Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Circle Drive
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 45.52323, -112.84136
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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 Circle Drive
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,616 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Circle DriveNIFC · 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 Circle Drive · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- WWater13 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- LLaundry19 mi
- DDump23 mi
- MMechanic23 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- EVEV fast charger35 mi
- RxPharmacy35 mi
- ShShower36 mi
- HHardware36 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 35-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 — Circle Drive
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
6,616 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
45.52323, -112.84136
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Circle Drive · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLake Agnes (water) · nearby
- Nearest townNavy · ~7.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMelrose Bar and Station · ~10.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~22.8 mi
- GroceriesMa Barnes country market · ~14.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicBarrett Hospital & Healthcare · ~24.2 mi
EV charging — from Circle Drive · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger35.1 mi straight-line N — 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 · 19 within 100 · 40 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS35.4 mi — Flying J Town Pump (Butte, MT), Butte
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO84.7 mi — L146 DC1, Helena
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)23.8 mi — UMW #1 STATION 1, Dillon, MT · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 Circle Drive · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletAspen Picnic Area · ~7.1 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDinner Station Campground · ~7.3 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBirch Creek Cabin · ~7.5 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCanyon Creek Campground · ~8.5 mi NW · USFS
Open Circle Drive elsewhere
Other camps near Circle Drive
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Rock Creek Disp Site~0.2 mi
- Awful Road~0.8 mi
- Rocky~1.0 mi
- Brownes Lake Dispersed Site~1.2 mi
The unit that manages Circle Drive
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Circle Drive are set by Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Mule Creek at 8,300 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 1,684 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 — Circle Drive
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 Circle Drive
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 — Circle Drive
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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