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Fourth of July Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 45.66251, -113.06449
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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.
Can I go now? — Fourth of July Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT
Open today Season May 15 – Sep 30 (about). Closes after Sep 30. Weather can shorten it.
U.S. Forest Service record: “Open annually from mid-May through September, weather dependent.” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-17; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Fourth of July Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,376 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Fourth of July 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 Fourth of July Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- LLaundry10 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- WWater12 mi
- GGrocery17 mi
- MMechanic26 mi
- EVEV fast charger32 mi
- RxPharmacy33 mi
- HHardware33 mi
- DDump34 mi
- +Urgent care34 mi
- ShShower34 mi
- AAir-up35 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 32-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 — Fourth of July Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,376 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
45.66251, -113.06449
Cost
Fee · Forest Service inventory: fee charged
Nearby & resupply — around Fourth of July Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townWise River · ~10.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~10.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMa Barnes country market · ~17.3 mi
EV charging — from Fourth of July Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger32.2 mi straight-line NE — 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 · 25 within 100 · 41 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS32.5 mi — Flying J Town Pump (Butte, MT), Butte
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO82.3 mi — L146 DC1, Helena
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)32.9 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
- 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 Fourth of July Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletFourth Of July Campground · ~0.2 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBoulder Creek Campground · ~0.9 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLodgepole Campground · ~1.5 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPettengill Campground · ~1.5 mi N · USFS
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Other camps near Fourth of July Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Fourth Of July Campground~0.2 mi · fee
- Tree Cove~0.3 mi
- Old Spot~0.4 mi
- Long Firewood~0.6 mi
The unit that manages Fourth of July Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Fourth of July Campground are set by Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Fourth of July Campground
Open season
Open annually from mid-May through September, weather dependent.
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) WATER (fire 1740, batch 3, tier B): https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/beaverhead-deerlodge/recreation/fourth-july-campground "Fourth of July Campground" -- "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is available at this site." (page last updated August 11, 2026; our pin is 0.216 mi from the coordinates that page prints, name match: exact). USFS EDW RecInfra carries no WATER_AVAILABILITY for this site, so it could not corroborate. Single-channel. Written because the affirmative is the direction this page field is reliable in: across all 358 Montana forest pages read this fire, "Potable water is available at this site." agreed with EDW 105/114 times (92%) overall and 35/36 in beaverhead-deerlodge. The known failure mode -- an unfilled field printing the negative -- cannot manufacture an affirmative. The page's "Seasons of Use" line reads "Open annually from mid-May through September, weather dependent." -- that is the season of the SITE, not of the tap, so it is not folded into the value.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
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 Fourth of July 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
- 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 — Fourth of July Campground
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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