Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Forest Rd 1221
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 45.45647, -111.92169
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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 Rd 1221
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Forest Rd 1221NIFC · 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 Rd 1221 · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail9 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- DDump26 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- EVEV fast charger33 mi
- HHardware38 mi
- +Urgent care42 mi
- RxPharmacy42 mi
- WWater43 mi
- AAir-up46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 43-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 33-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 Rd 1221
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
State
MT
Coordinates
45.45647, -111.92169
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Forest Rd 1221 · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSouth Meadow Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townMcAllister · ~9.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCenex · ~28.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMadison Foods · ~11.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicMadison Valley Medical Center · ~11.7 mi
EV charging — from Forest Rd 1221 · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger32.8 mi straight-line SE — Big Sky, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 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 · 10 within 50 · 25 within 100 · 46 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS41.2 mi — Ressler Cadillac, Bozeman
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO47.0 mi — Audi of Bozeman, Bozeman
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.3 mi — Virginia City Central Parking Lot (at a parking lot) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-05-12 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Norris Hot Springs, Norris, 14.0 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; turned off during the Winter months
- 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 163999 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Forest Rd 1221 · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBranham Lakes Campground · ~5.3 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMill Creek Campground · ~7.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPotosi Campground · ~8.2 mi N · USFS
- RestroomClute'S Landing Toilet · ~10.5 mi E · BLM
Open Forest Rd 1221 elsewhere
Other camps near Forest Rd 1221
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Forest Rd 1221~0.1 mi
- Forest Rd 1217~1.6 mi
- Forest Rd 6361~1.7 mi
- Forest Rd 1300~1.8 mi
The unit that manages Forest Rd 1221
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Forest Rd 1221 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 Lower Twin at 7,920 ft, about 4 miles away. 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 Rd 1221
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 Forest Rd 1221
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 Rd 1221
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →How to read this page →All field notes →
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