Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Grass Mtn Rd 583 019
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.25347, -111.16876
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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 Grass Mtn Rd 583 019
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,494 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Grass Mtn Rd 583 019NIFC · 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 Grass Mtn Rd 583 019 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail14 mi
- FFuel17 mi
- GGrocery17 mi
- HHardware17 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- ShShower23 mi
- RxPharmacy24 mi
- DDump27 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- OOutfitter32 mi
- WWater33 mi
- +Urgent care33 mi
- EVEV fast charger33 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 33-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 17 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 — Grass Mtn Rd 583 019
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
6,494 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.25347, -111.16876
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Grass Mtn Rd 583 019 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townFrancis · ~8.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelcenex · ~16.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~27.4 mi
- GroceriesBob's Supermarket · ~17.3 mi
- PharmacyCastle Mountain Drug · ~24.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicBroadwater Health Center · ~17.3 mi
- HardwareHardware Hanke · ~17.4 mi
EV charging — from Grass Mtn Rd 583 019 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger33.2 mi straight-line S — Belgrade, MT - 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 · 12 within 50 · 22 within 100 · 39 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS37.7 mi — Target T1237 (Bozeman, MT), Bozeman
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO41.0 mi — Audi of Bozeman, Bozeman
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)23.3 mi — Silos's Junction - Tesla Destination, Townsend, MT · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 314456 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Grass Mtn Rd 583 019 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDeep Creek Picnic Area · ~5.2 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRillway Cabin · ~5.9 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSkidway Campground · ~7.7 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomLower Toston Recreation Site - Toilet #1 · ~14.3 mi SW · BLM
Coming out here — Grass Mtn Rd 583 019 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
- No surface water within about a mile and a half in our records — which is not proof there is none, only that we found none. Plan to carry washing water as well as drinking water.
- 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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The unit that manages Grass Mtn Rd 583 019
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Grass Mtn Rd 583 019 are set by Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Grass Mtn Rd 583 019
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 Grass Mtn Rd 583 019
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 — Grass Mtn Rd 583 019
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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