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Horse Camp
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 48.94395, -114.89293
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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 Horse Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,511 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Horse CampNIFC · 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 Horse Camp · Kootenai National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- MMechanic8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- DDump13 mi
- WWater28 mi
- +Urgent care44 mi
- OOutfitter45 mi
- HHardware45 mi
- EVEV fast charger47 mi
- RxPharmacy49 mi
- ShShower51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 28-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 47-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 — Horse Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,511 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
48.94395, -114.89293
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Horse Camp · Kootenai National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLittle Therriault Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townRoosville · ~8.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelConoco · ~13.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~12.7 mi
- GroceriesWatson's Market · ~8.0 mi
EV charging — from Horse Camp · Kootenai National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger46.6 mi straight-line SE — TOWN PUMP WF#2 STA 1, Whitefish, MT · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 11 within 100 · 60 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)55.0 mi — Kalispell, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Kalispell
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)44.7 mi — City of Whitefish Parking Garage (at a hospital) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-06-06 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — 22 - Tesla Destination, Whitefish, 44.6 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 204514 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Horse Camp · Kootenai National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHorse Camp · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Therriault Lake · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Therriault Lake · ~0.8 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Therriault Lake Boat Ramp · ~0.9 mi SE · USFS
Open Horse Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Horse Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Little Therriault Lake Campground~0.2 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #571~0.2 mi
- Bluebird Tr 83-Site 1~0.5 mi
- Big Therriault Lake Campground~0.8 mi
The unit that manages Horse Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Horse Camp are set by Kootenai National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Stahl Peak at 6,040 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 529 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 — Horse Camp
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 2026-08-24 (nightshift fire 120): USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0), extract cached locally as data\_mt_water_edw.json, objectid 2361958, site "HORSE CAMP" (recreation area "Horse Camp"), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No potable water is available at the site". Matched to this camp on coordinates (0.0008 mi from the agency point). Agency record only -- not field-verified, and no natural water here is claimed to be potable.
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 Horse Camp
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 — Horse Camp
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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