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Hay Canyon Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.79890, -110.30029
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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 Hay Canyon Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,187 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Hay Canyon 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 Hay Canyon Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail22 mi
- FFuel23 mi
- GGrocery24 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- WWater26 mi
- OOutfitter33 mi
- +Urgent care33 mi
- RxPharmacy33 mi
- LLaundry34 mi
- ShShower34 mi
- HHardware45 mi
- EVEV fast charger68 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 26-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 23 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 68-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Hay Canyon Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,187 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.79890, -110.30029
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Hay Canyon Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townYogo Crossing · ~4.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~22.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesBig Sky Grocery · ~28.9 mi
EV charging — from Hay Canyon Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger67.5 mi straight-line NW — Great Falls Subaru · EV Connect · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 15 within 100 · 29 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)67.9 mi — Great Falls, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Great Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)65.1 mi — CITY MOTOR CO CITY TOYOTA 1, Great Falls, 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 449926 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Hay Canyon Cg · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHay Canyon Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHunters Cabin · ~12.2 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDaisy Dean Camp · ~12.4 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHaymaker Dispersed · ~13.9 mi SE · USFS
Open Hay Canyon Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Hay Canyon Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- S Fork Judith Rd 487-16~0.3 mi
- S Fork Judith Rd 487-15~0.4 mi
- S Fork Judith Rd 487-17~0.5 mi
- S Fork Judith Rd 487-14~0.6 mi
The unit that manages Hay Canyon Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Hay Canyon 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 Daisy Peak at 7,590 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 2,403 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 — Hay Canyon 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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review || Water: Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest's own site page for Hay Canyon Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/helena-lewisclark/recreation/hay-canyon-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" May 12, 2026), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is not available at this site.". Corroborated by the USFS EDW Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0, queried 2026-08-24), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No drinking water is available". Channels agree; nightshift fire 1660.
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 Hay Canyon 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 — Hay Canyon Cg
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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