT, St. Regis
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO47.0 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)39.3 mi — Gray Wolf Peak Casino, Missoula, MT · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Alpine Falls Ranch - Tesla Destination, Superior, 9.9 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 102264 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cascade Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCascade Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMuchwater Camping Area · ~1.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFerry Landing Day Use · ~3.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMurphy Creek Trailhead · ~9.5 mi SW · USFS
Open Cascade Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Cascade Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Muchwater Camping Area~1.3 mi
- Peninsula _North-001~3.1 mi
- Peninsula -004~3.4 mi
- Peninsula_001~3.4 mi
The unit that manages Cascade Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cascade Campground are set by Lolo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Cascade 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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
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 Cascade 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 — Cascade Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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