Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Forest Rd 631
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 45.85289, -110.88689
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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 631
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,892 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Forest Rd 631NIFC · 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 631 · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- OOutfitter2 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- WWater14 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- ShShower34 mi
- DDump47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 mi out.
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 631
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
5,892 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
45.85289, -110.88689
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Forest Rd 631 · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBridger Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townBridger · ~2.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelExxon · ~12.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesZeke's Little Store · ~12.5 mi
- PharmacyOption Care Health · ~12.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicBillings Clinic - Bozeman · ~13.0 mi
- HardwareGeneral Distributing Co · ~12.5 mi
EV charging — from Forest Rd 631 · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.1 mi straight-line SW — Kendall Ford of Bozeman · Blink Network · J1772, CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach8 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 21 within 100 · 37 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO13.6 mi — Audi of Bozeman, Bozeman
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)12.9 mi — TPS BOZEMAN TPS BOZEMAN #1 · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Howlers Inn B&B and Wolf Sanctuary, Bozeman MT Bed and Breakfast Lodging - Tesla Destination, Bozeman, 10.7 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 417103 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Forest Rd 631 · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBattle Ridge · ~2.1 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFairy Lake Snowpark · ~3.0 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFairy Lake · ~5.1 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFairy Lake · ~5.3 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Forest Rd 631 · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT
- Surface water mapped nearby: Bridger Creek (stream). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
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Other camps near Forest Rd 631
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Forest Rd 631~0.5 mi
- Forest Rd 631~0.9 mi
- Forest Rd 631~1.3 mi
- Forest Rd 631~1.9 mi
The unit that manages Forest Rd 631
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Forest Rd 631 are set by Custer Gallatin National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Sacajawea at 6,610 ft, about 2 miles away. It sits about 718 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 — Forest Rd 631
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 631
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 631
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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