Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Dry Fork - A12
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.04784, -110.62960
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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 Dry Fork - A12
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,562 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dry Fork - A12NIFC · 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 Dry Fork - A12 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater8 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- MMechanic21 mi
- GGrocery21 mi
- RxPharmacy37 mi
- LLaundry37 mi
- ShShower37 mi
- +Urgent care42 mi
- HHardware42 mi
- EVEV fast charger44 mi
- DDump53 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 44-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 — Dry Fork - A12
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
5,562 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
47.04784, -110.62960
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Dry Fork - A12 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDry Fork Belt Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townBarker · ~1.7 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~7.6 mi
- FuelFuel · ~9.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesBelt Valley Grocery · ~27.3 mi
EV charging — from Dry Fork - A12 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger44.3 mi straight-line NW — Great Falls Subaru · EV Connect · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 15 within 100 · 29 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)44.8 mi — Great Falls, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Great Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)42.0 mi — CITY MOTOR CO CITY TOYOTA 1, Great Falls, 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 449926 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Dry Fork - A12 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomDry Wolf Cabin · ~6.6 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDry Wolf Campground · ~7.1 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAspen Cg · ~7.6 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMemorial Falls Th · ~9.9 mi S · USFS
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Other camps near Dry Fork - A12
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dry Fork -012~0.1 mi
- Dry Fork - 008~0.1 mi
- Dry Fork -013~0.3 mi
- Oti Park - 4~0.4 mi
The unit that manages Dry Fork - A12
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Dry Fork - A12 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 14 miles away. It sits about 1,858 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 — Dry Fork - A12
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 Dry Fork - A12
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 — Dry Fork - A12
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →How to read this page →All field notes →
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