Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Forest Lake Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.24443, -110.43754
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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 Forest Lake Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,698 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Forest Lake CgNIFC · 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 Forest Lake Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery13 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- FFuel26 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- ShShower31 mi
- +Urgent care31 mi
- HHardware37 mi
- OOutfitter37 mi
- EVEV fast charger37 mi
- MMechanic40 mi
- WWater47 mi
- DDump58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 47-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 13 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 37-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 — Forest Lake Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
6,698 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.24443, -110.43754
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Forest Lake Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureForest Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townLebo · ~7.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 mi
- Hospital / clinicMountainview Medical Center · ~30.6 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Forest Lake Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger36.8 mi straight-line SE — Big Timber, 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 23 within 100 · 31 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS47.7 mi — Kendall Ford of Bozeman, Bozeman
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO47.9 mi — Audi of Bozeman, Bozeman
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)40.8 mi — LEWIS STREET STATION 1, Livingston, 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 102260 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Forest Lake Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletForest Lake Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCrandall Cabin · ~4.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletShields River · ~4.4 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPorcupine Cabin · ~9.2 mi S · USFS
Open Forest Lake Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Forest Lake Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Forty Fork Crk Rd 8918-206~3.4 mi
- Esmithcr1~3.5 mi
- Crazies 8911-203~3.6 mi
- Crazies 8911-202~3.7 mi
The unit that manages Forest Lake Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Forest Lake Cg 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 Porcupine at 6,480 ft, about 9 miles away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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 — Forest Lake Cg
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). || Water 2026-08-24 (nightshift fire 120): USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0), extract cached locally as data\_mt_water_edw.json, objectid 2379433, site "FOREST LAKE CG" (recreation area "Forest Lake Cg"), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No, drinking water is not provided". Matched to this camp on coordinates (0.0007 mi from the agency point). Agency record only -- not field-verified, and no natural water here is claimed to be potable.
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 Forest Lake Cg
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 — Forest Lake Cg
Winter vs summer roads →Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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