Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Hiawatha 13
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.31244, -115.23089
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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 Hiawatha 13
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,811 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Hiawatha 13NIFC · 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 Hiawatha 13 · Lolo National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- EVEV fast charger6 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- HHardware19 mi
- DDump26 mi
- LLaundry33 mi
- MMechanic33 mi
- OOutfitter34 mi
- +Urgent care45 mi
- WWater54 mi
- ShShower55 mi
- PPropane56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 54-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out.
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 — Hiawatha 13
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
2,811 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
47.31244, -115.23089
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Hiawatha 13 · Lolo National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWard Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townDrexel · ~1.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~19.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~26.3 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~6.2 mi
- PharmacyMineral Pharmacy · ~17.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicMineral Community Hospital · ~18.8 mi
- HardwareStuds Building and Home · ~19.2 mi
EV charging — from Hiawatha 13 · Lolo National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.2 mi straight-line E — St. Regis, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 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 reach3 within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 41 within 100 · 88 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS6.3 mi — St. Regis, MT, St. Regis
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO47.4 mi — Walmart 4249 (Smelterville, ID), Smelterville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)55.9 mi — 400 Horses Casino, Polson, MT · Blink Network · J1772 · 6 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 — Alpine Falls Ranch - Tesla Destination, Superior, 12.8 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 302203 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Hiawatha 13 · Lolo National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCabin City Campground · ~4.6 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUp Up Lookout · ~5.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMaynard Loge Day Use Area · ~5.9 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDeer Creek Campground · ~7.2 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Hiawatha 13 · Lolo National Forest · MT
- Surface water mapped nearby: Ward 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 — Dave gets service credit if you sign up through it. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Hiawatha 13 elsewhere
Other camps near Hiawatha 13
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Hiawatha 12~0.8 mi
- Hiawatha 11~1.3 mi
- Hiawatha 14~1.5 mi
- Hiawatha 10~2.8 mi
The unit that manages Hiawatha 13
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Hiawatha 13 are set by Lolo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Hiawatha 13
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 Hiawatha 13
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 — Hiawatha 13
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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