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Copper Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.06628, -113.54363
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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 Copper Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,933 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Copper 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 Copper Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater19 mi
- FFuel22 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- @Mail22 mi
- GGrocery26 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- RxPharmacy29 mi
- LLaundry29 mi
- OOutfitter30 mi
- +Urgent care32 mi
- EVEV fast charger45 mi
- PPropane46 mi
- ShShower49 mi
- AAir-up50 mi
- DDump50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 22 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 45-mi run (and back).
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 — Copper Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,933 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.06628, -113.54363
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Copper Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMoose Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townCorral · ~15.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCenex · ~21.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesSula Country Store & resort · ~26.4 mi
- PharmacyTrifty Drug Store · ~28.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicGranite County Medical Center · ~21.8 mi
- HardwareHardware Hank · ~28.5 mi
EV charging — from Copper Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger44.9 mi straight-line E — 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 · 15 within 100 · 42 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS45.0 mi — Flying J Town Pump (Butte, MT), Butte
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO61.3 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)29.7 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
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — The Ranch at Rock Creek - Tesla Destination, Philipsburg, 13.2 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 327427 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Copper Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCopper Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMoose Lake Guard Station · ~1.1 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMoose Lake Fishing Access · ~1.2 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpillway Campground · ~8.8 mi NE · USFS
Open Copper Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Copper Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Copper Creek Disp Site~0.1 mi
- Copper Creek-015~0.3 mi
- Moose Lake Cabin Rd-001~1.1 mi
- Copper Creek-014~1.9 mi
The unit that manages Copper Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Copper Creek Campground 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 Peterson Meadows at 7,190 ft, about 12 miles away. It sits about 1,257 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 — Copper 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 Copper 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 — Copper Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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